Ruth S from West Covina speaking in Visalia Ca at Saturday Nite Speakers in 1991
Hector E. from Los Angeles CA telling his story at the Carry This Message group in West Orange NJ - July 31st 2003
Ida C from Statesboro GA speaking at Pine Mountain Fellowship in 1981, she is preceeded by Earl
Ray OK speaking in Jefferson City Missouri in 1997.
Big Frank McK from Denver CO speaking at The Greeley Stampede in Greely CO on November 3rd 1984
Randy O from Folsom Ca. speaking at AA Auburn on an unknown date
David A sober in 1967 speaking on the topic of - How We Got the Big Book - in Sanford FL in 1997.
(Repost from 11/6)
Sharin F speaking at prime time in 2013
Multiple speakers at the Longtimers Meeting of the Womens Serenity Weekend Fall Conf, held in Cocoa Beach FL in 2007
I have one of these and it is one of my favorite items, a really excellent and useful for book study meetings or as a gift to a newcomer who is going to be heading to one.
The First 164 pages of The Big Book with lined blank pages opposite each page of text for note taking.
Paragraph numbers along side the text for easy reference. Entire Original Manuscript (about) including the stories. Easy to read retyped version. Includes paragraph numbers corresponding to the modern text for easy comparison.
Footnotes explaining historical and obscure references in the text.
Footnotes documenting all 79 differences between the modern text and the original 1st printing text of the 1st 164 pages (about). Yes, believe it or not, the basic text has been changed 79 times since it was first published.
Two place keeping ribbons. Special "lay flat" binding.