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Big Book Podcast
Listen to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous anytime, anyplace. Unabridged audio version of 1st & 2nd editions read by Howard L. (1/1/88)
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Chapter One – BILL’S STORY
Howard L reads Chapter One, Bill's Story, from the Big Book of “Alcoholics Anonymous” first published in 1939.
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APPENDICES I-VI – Second Edition
This is the 85th and final episode of the Big Book Podcast. It features the six Appendices and list of AA Publications found at the end of the Second...
FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE – 2nd Edition
This is the final story in the Second Edition entitled “Freedom From Bondage” and was printed in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Editions of the Big Book. It wa...
HE WHO LOSES HIS LIFE – 2nd Edition
This story, printed in the 2nd and 3rd Editions, was penned by Bob R. who sobered up in New York City AA in 1947. The story’s literary flair reflects...
THE INDEPENDENT BLONDE – 2nd Edition
Published only in the Second Edition, this is the story of Nancy F., who got sober in New York City in 1945 when she was 39 years old. It is said that...
THE CAREER OFFICER – 2nd Edition
This story's author is Sackville M., who got sober in Dublin, Ireland in 1947. Sackville helped reorganize the original Dublin AA meeting in which the...
ANNIE THE COP FIGHTER – 2nd Edition
Annie C. first joined AA in 1947 at the age of 67. One interesting item that shows up in Annie’s story is the reference to a farm in Connecticut where...
DESPERATION DRINKING – 2nd Edition
This is a relatively short story printed in the Second and Third Editions. The author is Pat M., who joined AA and got sober around 1952. Those are t...
THERE’S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH ME! – 2nd Edition
Written by Bill G., who got sober in 1945, this story runs the gamut from being a successful business man to literally being a bum on the street, pawn...
THE PRISONER FREED – 2nd Edition
“The Prisoner Freed” was printed only in the Second and Third Editions, so it will be heard for the first time by those who’ve otherwise been raised...
PROMOTED TO CHRONIC – 2nd Edition
Printed only in the 2nd and 3rd Editions of the Big Book, “Promoted to Chronic” was written by Helen B., who got sober in 1945. After working for the...
JIM’S STORY – Second Edition
“Jim’s Story” was written by Dr. Jim S., a physician in Washington D.C., who is credited with founding the first black AA group. While the struggles o...
OUR SOUTHERN FRIEND – 2nd Edition
This is one of only 5 stories to show up in all 4 Editions. The author is John Henry Fitzhugh Mayo, known to his contemporaries as “Fitz” M. Unlike s...
JOE’S WOES – 2nd Edition
This 73rd episode begins Part 3, the last part of the Personal Stories section of the Second Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous published in 1955. Part 3...
NEW VISION FOR A SCULPTOR – 2nd Edition
This is a relatively rare story, as it is one of only five stories that was published exclusively in the 2nd Edition. There's also nothing known about...
ME AN ALCOHOLIC? – 2nd Edition
This story is familiar to many, as it was printed in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions of "Alcoholics Anonymous". Unfortunately, the author of th...
STARS DON’T FALL – 2nd Edition
This story was penned by Felicia G. who first came to AA in 1943, but didn’t get sober until 1944. When she first met Bill W. at the AA Foundation off...
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF – 2nd Edition
Written by Dr. Earle M. from San Francisco, who got sober in June of 1953, this story was printed in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions. Earle was...
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE – 2nd Edition
Printed in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions, the author of this story is said to have been Chet R. from Santa Barbara, California, though just...
THE HOUSEWIFE WHO DRANK AT HOME – 2nd Edition
In this 67th episode, story number 7 in Part 2 of the Personal Stories section of the Second Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous published in 1955. It’s e...
HIS CONSCIENCE – 2nd Edition
This story was printed only in the Second Editions, so it has remained largely unseen by those AAs who’ve otherwise been raised on the Third and Four...
UNTO THE SECOND GENERATION – 2nd Edition
Unlike many stories in the First and Second Editions of the Big Book, the author of this story is unknown. We know from the story that he got sober in...
A FLOWER OF THE SOUTH – 2nd Edition
This story's author, Esther E., got sober in Texas in 1941 and was inspired to seek help from AA’s relatively new General Service Office in New York a...
THE PROFESSOR AND THE PARADOX – 2nd Edition
This short, but powerful, story was written by John P. and appeared only in the Second Edition, which is why most AA’s have never seen it. John enumer...
FEAR OF FEAR
This relatively short story was authored by Ceil M., who got sober in New York City in 1949. As with other authors of Personal Stories in the Big Book...
RUM, RADIO AND REBELLION – 2nd Edition
The first of 12 stories in Part 2 of the Big Book presents a compelling case to stop drinking sooner than later and save years of infinite suffering....
THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM
Most readers of the Big Book will recognize “The Keys of the Kingdom”, as it was published in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions. Its author, Sylv...
HOME BREWMEISTER – 2nd Edition
This was one of only five of the original 29 stories in the First Edition to make it into the Second Edition. Its author, Clarence S., got sober in ea...
HE SOLD HIMSELF SHORT – 2nd Edition
Earl T., got sober in 1938 with the help of Dr. Bob and a number of original members of the fledgling Akron group. He then took his newfound sobriety...
THE MAN WHO MASTERED FEAR – 2nd Edition
“The Man Who Mastered Fear” was printed in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions. It’s actually is an expanded version of a story printed in the Firs...
FROM FARM TO CITY – 2nd Edition
This story was written by Ethel M., one of the first female members of Akron Group 1 that met on Wednesday evenings at King’s School in Akron, Ohio. T...
THE NEWS HAWK – 2nd Edition
This story is actually the edited and re-titled version of the story “Traveler, Editor, Scholar” which was originally published in the First Edition....
THE VICIOUS CYCLE – Second Edition
This story was penned by Jim B. who got sober in 1938, and was an member of Bill W’s original New York Group that met on Tuesday nights in Brooklyn. I...
THE EUROPEAN DRINKER – 2nd Edition
This story is one of only a handful of stories from the First Edition of the Big Book that was retained for the Second Edition. It's about Joe D., an...
WOMEN SUFFER TOO – 2nd Edition
Women Suffer Too was written by Marty M., a founding female member of Alcoholics Anonymous and close friend of Bill W. Marty’s involvement in AA influ...
HE THOUGHT HE COULD DRINK LIKE A GENTLEMAN – 2nd Edition
One of the more colorful stories from the very earliest days of AA, this story was published in the 2nd and 3rd Editions but omitted from the 4th edit...
HE HAD TO BE SHOWN – 2nd Edition
This is the 50th episode of the Big Book Podcast, and I'd like to thank the thousands of people around the world who have listened to this audio versi...
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NUMBER THREE – 2nd Edition
“Alcoholics Anonymous Number 3” describes the meeting of Dr. Bob and Bill W. with Bill D., an alcoholic patient Akron City Hospital in late June 1935....
DR. BOB’S NIGHTMARE – 2nd Edition
This 48th episode marks the beginning of the Personal Stories section in the 2nd Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous published in 1955.
Chapter 11 – A VISION FOR YOU – 2nd Edition
Bill Wilson wrote the 11th chapter in the fall of 1938, while still wrestling with other chapters of the book. Years later, in the book “Alcoholics An...