Big Book: Personal Stories
   
Personal Stories from the First Edition

This section has Personal Stories from the "Big Book"® of Alcoholics Anonymous. This material is available on-line because the copyright for the First Edition has expired. Stories from later editions are not available on-line because of copyright restrictions.

The Doctor's Nightmare The Unbeliever The European Drinker
A Feminine Victory Our Southern Friend A Business Man's Recovery
A Different Slant Traveler, Editor, Scholar The Back-Slider
Home Brewmeister The Seventh Month Slip My Wife and I
A Ward of the Probate Court Riding the Rods The Salesman
Fired Again The Fearful One Truth Freed Me!
Smile with Me, At Me A Close Shave Educated Agnostic
Another Prodigal Story The Car Smasher Hindsight
On His Way An Alcoholic's Wife An Artist's Concept
The Rolling Stone Now We Are Thousands  
Printing History of the First Edition
First Printing April, 1939
Second Printing March, 1941
Third Printing June, 1942
Fourth Printing March, 1943
Fifth Printing January, 1944
Sixth Printing June, 1944
Seventh Printing January, 1945
Eighth Printing February, 1945
Ninth Printing January, 1946
Tenth Printing August, 1946
Eleventh Printing June 1947
Twelfth Printing October, 1948
Thirteenth Printing February, 1950
Fourteenth Printing July, 1951
   

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