This is the edition of the Big Book currently being printed.
What is Fourth?
This is the common name for the text from which the AA fellowship gets its name.
What is the Big Book?
The year the Big Book was first published.
What is 1939?
This is where the next AA International Convention will be held in 2025.
What is Vancouver, BC?
This Shakespeare quote from Hamlet appears on most sobriety coins
What is "To Thine Own Self Be True"
The Personal Story “Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict” from the Third Edition is now titled this.
What is "Acceptance is the Answer"?
The three sides of the Triangle – AA’s three legacies.
What are Recovery, Unity & Service?
The beginning of Chapter 3 “More About Alcoholism” is sometimes read aloud at meetings. The chapter goes on to compare alcoholics to those with a passion for this.
What is Jaywalking?
Dr _____ had a profound influence on Bill W and encouraged him to realize that alcoholism was more than just an issue of moral weakness. He introduced Bill to the idea that alcoholism had a pathological, disease-like basis.
Who is Dr. William Silkworth?
The hospital where Bill W. was treated for alcoholism 3 times.
What is Towns Hospital in NY, NY?
A meeting in which members of a home group discuss issues facing their group in how the group carries the AA message and adheres to the 12 traditions.
What is a Group Conscience?
The hotel where Bill W. was staying when he chose to call a clergyman in order to find a drunk to help rather than go into the bar.
What is The Mayflower?