To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous click here. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. Myspiritualtoolkit 12 step aa app for alcoholics apps. The book alcoholics anonymous, affectionately known by members as the big book, is the textbook for our society. Currently, alcoholics anonymous has been translated into fortythree languages. Look inside the original manuscript of the alcoholics anonymous big book, first published in 1939. Lots of serenity prayer information and links to the prayer in many different languages. Mann would soon befriend the book s author, aa cocreator wilson, and she began attending aa meetings in 1939. We see that these expressions refer to people whose reactions are very different from ours. How alcoholics anonymous lied to the american people. An introduction to the big book gatehouse sober community. App features a sobriety calculator which keeps track of number of days you are sober for. The twelve steps are covered over a 15 week rotation.
Box 459, grand central station new york, ny 10163 website. Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. One of the ways to do so would be to honestly look at how nonbelievers atheist, agnostics, freethinkers, humanists, secularists, etc. Being sober versus being in recovery psychology today.
Languages in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and. Alcoholics anonymous, now better known as the big book. The material is primarily intended for those individual members of aa who, like the author, have difficulty intelligently reconciling what they find in aas basic text with various religious concepts of a power greater. What book is published in the most languages answers. There have been numerous reprints and revisions, in addition to translations into dozens of languages. The big book alcoholics anonymous was created on 19390410. We welcome newcomers and visitors from the global aa community to attend our 2 weekly meetings. General service conferenceapproved literature reflects the group conscience of the fellowship of a. It is a jokey reference that goes back to aas humble beginnings. A major aim of this latest edition is to produce a version of a. The description says 2nd edition big book, not the same 164 pages and the same forewords that are in the 3rd and 4th editions.
When the book was published in 1939 the aa fellowship was small and struggling. Translations of alcoholics anonymous the anonymous press. This book was conceived by a small group of recovering alcoholics. We are a small group of english speaking members of aa from different places in the world living in bucharest, romania. Yet this book, now in its fourth edition, has sold over 23 million copies in english and is published in 48 languages. Historic aa document belonging to jim irsay has public debut. The big book was originally published in 1939 by aa founders bill w. Ethnic communities alcoholics anonymous great britain. Alcoholics anonymous big book large printb16 paperback published june 1st 1991 by alcoholics anonymous world services paperback, 573 pages. Today, our big book is available in 62 languages and there is an assortment of. It is my hope that you will find this site useful to you and our friends of bill w. Aa big book with questions for discussion emotional. With the twi big book, the process had its genesis in 2006, when a ghanaian woman. The navajo language big book, alcoholics anonymous an audiobook in 14 cds will be.
Questions and answers on alcoholics anonymous history, aa history, and other fun for members of alcoholics anonymous and their friends. The big book of alcoholics anonymous, 2nd edition, chapter 1. Big book step study is both a particular style of aa meeting as well as a philosophy about working the twelve steps precisely as they are laid out in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Aa alcoholics anonymous acoa adult children of alcoholics alanon families of alcoholics.
These give a fair cross section of our membership and. Hey everyone before you buy this particular book you must know the page numbers are not the same as the og book i had to rebuy the big book with the appropriate page numbers to correctly follow along my sponsor made me, but saw her point. It can even seem like the regular members are speaking a different language. Is alcoholics anonymous religious, spiritual, neither. Languages in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. What message do you think they were delivering to potential new people around aa versus the message that is delivered today in aa. That book is alcoholics anonymousaffectionately known to aa members as the big book. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism, is a collection of texts used by members of the alcoholics anonymous fellowship the book has undergone four revisions since william wilson, also known as bill w. We also publish and license translations of the big book and other literature in languages and countries around the world, much of which is.
Alcoholics anonymous publishes several books, reports, pamphlets, and other media, including a periodical known as the aa grapevine. Learn what spiritual malady is and the role it plays in. Luckily, it does not usually take long to become glossary of aa terms part 1 of 2 read more. Chapter 2 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous, 2nd edition. There are a lot of words that have special meaning for this group. Copyright alcoholics anonymous world services, inc.
The whytehouse is, i hope, a way to find that special phrase or saying etc. Alcoholics anonymous big book original edition audible. There is only one version, unless you are asking how many languages it is in, in which case, the book of mormon is translated into 87 different languages, one of which is now extinct. Selections of the book of mormon have been published in an additional 25 languages. The differences are clear to those who have experienced both phases in their healing process from alcoholism. A project to help the traveler find the fellowship wherever they might go. The language of alcoholics anonymous when people first attend alcoholics anonymous they can be bit confused by the terminology used.
The story of how many thousands of men and women have. Today, our big book is available in 62 languages and there is an assortment of other a. Nevertheless, we ask the fellowship worldwide to act, as we. To spread his message of salvation, wilson started writing what would become aas sacred text. When the big book of alcoholics anonymous was written and published in 1939, the times and language of those times was incredibly different than modern times. You can create different inventories based on the big book style resentment, fear, sex and harms done. Do you know how to say book in different languages.
The first portion contains our 12step recovery program, the second portion contains fortytwo stories of men and women who have recovered from alcoholism. With no financial resources, big hopes were placed on sales of the big book. Another answer regarding the languages the book of mormon, it has been fully translated into 87 languages. Yet today, every year approximately one million copies of the big book are distributed in the english language alone it is translated into 67. Just set your sobriety date in the counter and it will automatically calculate how many days youve been sober, years sober, months sober, even hours.
Alcoholics anonymous the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions, the latter explaining aas fundamental principles in depth. Blessings to all pastor bob the book is wonderful, but the lack of the real page numbers render it useless for sponsor or meeting work. But i will not have the benefit of contact with you who write this book. The second edition 1955 consisted of 1,150,000 copies. I have provided a link in a couple of places on this page for your convenience, so you can get to the search page. Alcoholics anonymous has been translated into fortythree languages. How many languages is the big book of alcoholics anonymous. This is the translation of the word book to over 80 other languages. Saying book in other foreign languages please find below many ways to say book in different languages.
Translations in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and. The big book of alcoholics anonymous, also referred to as alcoholics anonymous. One of many good places to begin is in alcoholics anonymous aka the big book, specifically chapter 4, we agnostics. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism is the official book for the alcoholics anonymous fellowship and available for those at gatehouse sober community. Of course, as you may be aware, the on the first and second editions of the big book is no longer in force anywhere except in canada. The new edition is similar in page count to the latest english language big book. We believe that recovery is a onedayatatime experience. The hebrew language version of the big book becomes the 53rd translation of our basic text. Alcoholics anonymous is keen to work effectively with black and minority ethnic communities in britain and there are now translations of the book alcoholics anonymous into over thirty languages including hindi, malayalan, punjabi, chinese, vietnamese, thai, turkish, and arabic with more translations in hand. I wanted a 2nd edition aa big book to read the different stories in the back.