A Program for You: A Guide to the Big Book's Design for Living
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With clear language, sharp wisdom, and human insight on every page, A Program for You offers a fresh yet timeless look at the Twelve Steps. For countless people--newcomers and veterans alike--it continues to serve as an indispensable guide to the Big Book's wisdom for healing and hope. In the years since 1939, the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, has guided millions in their search for a design for healthy living free of addictive behaviors. Now, two program veterans share their years of intensive study of the Big Book, revealing the vitality of its message for those of us reading it today.
This celebration of the basic text of Twelve Step recovery breathes new life into the Big Book's timeless wisdom. Thoroughly annotated with line and page references, written with down-to-earth humor and simplicity, and providing a contemporary context for understanding, A Program for You helps us experience the same path of renewal followed by Bill W. and the first one hundred AA members.
This celebration of the basic text of Twelve Step recovery breathes new life into the Big Book's timeless wisdom. Thoroughly annotated with line and page references, written with down-to-earth humor and simplicity, and providing a contemporary context for understanding, A Program for You helps us experience the same path of renewal followed by Bill W. and the first one hundred AA members.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0894867415
ISBN13:9780894867415
Release Date:April 1991
Publisher:Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 7.5"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Where are the questions to aGood book but I was looking for a workbook.nswer while working the 12 St
Published by Ginger , 5 years ago
Great book but I was looking for a workbook.
Read it over and over
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book brings a depth of insight into The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Very readable, practical, and true to the intent of AA. I highly recommend that all AAs have this book in their library to read over and over and to use as a reference. I wore one copy out and have purchased a new one.
The Importance of Big Book studies and seminars
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book is highly recommended by me. It was not until I was urged to attend the Joe McQ and Charlie P. Big Book seminar in Sacramento that I began to see the system to the basic text and the orderly process of the Twelve Steps. With Joe McQ now gone, this book is even more important. I don't believe anyone can approach the A.A. program, the A.A. fellowship, or A.A. history without first mastering the Big Book basic text. And this book does the job. And its contents have benefited thousands who have attended the seminars, listened to the tapes, and read the book. Further, both Joe and Charlie were my friends. They both knew and understood the importance of the Biblical roots of A.A. and the details of our history. That would give them ten points on any scale I wrote. Furthermore they openly discussed A.A.'s real Oxford Group connection and didn't link it to some of the unwarranted diversions about Buchman and his personal statements and activities.Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939: A.A.'s Principles of SuccessThe Akron Genesis of Alcoholics AnonymousThe Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.'s Roots in the Bible (Bridge Builders Edition)The Oxford Group & Alcoholics Anonymous: A Design for Living that Works
An amazing book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I had the privilege to attend the weekend workshop on which this book is based about six years ago. It was a life-changing experience for me in my recovery from food addiction. This book is almost a word-for-word replica of that workshop (and was approved by the leaders of the workshop). For anyone struggling to understand the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, read this book immediately. It is true to the heart and soul of the "big Book" and completely modernizes the information so that it's easy to understand in today's world.
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