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Missing Big Book "facts"


We are not cured of alcoholism. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 85)
but there is a solution. . .

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NEWS:

The Hebrew language version of the Big Book becomes the 53rd translation of our basic text. Six years in the making, it is now available from the General Service Office. (October 2007)


"Faingold Photography" is making the large panoramic 2005 Convention photo available from their web site. (July 2005)


"AA Grapevine's" Digital Archive is now available online for a small subscription fee. Every story, cartoon and article online and searchable - Happy 60th Anniversary! (June 1, 2004)


"Large print versions of" As Bill Sees It, Came to Believe, Living Sober and the Spanish Big Book are now available from the AA World Services. (April 2004)


"The 4th Edition Big Book" is now available to READ online via AA's official web site as www.aa.org


"Spiritual Awakenings", is available at your local intergroup office or directly from Grapevine. This book is kind of an updated version of "Came to Believe", where the authors give their experience on having individual spiritual awakenings.


"A Special Prison Friendly Grapevine", has been published for taking into prisons and institutions that do not allow "staples" and hard bound materials. This is a reprint of the July 2003 Grapevine with the section "Released - One Day At A Time" rebound in a threaded stitching instead of the normal staples. There are three different issues of stitched Grapevines now. (June 2005)



An Old Poem
Footprints in the Sand


A New Poem
Butt Prints in the Sand


The 12 Rewards
12 Rewards



The 4th Edition Big Book:

COPPER FOIL <<< Do you have one of these?

The fourth printing has at least one NEW CHANGE.

We are now in the 19th printing as of March 2007.

FEATURES:

The Sobriety Calculator

Type in your sobriety date and see how long you have been sober down to the second! (but who's counting?)

The Anniversary Web Site

Add your name to this growing list of thousands of folks staying sober just like you. On your anniversary you'll get emails from around the globe, what a gift. Send email to a friend you haven't met yet on their anniversary also. Online service work! Flags used in the web site for our visitors.

Foreign Grapevine Collection

A collection of 32 different International Grapevine Style Magazines. New additions include Portugal and Mexico.

Our Serenity Prayer

Lot's of Serenity Prayer information and links to the Prayer in many different languages.

Prayer of St Francis

I have trouble remembering the words to the Prayer of St Francis. I love the meaning of this prayer so much that I made this page to be a place to come and just be quiet and meditate on the meanings expressed by St Francis.

PAST FEATURES:

Click here for Bill W.'s
obituary in the newspapers in 1971.

Which day of the week did you get sober?
Click Here to Find Out

Who are all those people that Bill and Bob keep naming in our literature? Click Here to Find Out

MEMORIAL BOOKS:

Bill Pittman's Memorial Book from Nov 2007

Joe McQ's Memorial Book from Oct 2007

Nell Wing's Memorial Book from Feb 2007

Nancy O's Memorial Book from Mar 2005

Esther Coleman's Memorial Book from Jan 2005

Robert Ripley Smith's Memorial Book from Apr 2004

Searcy W.'s Memorial Book from Sep 2003

Dr Earle M.'s Memorial Book from Jan 2003

Sue Smith Window's Memorial Book from Feb 2002

Doc John's Memorial Book from Dec 2001

Dr Paul's Memorial Books from May 2000.

Hugh M.'s Memorial Book from Dec 1999.


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