The Anonymous Press Study Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (Black) Leather Bound – May 1, 2008

1939 dictionary on pertinent words, blends the basic text, stories, and 12&12 beautifully, glossaries galore. This is a must have. All my sponsee’s love theirs.

You have to give it away to keep it. Thank you for allowing me to give back to others! Great books

Beautifully bound version that is nicer than described. Leather cover, easy to read. Right side of book page is open entirely for notes. For the price, this is a bargain. Buy it. You can and should own more than one style of Big Book! Seller is fast in shipping and nothing to worry about with this seller. Good job!

The texture of the cover makes me want to read it even more

Great book!

This is THE book for the serious student of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous! I cannot say enough good things about this book, or stress its importance enough if you are interested in working your 12 Step Program of Recovery the way our founders did! I am a prolific note taker, so the note pages are perfect for me. The ribbons make it easy for me to find the start and end points each week for the BB Study Group that we chair.Filled with history of our program, footnotes, dictionary, glossary, as well as the Original Manuscript written by Bill W., completely unaltered. We chair 2 meeting per week, our BB Study, as well as a 12 Steps and 12 Traditions meeting, (For that, we use the "Original 1946 Edition-Little Red Book" for the same reason, in our meetings, we want to know how the founders worked the Program that enabled them to say "...we who have RECOVERED" and caused them to see 75-100% recovery rates, as compared to the dismal 8% recovery rates reported by the General Service Offices for AA today.The founders knew, in order to recover from a "hopeless state of mind and body", they needed to recognize and accept that their disease had placed them "beyond human aid" and that a vital spiritual experience was the only thing that could restore them to sanity and remove the compulsion and obsession to drink."If you are a serious student of the Big Book, an old timer, or a new comer, this book is for you! And to be able to purchase such a high quality, leather bound volume at such a remarkable price, it a real find!

It is black instead of burgundy. It does have some red writing in in but only on 4 or 5 pages. I am happy enough with it other than it being black.

First of all, The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is NOT a book to be read alone. I always recommend reading it with someone who is familiar with the program because it is written in the "language of recovery". The absolutely amazing thing about this "study edition" is that it has foot notes telling the reader who some is in the story. For example, we are very clearly told that the alcoholic Dr. Silkworth is talking about is Bill W.The font size is great and the fact that each page has a lined "notebook" page opposite it for note taking is wonderful.This would be a perfect book for anyone in an AWOL or BBSS.