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| 1. | Editorial: (by John B.) The first of the 12 steps in the creed or philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous is, "We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." By such an admission any alcoholic, provided he is sincere, has achieved his first success on the road to well-being. | November 1944 | |
| 2. | Editorial: (by Horace C.) Having taken the First Step of the A.A. program by admitting that we were powerless over alcohol, we were confronted with Step Two: "We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." | December 1944 | |
| 3. | Editorial: (by Walter L.) Illinois -- I was co-chairman of the Loop group a few months ago and the subject of religious experience was brought up. I answered this in my stumbling way by saying that each of us could have such an experience only when we 'got on center with ourselves'; if that were not clear we could express it thus: when we fully realized for the first time in our lives the essential dignity of ourselves as human beings. I also said that this realization could be achieved through return to the formal religion we once practiced but never knew, or by honest thought along our rough-hewn way. | January 1945 | |
| 4. | Editorial: (by Richard S.) Since I cannot speak for anyone else, I'll have to make my experience with the 4th step autobiographical. Before A.A., I tried almost daily to stop drinking. I hated myself constantly. I could not understand why such a wonderful person as I was would do the things I did. I was in a constant state of mental turmoil and misery, and I knew that I could not handle liquor. | February 1945 | |
| 5. | Editorial: (by Bert T.) Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. | March 1945 | |
| 6. | Editorial: (by Mark H.) New York -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." | April 1945 | |
| 7. | Editorial: (by Elizabeth W.) Massachusetts -- "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." We all know that it is God's will that we live clean, wholesome lives; that we think clearly and become persons of honest decision. This we know we cannot do until we become our real selves, so, in desperation, we alcoholics revert to prayer. We humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings; to restore us to our natural selves, so that we may think clearly on our problems. | May 1945 | |
| 8. | Do Unto Others (by Lois B.) How many of the rest of you get, in your eagerness to make up for lost time, that panicky sense of pressure because there just isn't "time enough?" In our enthusiasm for our new life and in our release from the old feeling of inadequacy, we are apt to say yes to every request and later find to our regret that there isn't enough "room" in the day to accomplish everything we optimistically planned to do. | June 1945 | |
| 9. | Editorial: (by L. J.) "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. | June 1945 | |
| 10. | Editorial: (by B. H.) New York -- "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others." | July 1945 | |
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