From 1944, Mann's AA crusade has led to the proliferation ... After an early copy of the book “Alcoholics Anonymous” saved her from addiction, Marty Mann (above) became an evangelist for ...

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, AA’s basic text, says, “We have ceased fighting anything or anyone.” Fighting is bad for alkies, because outrage often leads to alcohol. Maybe the ...

24, 2010— -- For decades, addicts have adhered to Alcoholics Anonymous' 12 steps and the ... The final version of the book directs AA followers to embrace a "higher power" and "God of your ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) has announced the publication of the Plain Language Big Book: A Tool for Reading Alcoholics Anonymous, a new resource designed to ...

Alcoholics Anonymous was the book’s official title and also became the name of the organization that grew from it. In AA, members meet in groups to help one another achieve and maintain ...

Written by William Griffith Wilson in 1939, the “Printer’s Copy” of the document includes handwritten edits, changes and corrections to the book “Alcoholics Anonymous,” the original 12-step program, ...

The AA World Organization estimates there are ... add "as we understood Him," as a qualifier to "God," in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous (1939). Wilson very reluctantly accepted these suggestions ...

(RNS) — The book gives daily reflection exercises, drawing on AA's famous 12-step method and portions of Jewish Scripture. (RNS) — At one of the first Alcoholics Anonymous meetings Boruch ...

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are displayed in an exhibit in Akron, Ohio. (Wikimedia Commons/Artaxerxes) After Father Ed was introduced to AA's "Big Book," he became fascinated with the ...

At A.A. meetings, spiritual themes are often highlighted in members' personal sharing, or in readings at meetings from the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions or the book Alcoholics Anonymous ...