Printed Book Reviews
of The First Printing of The Book,
Alcoholics Anonymous
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE REVIEWS OF THE 1ST EDITION
OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Thanks to Jim B. of Canada who put together this presentation of articles. Jim originally had these articles on the web site of historyofaa.com which is no longer online and placed here for historical & research purposes.
Table of Contents
01-001Â NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1939
01-002Â JOURNAL-LANCET, Vol.46, July, 1939
01-003Â DR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK
01-004Â THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, August 17, 1939
01-005Â JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION, September 1939
01-006Â NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, Vol. 221(15), October 12, 1939
01-007Â JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol. 113(16), October 14, 1939
01-008Â ILLINOIS MEDICAL JOURNAL, January 20, 1940
01-009Â CHRISTIAN HERALD, August 1940
01-010Â JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, Vol. 42(3), September 1940
01-011Â AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OP PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS, Fall, 1940
01-012Â CHURCH SCHOOL MAGAZINE, December 1940
01-013Â SOCIAL PROGRESS, March 1941
01-014Â MENTAL HYGIENE, Vol. 25(2), April 1941
01-015Â WORLD CALL, June 1941
01-016Â THE A.A. GRAPEVINE, July 1955 –Â “Some Facts About The Big Book”
01-017Â BEST SELLERS, Vol. 15: 96, August 15, 1955
01-018Â SATURDAY REVIEW, Vol. 38, August 27, 1955
01-019Â MENTAL HYGIENE, Vol. 41(1), January 1957
01-020Â QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL, Vol. 20 (1), March 1959*
01-021Â THE A.A. GRAPEVINE, July 1955 –Â “The New Big Book”
01-022Â THE A.A. GRAPEVINE, August 1976 –Â “Third Edition of Big Book Is Now In Print”
01-023Â EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE QUARTERLY, Vol. 1(1), Fall 1985
01-024Â PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, Vol. 69,258, 1989
01-025Â THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO SELF-HELP BOOKS, The Guilford Press, N.Y., N.Y., 1994
*Posted with permission from Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., publisher of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol (now the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs [www.jsad.com]