The Little Red Book

About this book

Hazelden-Pittman Archives Press is greatful to offer this commemoratve edition of the original August 1946 first printing of The Little Red Book. For fifty years, this book has helped millions of individuals gain a better understanding of alcoholism, the AA program, the book Alcoholics Anonymous, and the journey of Twelve Step recovery. The events surrounding the 1946 publication of The Little Red Book are closely tied to the cofounders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, the beginnings of AA in Minnesota, the Nicollet AA Group of Minneapolis, and the growth and structure of AA in the 1940s.