Big Book Podcast

Recent Episodes

THE HOUSEWIFE WHO DRANK AT HOME – 2nd Edition

Posted November 25, 2020 • 00:12:50

In this 67th episode, story number 7 in Part 2 of the Personal Stories section of the Second Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous published in 1955. It’s...

HIS CONSCIENCE – 2nd Edition

Posted November 20, 2020 • 00:18:13

This story was printed only in the Second Editions, so it has remained largely unseen by those AAs who’ve otherwise been raised on the Third and...

UNTO THE SECOND GENERATION – 2nd Edition

Posted November 15, 2020 • 00:18:21

Unlike many stories in the First and Second Editions of the Big Book, the author of this story is unknown. We know from the story that he got sober...

A FLOWER OF THE SOUTH – 2nd Edition

Posted November 10, 2020 • 00:23:15

This story's author, Esther E., got sober in Texas in 1941 and was inspired to seek help from AA’s relatively new General Service Office in New York...

THE PROFESSOR AND THE PARADOX – 2nd Edition

Posted November 5, 2020 • 00:14:04

This short, but powerful, story was written by John P. and appeared only in the Second Edition, which is why most AA’s have never seen it. John enumerated...