The Anonymous Press Study Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (Black)
The First 164 pages of The Big Book with lined pages opposite text for note taking.
Includes the original Foreword, The Doctor's Opinion and Dr. Bob's Story.
Paragraph numbers along side the text for easy reference.
Entire Original Manuscript (about) including the stories. Easy to read retyped version. Includes paragraph numbers corresponding to the modern text for easy comparison.
Footnotes explaining historical and obscure references in the text.
Footnotes documenting all 79 differences between the modern text and the original 1st printing text of the 1st 164 pages (about). Yes, believe it or not, the basic text has been changed 79 times since it was first published.
Two place keeping ribbons.
Special "lay flat" binding.
Reviews (199)
Great book. If you're big on taking notes, you'll LOVE this book.
So, overall I LOVE this book. Pros: There's SO much room for notes. I love love love that! It's really great quality! The original manuscript in the back is awesome and I love the dictionary and the word index. Cons : They took out the preface. Which is sad. I added a copy into the blank cover section. So i'll make it work. Also it has the forward but took out the forward to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th edition. Ok I can live without those I suppose but when you get to the doctor's opinion the page numbers don't line up to the original text as you can see in the picture which as you see in my pictures I crossed out and kept the original numbering. I think the book is worth those defects because you can just have a copy of the preface Andre number the doctor's opinion. And by the time you get to Bill's story page one the page numbers are back on track to the original. Not perfect but if you are a big note-taker like I am this book is for you and worth the discrepancies.
The Best "Big Book of AA" Available!!!
This is THE book for the serious student of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous! I cannot say enough good things about this book, or stress its importance enough if you are interested in working your 12 Step Program of Recovery the way our founders did! I am a prolific note taker, so the note pages are perfect for me. The ribbons make it easy for me to find the start and end points each week for the BB Study Group that we chair. Filled with history of our program, footnotes, dictionary, glossary, as well as the Original Manuscript written by Bill W., completely unaltered. We chair 2 meeting per week, our BB Study, as well as a 12 Steps and 12 Traditions meeting, (For that, we use the "Original 1946 Edition-Little Red Book" for the same reason, in our meetings, we want to know how the founders worked the Program that enabled them to say "...we who have RECOVERED" and caused them to see 75-100% recovery rates, as compared to the dismal 8% recovery rates reported by the General Service Offices for AA today. The founders knew, in order to recover from a "hopeless state of mind and body", they needed to recognize and accept that their disease had placed them "beyond human aid" and that a vital spiritual experience was the only thing that could restore them to sanity and remove the compulsion and obsession to drink." If you are a serious student of the Big Book, an old timer, or a new comer, this book is for you! And to be able to purchase such a high quality, leather bound volume at such a remarkable price, it a real find!
Great Fabulous Word Glossary sooooo useful!
This is a fabulous new version of the big book! I have seen Alanon books with word glossaries and its tremendouly useful so I was stoked to find the big book version. (Wish they made a 12&12 as such) as this is a new book I am only giving four stars because I have a few suggestions- add a ribbon for page marking, add thumbtabs for the different versions- also would be amazing to include study guide notes as opposed to the original text in the back since the new version in the front already notates the differences.
Very Useful for beginners
I bought this for a sponsee of mine. I really love this book because it gives you extra pages to write on and express your emotions. I like to go in depth into what each chapter is about what what each word means. Its important to really go thru these chapters and express what exactly you are getting out of these chapters and how you are going to grow. This book is the perfect size. You can bring it anywhere. Perfect for meetings as well.
Great reference for those interested in how it all started.
The Big Book of A.A. has been through 4 revisions in the official printed edition. This book goes back to the very early days when the material was first typed up and submitted for review. This book even includes the typographical errors and small word changes that were fixed for the First official edition. Each edition has some of the previous personal stories with some new ones. So even if you have read most of the personal stories in the first 4 editions, you'll still find some that you haven't seen yet in this volume. My only real complaint is that the print is small in this book and my vision isn't as sharp as it was years ago. So if they ever print another version of this, please make the print bigger.
Great for sponsorship
I bought this to use for only sponsorship. The fact that every page has a corresponding notes page is fabulous for writing in things to bring up in doing step work with sponsees. I didn't get the hard cover version, because it is made with leather and I am vegan, but I would have preferred a hard cover version I could have because it would last longer than this soft cover. I have to buy a cover that will help protect this one. However, it is not likely to get taken by accident in a book study meeting since it is red, so that's good. And the quality of the book is great. The price is really great.
Helpful
It is a good book however the print is small. This book is a great 1 stop shop reference book. The book I received wasn't brand new like I expected (there was writing on the inside of the book, which that is not necessarily a good or bad thing) but I did want brand new.. All the different AA materials get confusing so I ordered @ risk - prompt shipping. It is fine print so if you have trouble reading small print (like I do) this may not be the book for you. **This is not the sellers fault, this is mine for not asking questions before buying**
Big Book Study Edition
This edition is wonderful. Has word glossary in the back of the book with original copy of big book. On every other page there blank page for notes. Easy read.. highly recommend this book... one thing i was hoping for was 12 step prayers to be included but they are not.. having trouble finding copy with 12 steps prayers. Overall this book is Awesome...
Not for Beginners - Perfect for Extra Insight Into the History of the Big Book
I toyed with this purchase for months before I dove in and got it. Glad I did! It gives life to this document and a context to how it was developed. I use the fourth edition on a regular basis, but this one shows how we got there. Well worth a read or two.
OMG!!! this book is awesome!!!
for every page there is a empty page beside it with 20 lines to keep notes on whatever you find important to list... then the entire "Original Manuscript" comes after the first 164 pages and the doctor's nightmare. then there is a dictionary, and a word index, and a subject index that follows... this is a great tool to greater studies of those who might be able to help a real alcoholic if he has a desire to stop drinking.
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