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Alcoholics Anonymous { Tenth Printing 1969 }

Alcoholics Anonymous { Tenth Printing 1969 }

by Alcholics Anonymous

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning

by Katherine Ketcham, Ernest Kurtz

I Am Not Perfect is a simple statement of profound truth, the first step toward understanding the human condition, for to deny your essential imperfection is to deny yourself and your own humanity. The spirituality of imperfection, steeped in the rich traditions of the Hebrew prophets and Greek thinkers, Buddhist sages and Christian disciples, is a message as timeless as it is timely. This insightful work... (more)

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

by Alcoholics Anonymous

Originally published in 1952, this classic book is used by A.A. members and groups around the world. It lays out the principles by which A.A. members recover and by which the fellowship functions. The basic text clarifies the Steps which constitute the A.A. way of life and the Traditions, by which A.A. maintains its unity.

The Cracker FactoryJoyce Rebeta-Burditt

The Cracker Factory

by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt

The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power

The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power

by Joel Kramer

The Guru Papers demonstrates with uncompromising clarity that authoritarian control, which once held societies together, is now at the core of personal, social, and planetary problems, and thus a key factor in social disintegration. It illustrates how authoritarianism is embedded in the way people think, hiding in culture, values, daily life, and in the very morality people try to live by. The book... (more)

Death Will Get You Sober

by Elizabeth Zelvin

On Christmas Day, Bruce Kohler wakes up in detox on the Bowery in New York City. He knows it’s time to change his life, but how can he stay sober without dying of boredom? When homeless alcoholics start to die unexpectedly, Bruce is surprised to find he cares enough to want to find out why. Most of them had been down and out for many years, but Bruce’s friend Guff was different: a cynical aristocrat with a trust... (more)

Leaving Las Vegas

by John O'Brien

Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O'Brien, is a disturbing and emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it, a powerful tale of hard luck and hard drinking and a relationship of tenderness and destruction. An avowed alcoholic, Ben drinks away his family, friends, and, finally, his job. With deliberate resolve, he burns the remnants of his life and heads for Las Vegas... (more)

The Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.'s Roots in the Bible (Bridge Builders Edition)

The Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.'s Roots in the Bible (Bridge Builders Edition)

by Dick B.

The very first, and the most popular study of A.A.'s roots in the Bible. A.A. co-founder Dr. Bob had often stated during his lifetime that the basic ideas of A.A. were taken from their study of the Bible. So too that the Book of James, the sermon on the mount, and 1 Corinthians 13 were absolutely essential to the early program. He said that the answers to their problems were in the Good Book (as he called the... (more)

Bill W., A Strange Salvation: A Biographical Novel

Bill W., A Strange Salvation: A Biographical Novel

by Paul Hourihan

After Bill Wilson's supreme achievement in founding Alcoholics Anonymous, why would he have suffered a serious depression that lasted more than a decade? This book attempts to throw light on the question, one that has never been answered and rarely asked. In doing so, it involves the reader in many other themes of vital relevance to everyone--not to those in recovery alone. This in-depth psychological study of... (more)

Dry: A Memoir

by Augusten Burroughs

From the bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Dry —the hilarious, moving, and no less bizarre account of what happened next. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. Ordinary. But when the ordinary person had to drinks, Augusten was circling the... (more)

My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson--His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous

My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson--His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous

by Susan Cheever

In this definitive and groundbreaking biography, acclaimed author Susan Cheever offers a remarkably human portrait of a man whose life and work both influenced and saved the lives of millions of people. Drawing from personal letters, diaries, AA archives, interviews -- and Cheever's own experiences with alcoholism -- My Name Is Bill is the first fully documented, deeply felt account of Bill Wilson and Alcoholics... (more)

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