Best Selling Books by Alcoholics Anonymous

It's more than a book. It's a way of life. Alcoholics Anonymous-the Big Book-has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. Personal stories have been added to reflect the growing and diverse fellowship. Key features and benefits - the most widely used resource for millions of individuals in recovery - contains full, original text describing AA program - personal stories We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary. We think this account of our experiences will help everyone to better understand the alcoholic. Many do not comprehend that the alcoholic is a very sick person. And besides, we are sure that our way of living has its advantages for all. It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication. Being mostly business or professional folk, we could not well carry on our occupations in such an event. We would like it understood that our alcoholic work is an avocation. When writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous." Very earnestly we ask the press also, to observe this request, for otherwise we shall be greatly handicapped. We are not an organization in the conventional sense of the word. There are no fees or dues whatsoever. The only requirement for membership is an honest desire to stop drinking. We are not allied with any particular faith, sect or denomination, nor do we oppose anyone. We simply wish to be helpful to those who are afflicted. We shall be interested to hear from those who are getting results from this book, particularly form those who have commenced work with other alcoholics. We should like to be helpful to such cases. Inquiry by scientific, medical, and religious societies will be welcomed.

Este livro reúne experiências espirituais de membros de A.A., que escrevem suas convicções implícitas em "Deus na forma em que O concebíamos. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1973 (com primeira edição em português em 1996), este livro demandou cinco anos de preparação. Atendendo a um pedido do GSO (o Escritório de Serviços Gerais norte-americano), AAs das mais diversas regiões dos EUA e Canadá colocaram por escrito suas aventuras espirituais e as remeteram para serem selecionadas e publicadas. Assim, o livro opera como um "canal de expressão para a rica diversidade das convicções implícitas em 'Deus na forma em que O concebíamos'". (145 páginas) .

Selected writings from the cofounder of A.A. touch nearly every aspect of A.A.'s way of life. An aid to individual meditation and a stimulant to group discussion, As Bill Sees It contains 332 short writings with topics indexed for quick access.