This fourth edition of “Alcoholics Anonymous” came off press in November 2001, at the start of a new millennium. Since the third edition was published in 1976, worldwide membership of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.
- Copyright Information
- Preface
- Foreword to First Edition
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Foreword to Third Edition
- Foreword to Fourth Edition
- The Doctor’s Opinion
Chapters
- Bill’s Story
- There Is A Solution
- More About Alcoholism
- We Agnostics
- How It Works
- Into Action
- Working With Others
- To Wives
- The Family Afterward
- To Employers
- A Vision For You
Personal Stories
- PART I – Pioneers of A.A. – (pp. 169-276)
- PART II – They Stopped in Time – (pp. 277-431)
- PART III – They Lost Nearly All – (pp. 435-559)
Appendices
- I. The A.A. Tradition
- II. Spiritual Experience
- III. The Medical View on A.A.
- IV. The Lasker Award
- V. The Religious View on A.A.
- VI. How to Get in Touch With A.A.
- VII. Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Reprinted from the book Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book) with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.