Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book (Hardcover)

It's more than a book. It's a way of life. Alcoholics Anonymous-the Big Book-has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. With publication of the second edition in 1955, the third edition in 1976, and now the fourth edition in 2001, the essential recovery text has remained unchanged while personal stories have been added to reflect the growing and diverse fellowship. The long-awaited fourth edition features 24 new personal stories of recovery.

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (Softcover)

Paperback, 192 pages Item: 2081
Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Published Year: 1989

Originally published in 1952, this classic book is used by A.A. members and groups around the world. It lays out the principles by which A.A. members recover and by which the fellowship functions. The basic text clarifies the Steps which constitute the A.A. way of life and the Traditions, by which A.A. maintains its unity.

Twelve Step Christianity

The Christian Roots & Application of the Twelve Steps
Softcover, 200 pages   Author: Saul Selby   Item: 1021
Publisher: Hazelden Pittman Archives Press   Published Year: 2000

Genuine Christianity is more than a set of beliefs--it is a relationship with Jesus Christ that involves hearing His voice and following His directions. But how does one do this? What tools or spiritual disciplines enable Christians to live out their lives in dynamic submission to God's will? Perhaps no set of principles is better suited to help Christians hear God's voice and submit to His will than the Twelve Steps.
As a Christian who practices the Steps, Saul Selby knows them to be an invaluable tool for living out the Christian faith. Selby brings his knowledge to bear in Twelve Step Christianity, which teaches Christians in recovery to connect their faith with their program--and shows any Christian a clear path to a more intimate relationship with Christ. Laid out in a workbook format, with room for readers to write answers and track their progress, Twelve Step Christianity explores the roots of Twelve Step spirituality, Examines the connections and distinctions between Christianity and Twelve Step programs and offers readers a deeper and broader understanding of the myriad powerful reasons for applying the Twelve Steps to their lives.

A Program For You

A Guide To the Big Book's Design for Living   Softcover Edition, 183 pages
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1991

A Program for You interprets the original A.A. program as described in the book Alcoholics Anonymous and serves as the basis for studying the Big Book. This guide provides us with a thorough understanding of Twelve Step principles and includes exercises on how we can apply them to our lives.

A Program for You Audio Album

A Guide to the Big Book's Design for Living    Four audiocassettes in a vinyl case Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1990

The authors of A Program for You guide us in a personal exploration of the Big Book. If reading is difficult, these tapes make personal exploration of the Twelve Step program easier and the information more memorable.

Steps 1-3 - A Guide to the Big Book's Design for Living With Your Higher Power

A Workbook for Steps 1-3   Author: James Hubal    Item: 5421
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services Published Year: 1991

These three workbooks feature information to reinforce important points in A Program for You and include exercises for self-examination and disclosure. Clear discussions of each Step and probing questions offer us a guide to personal insight and reflection. 8-1/2" x 11", 35-48pp. each.

Steps 4-7 - A Guide to the Big Book's Design for Living With Yourself

A Workbook for Steps 4-7   Author: Joanne Hubal   Item: 5422
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1991

Designed to work with the 3rd or 4th Edition of the Big Book. These three workbooks feature information to reinforce important points in A Program for You and include exercises for self-examination and disclosure. Clear discussions of each Step and probing questions offer us a guide to personal insight and reflection. 8-1/2" x 11".

Steps 8-12 - A Guide to the Big Book's Design for Living with Others

A Workbook for Steps 8-12    Author: Joanne Hubal    Item: 5423
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1991

These three workbooks feature information to reinforce important points in A Program for You and include exercises for self-examination and disclosure. Clear discussions of each Step and probing questions offer us a guide to personal insight and reflection. 8-1/2" x 11", 35-48pp. each.

A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps

Softcover, 288 pages   Author: Stephanie Covington Ph. D.  ISBN: 0894869930 Publisher: Hazelden    Published Year: 1994

This illuminating view of how women understand and process the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous explores such essential topics as spirituality, powerlessness, and the emergence of a woman's sense of feminine soul. A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps remains true to the underlying spiritual truths of the Twelve Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous while triumphantly overcoming the traditional male orientation of Alcoholics Anonymous. For every woman who has felt there are issues crucial to her recovery that just can't be brought up in a mixed-gender meeting, this book sheds encouraging feminine light on the wisdom of A.A.

Workbook, 104 pages   Author: Stephanie S. Covington Ph. D.   Item: 1752 Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 2000

Designed to be used in conjunction with A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps, this workbook helps deepen and extend understanding of the lessons taught there and further empowers each woman to take ownership of her recovery process as well as her growth as a woman.

Easy Does It

Softcover, 400 pages    Author: Hazelden Meditations     ISBN-10: 1568385072 Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1990

A Book of Daily 12 Step Meditations. Easy Does It is a slogan and a philosophy of all 12 Step Fellowships. Those who work toward progress in recovery are advised to be patient. When they go slowly - and solutions to problems and situations begin to appear - they can take action.

Staying Sober Tips for Working a 12 Step Program

Tips for Working a Twelve Step Program of Recovery
Softcover, 208 pages    Author: Meredith Gould    Item: 1694
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1999

The fundamental components of staying sober -- not using, going to meetings, reaching out, working the Steps, and serving other -- are only the beginning of the strategies offered. Day-to-day and moment-to-moment techniques plus program slogans and humor provide newcomers with fresh wisdom for maintaining sobriety.

A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps

Softcover, 241 pages    Author: Phillip Z.    Item: 5130
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1990

How many of us have felt like Phillip Z? He has a staunch belief in the Twelve Steps, yet struggles with the concept of a Higher Power.

In A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps, the author investigates each of the Twelve Steps to gain a deeper understanding of a higher power. He examines what may seem like "unsettling" concepts to us including surrendering one's will and life to God, and he encourages us to understand the spiritual journey of recovery despite our skepticism.

The Twelve Steps for Christians

Paperback, 239 pages   Item: 6477
Publisher: RPI Publications   Published Year: 1988

The spiritual truths of the Bible and the practical wisdom of the 12 Steps of A.A. have a lot in common. This book shows us how to combine them into a 12 Step program with Jesus Christ as our Higher Power.

The Twelve Steps for Everyone...

Who Really Wants Them  Softcover, 128 pages Author: Jerry Hirschfield, Ph.D. Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1976

This classic Twelve Step book has sold more than one half-million copies to date. A caring adaptation of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for anyone seeking a practical path to spiritual and emotional freedom. This compassionate, insightful book is written in the language of the heart, and is used by both lay people and professionals.

Twelve Step Sponsorship

How It Works 5-3/4"x8-3/8" Trade Paper, 400 pages   Author: Hamilton B.
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1996

"Passing it on" is a key concept in the Twelve Step community and many of the traditions and knowledge of the Twelve Step recovery program have been passed down by word-of-mouth from one generation of sponsors to the next. Twelve Step Sponsorship effectively takes this knowledge and tradition and applies it to a working manual for sponsors, guiding them through their role in reaching out and helping new program members. Designed as a "how-to" program for sponsors, Twelve Step Sponsorship offers:

• reading assignments

• common questions that sponsors face

• procedural suggestions for leading a newcomer through the Twelve Steps

• general guidelines for becoming an effective sponsor

Twelve Step Sponsorship offers sponsors the first complete handbook for working with a newcomer -- from the first meeting through the Twelfth Step and into the years that follow.

The 12 Steps to Happiness

A Practical Handbook For Understanding And Working The Twelve Step Programs For Alcoholism, Codependency, Eating Disorders And Other Addictions
Softcover, 5-3/8" x 6-7/8", 165 pages   Author: Joe Klaas   Item: 6244
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1982

Many of us working the Twelve Steps may sometimes wonder, "Am I really working my program to the fullest?" In this expanded edition of his classic handbook, author Joe Klaas breaks down the language of each Step and explains the resistance and misunderstandings that may arise. Each chapter invites us to explore for ourselves the Step's true meaning and to reflect on the impact it will have on our lives.

Steps 1 Through 5   Softcover, 96 pages   Author: Anonymous Item: 1716 Publisher: Hazelden / Johnson Institute   Published Year: 2000

This step-by-step guide helps those new to recovery start building the foundation for a lifetime of sobriety. The workbook makes the powerful, healing concepts of Steps One through Five come alive through thought-provoking exercises, concise and simple language, and helpful illustrations. How to Get Sober and Stay Sober provides a thorough look at the first five Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, which guides newcomers through the process of understanding chemical dependence, how it has affected them, and what they need to do to get help.

A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps

The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery
Softcover, 328 pages   Author: Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.   Item: 7625
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1993

Carnes offers us exercises, inventories, and guided reflections for those of us facing the daily challenges of attaining or maintaining an addiction-free lifestyle.

This revised edition of A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps is a treasure chest, a rich and powerful resource for anyone working a twelve-step program. Carnes is a gifted teacher and leader in the addiction recovery field. Wendy Maltz, M.S.W., Sexual Healing Journey

Father Fred and the Twelve Steps: A Primer for Recovery

This is a very moving book. Fr. Fred speaks from his own experience of being saved from the disease of alcoholism and from his years of thinking about and speaking on the Twelve Steps that have been God's gift to him and to countless others. This is a book that needs to be read and pondered more than once. It is full of wisdom and profound understanding of human life...The book can profitably be read by all those who are seeking wisdom about how to live wisely and well in this world.

Step 1

Step 1 Amethyst Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped amethyst, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Amethyst is said to alleviate mental stress and is prized for its healing, calming effect on the wearer.

Step 1 AA Foundations of Recovery

Pamphlet, 24 pages   Author: William Springborn
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1977

Over a million people have been helped to take that first step with this easy-to-read pamphlet. The author provides an in-depth understanding of the first step in the 12 Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. The pamphlet also provides a table that outlines the stages of addiction and recovery.

Step 1 for Young Adults

Workbook, 24 pages    Author: Jane Nakken, C.C.D.P.
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1985>

Keep It Simple - Step 1

Workbook, 32 pages Author: Jane Nakken, C.C.D.P.
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1987

Updated and easy-to-read Step guidance for those of us who want to learn what working a Step means. Workbooks ask questions and include ample space to write responses. Each workbook measures 8-1/2" x 11".

A Good First Step

A First Step Workbook for Twelve Step Programs 5-1/4" x 8-1/4"
Trade paper, 60 pages   Author: Richard A. Hamel   Item: 7615
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1993

Using a structured format, this helpful booklet allows us to take this important "make or break" recovery step.

Step 1 for Adolescents Video

VHS, 15 min.   Item: 2097   ISBN-13: 9781592851041   ISBN-10: 1592851045 Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 2003

Admitting to powerlessness, coming to believe, turning over one's will - how a teen experiences the first three Steps can differ exponentially from an adult. Sarah, Adam, and other teens share their triumphs and setbacks in candid heartfelt stories about parents, school, and friendships.

This video is one in a series of three that is an excellent outreach tool for community youth groups or for areas where youth Step meetings aren't readily available. A core resource for treatment programs.

Step 1 for Adults Video

VHS, approximately 15 minutes. Item: 2096
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2003

Attending that first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting can be an intimidating experience. Hazelden's new Step videos can help. Adults with anywhere from 4 months to 14 years of sobriety share stories about the setbacks and triumphs they faced in working the first three Steps. Their stories are candid, from the heart, and at times touched with humor. Their progression from Steps One through Three is evident. And their experience can open up a new world for clients in early recovery.

This video, the first in a series of three, is a core resource for any treatment program and an excellent outreach tool for community groups or for areas where Step meetings aren't readily available.

Step 2

Step 2 Lapis lazuli Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped gemstone of lapis lazuli, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Lapis is said be a powerful stone for those who seek spiritual development. It is believed to bring mental clarity and emotional healing.

Step 2 AA Coming to Believe

Coming to Believe Pamphlet, 32 pages Item: 1273
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

Personal stories highlight Step Two issues in this helpful pamphlet. The author outlines the key benefits of Step 2 using a spiritual, rather than religious. tone. He helps us to understand the need to seek the help of others in the fellowship.

Step 2 For Young Adults

Young People In Recovery Workbook, 20 pages   Author: Jane Nakken, C.C.D.P. Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1985

Questions, examples, and personal stories guide young people through the second Step of a 12 Step program.

Keep It Simple - Step 2

Work Book, Step Two    Author: Jane Nakken, C.C.D.P.    Item: 5381
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1987

Updated and easy-to-read Step guidance for those of us who want to learn what working a Step means. Workbooks ask questions and include ample space to write responses. Each workbook measures 8-1/2" x 11".

Step 3

Step 3 Garnet Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped gemstone of garnet, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Garnet is believed to instill feelings of security in the wearer, while banishing negativity.

Step 3 AA Making a Decision

Making a Decision Pamphlet, 32 pages   Item: 1277
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services    Published Year: 1992

The author helps us to identify the eight most common blocks to Step Three and he provides strategies to overcome them. The pamphlet features 23 open and close-ended questions to help us determine where we have blocks in our lives. We learn the value of honest feedback and the openness to take direction from our sponsors, peers, family, and clinician.

Step 3 for Young Adults

For Young People in Recovery Workbook, 20 pages Author: Della Van Dyke, Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1985

Questions, examples, and personal stories guide young people through the third Step of a 12 Step program.

Keep It Simple - Step 3

Workbook, Step Three Author: Don Freeman Item: 5382
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1988

Updated and easy-to-read Step guidance for those of us who want to learn what working a Step means. Workbooks ask questions and include ample space to write responses. Each workbook measures 8-1/2" x 11".

Step 4

Step 4 Citrine Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped citrine gemstone, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Citrine is believed to enhance the body’s healing energy and diminish self-destructive tendencies.

Step 4 AA Getting Honest

Getting Honest Pamphlet, 32 pages   Item: 1286
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

True-to-life stories illustrate four of the benefits of completing a searching and fearless personal inventory. A list of 123 character traits help us to identify personal characteristics that may need improving in order for us to begin our recovery from alcoholism and other chemical dependency.

Step 4 for Young Adults

Workbook, 24 pages  Item: 1129 ISBN-13: 9780894861187 ISBN-10: 0894861182 Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1981

Questions, examples, and personal stories guide young people through the fourth Step of a 12 Step program.

Keep it Simple - Step 4

Includes material from the pamphlet Workbook, 32 pages   Item: 5383
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1988

Updated and easy-to-read Step guidance for those of us who want to learn what working a Step means. Workbooks ask questions and include ample space to write responses. Each workbook measures 8-1/2" x 11".

Fourth Step Guide: Journey Into Growth

Paperback, 48 pages    Author: Daryl Kosloskie, A.C.S.W.   Item: 7618
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1977

In this helpful guide, the authors lead us through exercises that enable us to examine our behaviors, thoughts, feelings and actions in preparation for the Fifth Step.

Step 5

Step 5 Carnelian Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped carnelian gemstone, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Carnelian is believed to expel fears, provide courage, and help the wearer maintain cheer.

Step 5 AA Telling My Story

Telling My Story Pamphlet,   32 pages   Author: Edward C. Sellner, Ph.D.
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1981

Revealing our true selves to someone makes Step 5 one of the most difficult steps to complete in AA's 12 Step program. The author of this pamphlet helps make the step less frightening by offering a clear explanation of the purpose, intent, and benefits of taking a Fifth Step. He explains both our role and the role of the Fifth Step listener in the process.

Step 5 for Young Adults

Young People in Recovery Workbook, 15 pages
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1991

Questions, examples, and personal stories guide young people through the fifth Step of a 12 Step program.

Keep It Simple - Step 5

Workbook, 32 pages    Author: Rev. Dr. Robert Swinea   Item: 5384
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1988

Updated and easy-to-read Step guidance for those of us who want to learn what working a Step means. Workbooks ask questions and include ample space to write responses. Each workbook measures 8-1/2" x 11".

Step 6

Step 6 Peridot Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped peridot, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Peridot is believed to possess healing properties, boost confidence, and aid in mental cleansing.

Steps 6 and 7 AA Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing, and Able   Item: 1287
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

Steps six and seven prepare clients to be “entirely ready” to become what the author refers to as “God’s instrument.” Placing emphasis on a higher power in order to move further along the road of recovery, this pamphlet explains that God must remove all of our character flaws and shortcomings to make way for a new, enlightened person. Patience, perseverance and faith are at the heart of steps 6 and 7 and along the journey to recovery.

Step 7

Step 7 Quartz Crystal Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped quartz crystal gemstone, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Quartz crystal is believed to free the wearer of stored anger and resentment, while aiding in the development of compassion and forgiveness.

Steps 6 and 7 AA Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing, and Able   Item: 1287
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

Steps six and seven prepare clients to be “entirely ready” to become what the author refers to as “God’s instrument.” Placing emphasis on a higher power in order to move further along the road of recovery, this pamphlet explains that God must remove all of our character flaws and shortcomings to make way for a new, enlightened person. Patience, perseverance and faith are at the heart of steps 6 and 7 and along the journey to recovery.

Step 8

Step 8 Jade Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped jade gemstone, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Jade is believed to rid negativity, while soothing the mind and strengthening the body.

Step 8 AA Preparing for Change

Pamphlet, 20 pages Item: 1288
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

Now that we've begun to heal, we need to heal the wounds we've caused to others. This pamphlet helps us to make a list of those we harmed by our addictive behaviors so that we can prepare to make amends to them.

Step 9

Step 9 Hematite Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped hematite gemstone, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Hematite is believed to enhance personal magnetism and dissolve negative energy.

Step 9 AA Repairing the Past

Pamphlet, 16 pages Item: 1289
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

Making amends to those we've harmed helps us to take a giant leap in our recovery. This pamphlet describes how to make amends, but also offers us insight on when it is best not to reopen a wound.

Step 10

Step 10 Pearl Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped pearl, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". The pearl is a symbol of modesty and purity and is believed to lessen stress.

Step 10 AA Maintain New Life

Pamphlet, 20 pages   Author: Mel B.   Item: 1294
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1982

We're only human, and humans make mistakes. This pamphlet helps us to understand the benefit of admitting when we are wrong so that we don't start hiding behind secrets that could lead to a relapse.

Step 11

Step 11 Tigers Eye Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped tigereye, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Tigereye is believed to instill the wearer with personal power, will, strength, and self-confidence.

Step 11 AA Partnership With a Higher Power

Pamphlet, 16 pages   Author: Mel B. Item: 1431
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

Doing things our way got us into trouble. Now it is time to develop a relationship with our Higher Power in order to carry out God's will for us. This pamphlet explains the many benefits to us.

Step 12

Step 12 Turquoise Gemstone Bracelet Charm

Stainless steel link charm is adorned with an oval-shaped turquoise, bezel set. Link charm measures 3/8" x 1/3". Turquoise is a symbol of creative expression, emotional balance, and friendship and is believed to attract abundance.

Step 12 AA Carry the Message

Pamphlet, 20 pages    Author: Joseph L. Kellermann
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1992

Step 12 is about helping others in order to help ourselves. This pamphlet explains how we can best keep of program of A.A. by giving it away.