Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism, is a 1939 basic text, describing how to recover from alcoholism, primarily written by William G. "Bill W." Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous.

It took 36 years to sell the first million copies. Yet today, every year approximately one million copies of the Big Book are distributed in the English language alone (it is translated into 67 languages), and A.A. membership has grown to over two million with a presence in more than 170 countries.

Recovery HQ offers free, downloadable foreign language versions of the Big Book. We currently offer free, downloadable PDF versions the Big Book in the following languages:

In addition to the PDF and Word copies found here, we provide direct links to the Alcoholics Anonymous online bookstore so you can purchase digital and hard copy versions of these and other A.A. Literature. We also make contributions to Alcoholics Anonymous for all downloads from RecoveryHQ.com, and you are welcome contribute also here Alcoholics Anonymous Contributions, so please feel free to read, listen to, or download any of the AA literature you may need.