The Annotated AA Handbook : A Companion to the Big Book [Paperback]

Frank Dwyer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

Here is an invaluable tool for all new and present AA members because it makes the famous and complex bible easy to understand.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

The second printing of The Annotated AA Handbook has recently been thoroughly edited and corrected and is available from Amazon. Please copy the new ISBN ( 1569801649 ) into the search field to find the new 2nd printing. The book contains the entire text of the 1st edition of Alcoholics Anonymous with hundreds of explanatory notations and thousands of cross-references. This book will help to broaden and deepen the reader's understanding of the 12 Steps. --This text refers to the new second printing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Barricade Books; Rev Upd edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569801649
• ISBN-13: 978-1569801642
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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176 of 178 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, November 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Annotated AA Handbook : A Companion to the Big Book (Paperback)

I personally found the comment helpful. I would also like to recommend a recent jewel I found, An Encounter With A Prophet. In my humble opinion this book had to be written by someone in recovery and really good recovery!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Book Explained, November 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Annotated AA Handbook : A Companion to the Big Book (Paperback)

I have always found the meaning of the text of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous hard to decipher but Frank D's book provides excellent reference notes that explain the Big Book in plain English.An added bonus is that it has made me read the Big Book again a number of years after first reading it.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it especially if you are relatively new to the 12 step programme of AA when the mass of information that is supplied by the Fellowship can be quite bewildering.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Remarkable Wonderful Tool, August 26, 2004

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This review is from: The Annotated AA Handbook : A Companion to the Big Book (Paperback)

I have tried to be a careful student of the Big Book for many years. It is the most important book in my life. This volume is an invaluable tool for studying the Big Book. It's comments are clear, insightful, and helpful. It is clearly the product of years of study. The author keeps the comments brief, accurate and writes with style of deep humility that comes from practicing this program over time.

I rate this book as one of the top three tools to study the Big Book. The other two are Joe and Charlie tapes and e-AA, an electronic vesion of the Big Book with concordance, subject index, original manuscript etc from anonpress.org.