Aa meetings open, closed, big book, 12x12, speaker. Saturday charlestown big book step study constitution. Pg 151 big book chapter 11 a vision for you for most normal folks, drinking using means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. These are the focus of a chairperson led discussion. On page 417 are the words,when i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing or situation some fact of my life, unacceptable to me, and i can find no serenity until i accept that person, place, thing. Most of the original text was written by aa founder, bill wilson. The big book of alcoholics anonymous kindle edition by wilson, bill, smith, dr. More than 300,000 copies of the first edition are now in circulation. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. Line of cleavage between voluntary twelft h step work and paidfor services.
Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. I am really not sure how you could not have the recovery section of the book when we say its a big book meeting. Closed meetings, open meetings, discussion meetings, lead meetings, big book meetings, 12 step meetings. This ebook is not a product of alcoholics anonymous.
This is the second edition of the book alcoholics anonymous, which made its first appearance in april 1939. But i will not have the benefit of contact with you who write this book. The free version features the full text of the big book, prayers, personal stories, podcasts, meeting finder, and more. Friday wakefield big book step study congregational church 1 church st 7. Alcoholic selftest using the big book of aa step 12. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism is often referred to in alcoholics anonymous meetings aa as the big book. Tell him you have been worried, though perhaps needlessly. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism generally known as the big book because of the thickness of the paper used in the first edition is a 1939 basic text, describing how to recover from alcoholism, primarily written by william g. The fourth edition includes twentyfour new stories that provide contemporary sharing for newcomers seeking recovery from alcoholism in a.
Wilson, one of the founders of alcoholics anonymous aa. The program of alcoholics anonymous is not an intellectual challenge. In the old home group, they used to allow the person who runs the study to pick a story of his choice if we have a fifth monday. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. Perhaps it is time to create a new, wiser big book. Big book titled alcoholics anonymous at the links below or contact aa world services at their website. The text got this name because the first edition of the book had rather thick pages, making the book even thicker than its content would suggest. This is the official website of the general service office g. Akron stressed reading big book 269 jim g told her to put big book away, then start on stories 269 jack m 269 ohio edison building jack m met there to take to meeting 269 klu klux klan afraid aa might be like 269 king school location of first meeting 269. Meeting types and descriptions alcoholics anonymous in. Aa for atheists and agnostics, a secular daily meditations book based on quotes taken from the first 164 pages of the big book.
If you are new and unfamiliar with the big book bb many of us change the words alcohol to food, alcoholic to compulsive overeater. Alcoholics anonymous aa meeting directory this website in not the official website of aa to visit click here aaws use this aa meeting directory listed by states to find your local 12 step a. A recent addition to the aa library, reflections provides daily material for. A vision for youcourtesy of the alcoholics anonymous book. The aa big book is considered to be the most crucial piece of literature in alcoholics anonymous.
This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. This is by no means an exhaustive list of meeting types, but it does give a general sense of the choices available. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. They know the literature inside and out, quote it frequently and give the page number they are quoting from to underscore their authority. Horsemen in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12.
Big book step study friends meeting house 103 marion rd, rt 6 7. Copyright alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. More about alcoholism m ost of ushave been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. This is a quiz about the history of a great and worthwhile organization. The big book, alcoholics anonymous some groups discuss one chapter from the big book each week. Pauls lesson in the big book regarding expectations being inversely proportional to serenity. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should have a clear understanding of the risk he takes if he drinks. Many books with wisdom can be read endlessly, and you find something new each time. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking using. Our meeting quotes entirely from the big book of alcoholics. Big book acceptance was the answer linkedin slideshare.
Open, topic discussion, speaker, step meeting, big book, young people, smoking permitted meeting notes route 7 east to route 660 north to route 661 or route 661 south off redbud road route 11 north district winchester 26 submit a change to this meeting last update. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the big book of alcoholics anonymous. All references to the topics will be found in the first 164 pages of the book, alcoholics anonymous. In the case of big books, a number of meetings in the area give new members a copy to keep for their own use. On page 52 of the big book you can find a list of bedevilments. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. The reference pages are taken from the 4th edition of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. A vision for you, big book page 164 alcoholics anonymous. For the fourteen years i was in and out of recovery i barely cracked the literature. Alcoholics anonymous also known as the big book in recovery circles sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease.
Friday medford mens big book step study unitarian universalist church 147 high st 7. Promises the promises of alcoholics anonymous are on pages 82 and 83 of the big book. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous. These are trying times currently, this page is for the listing of local meetings or local people whom have setup meetings for the aa fellowship of santa cruz county. Massachusetts aa big book step study meetings concord. Most big book study around where i live only do till dr bobs nightmare. The big book says, are the steps we not are the steps we read and talked the aa pioneers proved that action, not knowledge, produced the spiritual awakening that resulted in recovery from alcoholism. Ive prayed to god on hangover mornings and sworn that id never touch another drop but by nine oclock id be boiled as an owl.
Aa big book alcoholics anonymous lionrock recovery. We were having trouble with personal relationships. The classic text on alcoholism, recovery this is the book that started off the whole 12 step phenomenon. The reason is, the bb is the basic textbook for recovery in aa. A vision for you, big book page 164 our book is meant to be suggestive only. Whether youre new to aa, or youre a seasoned veteran, this is the easiest and most useful app to aid in your recovery.
The big book the main 164 pages, prayers, personal stories, and more. Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either alcoholics. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover as of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists a sentiment. Videos or graphic images may not be downloaded, copied or duplicated without the express written permission of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. Other groups read from the big book weekly and discuss each chapter as they go along. Each quote is followed with alexs thoughts on the topic and a question for the reader to contemplate. Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. It is a spiritual journey and the big book is our travel guide. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. Alcoholics anonymous is not a religious organization.
Several excerpts from the aa big book are read at aa meetings regularly as part of the meeting format, and as a constant reminder of aas single. A vision for you 155 this refers to bills first visit with dr. The second edition, published in 1955, reached a total of more than 1,150,500 copies. A chairperson leads the meeting in a discussion of material drawn from the aa publication living sober.
Akron every wednesday meeting jack told her about 268 big book she had one 269 paul s. The big book of alcoholics anonymous kindle edition by. Go to enough twelve step meetings and youll encounter them. These are aspects of the alcoholics life and personality that are usually in effect before the alcoholic comes into aa and will continue unless the alcoholic actively works the steps each day.
Aa step one 20 questions test worksheet a 20question test that was used by many a. The first edition appeared in april 1939, and in the following sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies went into circulation. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. At a big book meeting, they readdiscuss and hopefully study the big book.