Alcoholics Anonymous Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Life-Changing Landmark, Deluxe Edition

Bill W.

Sep 2014 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Mitch Horowitz

About this audiobook

A 75th anniversary keepsake volume of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous.

Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous.

Shrink-wrapped in a vegan-leather hardback casing and slipped into an O-card reminiscent of the book’s original 1939 jacket design, this volume is a lifetime keepsake.

This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program.  

Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

Ratings and reviews

To everyone who says this book should be free. Just because you can get this book free in some meeting doesn't mean it doesn't cost money. I would like to let you know this book is NOT free literature. This book does cost money approximately $12 per book depending on where you buy it. The person or group running meetings pays for the book and chooses to give the book away to new comers who need it.

I purchased because AA world services has not provided an audiobook version of the text yet. However, it is a shame that other organizations are profiting from the basic text of AA. The profits from this should go to AA world services, not Penguin House.

I really enjoyed his voice reading one of the best text books on changing our lives one day at time.

About the author

Bill Wilson (1895–1971), AA cofounder, was the chief voice and writer behind Alcoholics Anonymous—often called “The Big Book”—on which he collaborated with many figures, including his wife and intellectual partner, Lois Wilson (1891–1988); his AA cofounder, Bob Smith (1879–1950); pioneering AA member Henry Parkhurst (1895–1954); and a wide range of early AAs who contributed stories and strategies.

Mitch Horowitz is the author of One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life (Crown). His previous book, Occult America (Bantam), received the 2010 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for literary excellence. Horowitz is vice president and editor in chief at Tarcher/Penguin, the division of Penguin books dedicated to metaphysical literature. He frequently writes about and discusses alternative spirituality in the national media, including CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline NBC, All Things Considered, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, BoingBoing, Time.com, and CNN.com. Visit him at MitchHorowitz.com and on Twitter @MitchHorowitz. He and his wife raise two sons in New York City.