I ordered a copy of Alcoholics Anonymous 4th edition in large print. I've been looking for one for a while and could never find one for sale. Now I know that it is out of print. So I ordered a used one from Amazon. There are a ton listed. There are probably a lot on ebay too. I bought one for $5 (+$3.99 S+H). There were cheaper ones, but I wanted one that promised no highlighting or underlining. I like to do the underlining myself.
I first saw a large print version at a Big Book study. The leader had one. Now that I'm wearing my reading glasses more and more, I thought I could justify it. The lighting at my BB study meeting is somewhat unreliable.
I already have a few versions of the BB. In addition to compulsive eating I'm also a somewhat compulsive shopper and collector of stuff. I have the standard soft cover, a hard cover version, a paperback study version (with space for notes, got it at the BB study weekend as part of the package) and a tiny paperback version that only has the first section, no stories.
I'm totally excited to get my new big BB. I'll probably order one to donate to the meeting too. I'm not the only person in the reading glasses set.
That sounds like a good idea. I have several BB's myself, one which is a 'traveling bb' as I call it. It's gone with me to Aruba, St. Thomas, Curacao, France, England and St. Thomas. It should have stamps like my passport, wouldn't that be cool!
I have a special affinity for AA literature, prefer it over OA's. When I started in OA our only literature was the 'For Today' and 'Lifeline Sampler', and pamphlets. Most times I feel OA's literature doesn't get the gravity of the disease. But I'm an addict and don't handle change well, OA's own literature was a big change.
Don't get me wrong, I have a full set of OA literature, it's just not my 'go to' for direction.
Glad to know your meeting improved this week, the new meeting format is nice.
Posted by: Julie | July 02, 2010 at 06:29 AM