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Editors Choice Short Bibliography

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Revised Jan 29 2009

History Books all Newcomers and Beginners in AA (Interested in history or not) should Read and Own
These are Indispensable Most are commonly available at both small and large bookstores (new and used) andmany should be available at your local library. You can always purchase these books new read them and donate them to your local library for others to read. These Books Will Teach You All The Things Which Are Not Being Taught in AA Today-Which is a lot of Info!! This website http://www.aabibliography.com eztone@hotmail.com 800 570- 1861

A Simple Program by J Big Book rewritten to Modern Language
AA comes of Age A.A. World Services
AA Master Inventory Bibliography Dick B $25 to Purchase Read Free Online Feb 2009
Alcoholics Anonymous Cult or Cure Charles Buffe click here highly recommended
Anne Smith's Journal (by Dick B)
Beware the 1st Drink!! The Washingtonian Temperance society and AA - 1991 Blumberg Pittman
Bill W by Robert Thomsen c.1975, Published by Harper & Row
Bill W. (by Francis Hartigan)
Bill W. and Mr. Wilson (by Matthew J. Raphael a pseudonym) Highly recommended!!
Bill W., My First 40 Years, an Autobiography by the Cofounder of AA-Bill Pittman Hazleden Publisher
But, for the Grace of God … ,by Wally P.. Bishop of Books
Changed by Grace: V. C. Kitchen, the Oxford Group, and A.A., September 2006 Glenn Chestnut
Changed Lives : The Story of Alcoholics Anonymous Dennis C. Morreim / 1992
Children of the Healer (Story- Dr. Bob's Kids) Sue Smith Windows
Children of the Healer, the Story of Dr. Bob's Kids, Hazelden
Conversion of Bill W By Dick B AA Historian NEW Highly Recommended www.dickb.com
Courage To Change -Shoemaker (Bill Pittman and Dick B) (Hazelden)
Dr Bob and the Good Old Timers A.A. World Services
Ebby the Man who sponsored Bill Willson (by Mel B.) 1998 Hazelden
Getting Better Inside AA (Nan Robertson 1988) Thomas William Morrow
Grateful to Have Been There by Nell Wing
How It Worked, the Story of Clarence H. Snyder, by Mitchell K. Out of Print Read on Web
Language of the Heart A.A. World Services
Lois Remembers A.A. World Services
Motorcycle Hobos (Lois Wilson) Gratitude Press This Book Was PULLED
Mrs. Marty Mann : The First Lady of AA (Sally Brown Hazelden)
My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson--His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous Susan Cheever 2006
My Search for Bill W. (by Mel B.) 2000 Hazelden
New Wine (by Mel B.) 1991 Hazelden
Not God By Ernest Kurtz - -Highest Recommendation!! was The history of AA by Ernie K
Pass It On - Bill Wilson and the A.A. Message, A.A. World Services
Physician, Heal Thyself!, by Dr. Earle M., CompCare Publishers
Practice These Principles/What is Oxford Group (Bill Pittman Hazelden)
Road to Fellowship: Role of the Emmanuel Movement /Jacoby Club and AA 2004,Richard M. Dubiel,
Search for Serenity Lewis Presnall  1960 Highly Recommended!
Silkworth: The Dr. Who Loved Drunks (Dale Mitchel-Hazleden 2002 )
Sister Ignatia: Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous (Mary Darrah Loyola Univ Press)
Slaying the Dragon- The History of Addiction Treatment & Recovery (Bill White)
That Amazing Grace, by Dick B., Paradise Research Publications
The Collected Ernie Kurtz (Kurtz-Bishop of Books)
The Higher Power of the Twelve-Step Program: For Believers & Non-believers, 2001, Glenn Chestnut
The Lois Wilson Story -When Love Is Not Enough- written a by William G. Borchert 2005
The Natural History of Alcoholism (Geo E Valiant)
The Roots of AA (Bill Pittman Hazelden)- was OOP called AA Way It Began Highly Recommended
The Soul of Sponsorship : The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling -Bill Wilson by Robert Fitzgerald
The Spirituality of Imperfection by Ernest Kurtz, Katherine Ketcham
The Steps We Took : A Shares His Experience, Strength, and Hope by Joe McQ
There's More to Quitting Drinking than Quitting Drinking, by Dr. Paul O., Sabrina Pub.
To Be Continued-AA World Bibliography (Charles Bishop Bill Pittman) Bishop Books OUT OF PRINT
Turning Point AA Comprehensive History By Dick B this Book covers all the bases. Oxford Akron
Twelve Step Sponsorship : How It Works by Hamilton B. (Hazelden)
Understanding the 12 Steps By Terrence T Gorski Fireside/Parkside 1991
Women Pioneers in 12 Step Recovery by Charlotte Hunter


Editors Note: There is no AA History Book I could recommend more highly than
Dickb's "Turning Point" Reading It could change your life and spiritual direction.


Editors Note: If you like this material from Dick B and all the AA history info contained in these pages You Could Become More Active in Your Own AA Club By Starting a History/Reading Study Group to meet at some time other than your groups regular meetings. Don't Mistakenly get involved in the Not AA Approved Or Not Conference Approved BS about what books you can and cannot read at your AA Club. Click here Info on Dickb's webs about this subject Just start a History/Book Reading Meeting Soon and Share this info with your many AA Friends!!