Customer Reviews
This 'edition' is not AA approved. - By: Jock Tenniel, 20 Mar 2008 
Amazon has an unhelpful habit of transferring reviews between different editions. This review, therefore, refers ONLY to the "First Edition" published by Editorial Benei Noaj.
Please note that it is NOT a First Edition of the AA 'Big Book'. It is not even a facsimile of the First Edition. It merely reproduces the text of the first editionin order to make money for 'Editorial Benei Noaj' (Editorial WHO???). All other genuine editions of the Big Book (properly called 'Alcoholics Anonymous') are worthy of at least five stars.
Do not buy 'versions' by other publishers. Buy the 4th edition approved by AA World Services. It contains all the materialin the first edition, together with some conference approved updates.
Avoid the fakes.
The solution to your insoluble drinking problem.... - By: , 20 Jan 2006 
I read this book on a daily basis as part of my sustained recovery from alcholism. If you think you have a problem with drink then I suggest you read the chapter title The Doctors Opinion, this will give you clarification of your condition.
With this book, a Sponsor (you can get one of these at an AA meeting) & a open mind you can have life far better than anything you have known before. You need never drink again.
THE BIG BOOK- A manual for living.......... - By: , 06 Nov 2003 Whenever I first enter Alcoholics Annoymous it was suggested that I get a copy of the Big Book, as it would help me to recover & learn who I am, & have yet to become.
At first I was very contemptious. How could a book save my live!!! Well I believe that today I am living proof of that statement.
Within the big book not only did I find answers to my problems, but I aslo found the solutions & the way I could apply them practically to my life & receive the benefits.
At first I was too literal with the language used, but that soon changed & I also used a dictionary to help me understand my new language.
The first 164 pages are the same reguardless of what edition you read or buy, as they have remaind the same since the first printingin 1939. The personal stories at the back are the only difference, as these have been chosen to represent the current members to help everyone get identification on how the practical 12 step recovery programme can give life a new meaning & hope.
All I ask of anyone who is going to read this book is that they don't judge anyone or anythingin the first reading as it will take time & application to full appreciate this masterpiece.
I wish each reader old & new a wonderful journey.
This book and its programnme has saved my life! - By: , 02 Nov 2000 I am an alcoholic & after trying many treatments & therapies over a number of years I had all but given up hope of ever having a productive & alcohol free life. I then discovered A.A. & its 12 step programme. My life has changed beyond recognition & I now am happy & with a high level of self worth & a beliefin a power greater than myself. This book encapsulates the entire theory & practice of the twelve step programme & is worth its weightin gold, although I do believe that the reader will be deprived of the full bnenefit of its teachings if they do not simultaneously attend A.A. meetings. An absolute must read for anyone with an alcohol problem. Mark J.
