CHANGES MADE TO THE BIG BOOK FOR THE FOURTH EDITION
FAMILIAR PASSAGES
Doctor's Opinion: 3rd edition - pages xxiii to xxx, 4th edition - pages xxv to xxxii.
Spiritual Experience Appendix II: 3rd edition - pages 569 & 570, 4th edition - pages 567 & 568.
If you have a resentment you want to be free of...: 3rd edition - page 552, 4th edition - page 552.
Acceptance is the answer to ALL my problems...: 3rd edition - page 449, 4th edition - page 417.
The chapters describing A.A.’s recovery program have been retained in the fourth edition of A.A.’s basic text. Sixteen stories remain from the third edition and twenty-four new ones were added to allow more contemporary sharing for today’s newcomers.
STORIES (* = Carried over from third edition)
Part I
*Dr. Bob's Nightmare, *Alcoholics Anonymous #3, Gratitude in Action, *Women Suffer Too, *Our Southern Friend (moved from Part III), *The Vicious Cycle, *Jim's Story (moved from Part III), *The Man Who Mastered Fear, *He Sold Himself Short, *The Keys to The Kingdom
Part II
The Missing Link, *Fear of Fear, *The Housewife Who Drank at Home, *Physician, Heal Thyself, My Chance to Live, Student of Life, Crossing the River of Denial, Because I'm an Alcoholic, *It Might Have Been Worse, Tightrope, Flooded With Feeling, Winner Takes All, *Me an Alcoholic?, The Perpetual Quest, A Drunk, Like You, *Acceptance Was The Answer (Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict), Window of Opportunity
Part III
My Bottle, My Resentments, and Me, He Lived Only to Drink, Safe Haven, Listening to the Wind, Twice Gifted, Building a New Life, On The Move, A Vision of Recovery, Gutter Bravado, Empty on the Inside, Grounded, *Another Chance, A Late Start, *Freedom From Bondage, *AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety
STORIES DROPPED:
He Had to Be Shown, He Thought He Could Drink Like a Gentleman, The European Drinker, The News Hawk, From Farm to City, Home Brewmeister, Too Young, Those Golden Years, Lifesaving Words, A Teen-Ager's Decision, Rum, Radio and Rebellion, Any Day Was Washday, A Flower of the South, Calculating the Cost, Stars Don't Fall, Growing Up All Over Again, Unto the Second Generation, A Five-Time Loser Wins, Promoted to Chronic, Join the Tribe!, Belle of the Bar, The Prisoner Freed, Desperation Drinking, The Career Officer, He Who Loses His Life
Jay M., Akron Archivist