Big Book Study Guide

by Joe McQuany

Big Book Study Guide [Paperback] Joe McQuany (Author) This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883094003
• ISBN13: 9781883094003
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Kelly Foundation
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A guided reading to the book "Alcoholics Anonymous"

This textbook is an invaluable resource for whomever wants to look at the "Big Book" in context. Ranks right up there with _Not_God_ and _Alcoholics_Anonymous_Comes_of_Age_ for understanding of AA's origins._Big_Book_Study_Guide_, in a unique format, guides a reader to the answers to questions about the book _Alcoholics_Anonymous_ , affectionately known within AA as the "Big Book." The study guide is meant to be used alongside the third edition of the "Big Book."Many people today are confused when reading the book _Alcoholics_Anonymous_ because they try to use 21st century understanding of a book that was painfully written and published in 1939 and which becaming a ground-breaking work which has contributed to conditions that we have today. The Study Guide has been written so as to point readers back to the original intentions of the AA book, and covers various editions in doing so.This study guide poses questions and then points to where the answers can be found within the "Big Book." It also carries its page numbering parallel to the pages it is studying, which is unusual but helps in finding the cited references.Example: (Page XIII)#2. What is the main purpose of this book"(look at) Page XIII, lines 1-4#4. Is this book for alcoholics only?(look at) Page XIII, lines 11-12#5. Why did the first 100 remain anonymous?(look at) Page XIII, lines 13-19Depending on the viewpoint of the reader this book can be used for discussion and exploration or perform as constructor or destroyer of dogma.This book is well worth the time and dollars spent, especially when combined with discussion with other students and with the use of additional resources.