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ISBN 978-1-58562-276-4. Anonymous (2010). The Book That Started It All: The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous. Hazelden Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59285-947-4. Writing of the Big Book: History of the Writing of 'Alcoholics Anonymous' Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine by Mitchell K., August 2, 2006; Anonymous (1939).
The title of the book Wilson wrote is Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story Of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism but it is referred to by AA members as "the Big Book". Its main objective is to help the alcoholic find a power greater than himself" that will solve his problem, [ 49 ] the "problem" being an inability to stay ...
The same survey showed that AA received 32% of its membership from other members, another 32% from treatment facilities, 30% were self-motivated to attend AA, 12% of its membership from court-ordered attendance, and only 1% of AA members decided to join based on information obtained from the Internet.
The Little Red Book by Anonymous, 1946. (author was Ed Webster) The Little Red Book Study Guide by Bill P., 1998. [3] The Little Red Book For Women by Karen Casey and Bill W., 2004. features the original text of The Little Red Book along with annotated passages addressing issues related to how women experience addiction and recovery. [4]
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions is a 1953 book, which explains the 24 basic principles of Alcoholics Anonymous and their application. [1] The book dedicates a chapter to each step and each tradition, providing a detailed interpretation of these principles for personal recovery and the organization of the group. [ 2 ]
This is a list of Wikipedia articles about specific twelve-step recovery programs and fellowships.These programs, and the groups of people who follow them, are based on the set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. [1]
The children's novel The Higher Power of Lucky, which received the Newbery Medal in 2007, is a story of a child who follows the direction of her higher power, a concept she learned from a twelve-step group. Rock group Boston recorded a song called "Higher Power" about drug addiction that was included on their Greatest Hits album.
His grandfather, George Hornell Thacher, was founder/owner of Thacher Car Works, vice-president of the Albany City National Bank, [3] [4] and Albany mayor 1860-2/1870-4. Edwin's uncle, John Boyd Thacher , also served in the New York State Senate and as mayor of Albany 1886-8/1896-7, as did his brother, John Boyd Thacher II 1927–40.