The Eye Opener - Daily Meditation Book - First Edition - Alexandria Group Alcoholics Anonymous

The Eye Opener

A.A. Daily Meditation Book

First Edition · Undated · Small-format Softcover

Sponsored by Alexandria Group Alcoholics Anonymous (P.O. Box 383, Alexandria, VA)

Description

Offered here is a First Edition copy of The Eye Opener—a wonderful piece of group-sponsored A.A. literature in daily-reading format. Unlike Conference-approved A.A.W.S. titles, this is the kind of locally produced recovery book that reflects how members actually talked about and practiced A.A. in the 1950s era: practical, spiritual, and meant to be used one day at a time.

Each entry is arranged as a dated daily meditation (e.g., “January 1”), making it a genuinely fun book to flip through. The preface is also a time capsule, emphasizing that the book is “not in any sense official” and was published at cost—a classic early-A.A. approach to sharing experience and encouragement without profit motive. This book was later published by Hazelden.

For collectors, pieces like this are especially appealing because they document the Fellowship at the group level—where A.A. was lived, interpreted, and passed along in everyday language.

Edition Details

Title: The Eye Opener

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Sponsored by Alexandria Group Alcoholics Anonymous

Imprint/Address: P.O. Box 383, Alexandria, Virginia

Date: Undated (1950s)

Format: Small-format softcover (black cloth)

Condition

Very Good condition. Clean black cloth boards with minimal wear. Binding solid. Pages intact and complete.

Ownership marking: Prior owner inscription on the first blank page:

“Property of William Hoyle Garber, Mt. Jackson Virginia.”

No other writing or markings noted.

Please review all photos carefully for the most accurate representation of condition.

Collector Significance

• A scarce example of local, group-sponsored A.A. literature

• Daily meditation structure — a “use it or display it” recovery artifact

• A snapshot of early member language and spiritual practice outside official publishing channels

• A fun, character-rich title that many recovery-history collectors enjoy hunting for

A unique, group sponsored A.A. meditation book—small, portable, and full of lived recovery voice from the group level.