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| 1. | Editorial: "We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." | April 1947 | |
| 2. | Live and Let Live (by D. H. M.) New York -- Every human being has a tendency to worry about the other fellow. It is a characteristic which none of us seems able to control. To be able to live our own lives without worrying about the other fellow is a virtue few of us possess. I have noticed in myself a feeling of depression when a friend of mine was driving a new car. I felt inferior because my friend had something I could only wish for. Is this not the pattern most of us follow in our lives? And isn't it also true that we many times concentrate on things which are of no concern to us; thus find ourselves in a "jam" because we didn't pay more ... | August 1947 | |
| 3. | She Too --"Forgot to Duck (by M.C.S.) Washington, D. C. -- AFTER reading Dick S.'s article, "We Forgot to Duck," in the September issue of The A.A. Grapevine, it seems to me that certainly I fell in the category of those who "Forgot to Duck," for a long while. I lost sight of the small part I really play in the great scheme of things. I not only forgot to duck, but I also lost any real humility, an attribute I had once possessed as a new member in the A.A. | February 1949 | |
| 4. | Mail Call (by Ernie) Illinois -- STEP SEVEN--Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. What are our shortcomings? Was it just drunkenness? No, that was just one of the many other character defects with which we are burdened. Among them are conceit, arrogance, selfishness, dishonesty intolerance and worst of all the searing and caustic tongue with which we whiplashed ourselves and others, some of whom have tried to help us. | November 1949 | |
| 5. | AA Midwest (by Anonymous) IOWA -- While meditating recently on the Seventh Step, it dawned that an alcoholic's shortcomings are not confined just to drinking. At least that was true in my case. Among other character defect from which I suffered were conceit, arrogance, selfishness, dishonesty, intolerance, and a sharp sarcastic tongue. How can God, as we understand him, remove these shortcomings if we won't admit them? They must be brought into the open, must be admitted and then exposed to the cleansing sunlight of humility and honesty. This is true for the same reason that a surgeon must excise a cancer totally. He has to remove the whole evil mess. An alcoholic must do the same thing. Sure it hurts, but the cure is ... | June 1950 | |
| 6. | The Cop Hater (by P.M.) Minnesota -- I WASN'T one. On the contrary, I was a cop helper. You know him; the pal who wouldn't let you drive at night because you were drunk. He'd call the squad car to escort you safely home. "They'd much rather do that than have you kill someone." The recollection of this good deed was always comforting the next morning when I was trying to figure out the route which I had taken in my own car. | June 1950 | |
| 7. | Henshaw Rigged a Deal (by F.L.R.) Michigan -- HENSHAW was resentful. Try as he would he could find no cause for his depressive mood. | September 1950 | |
| 8. | Rededication or-- (The following remarks were contributed by one of the first 12 AAs in Chicago who was asked to write something for the Chicago issue. The writer is a newspaperman who moved to Washington, D.C., a year or two after he joined the fellowship. The article doesn't concern the operation of AA in Chicago but it does present a problem that older members throughout the country have come in contact with.) | September 1951 | |
| 9. | The Chairman "WHATTA mess!. . .If the gang at the Mid-Week Group saw me now they'd question not only my sobriety, but also my sanity for subjecting myself to the dangers of an annual office Christmas party." The Chairman surveyed the remains of the shindig. Empty bottles, glasses everywhere, half-eaten sandwiches and piles of cigarette stubs. Adding the holiday touch were remnants of gayly colored wrappings and crumpled ribbons. He leaned back in his chair and smiled. | December 1951 | |
| 10. | From the Grass Roots (by Anonymous) Rhode Island -- SHE had been sober for a reasonable length of time--several years--and with the help of AA and by the Grace of God she hadn't had a drink from the very beginning. She was happy, too; content in her sobriety, she had found a measure of that peace of mind others spoke of. But there was one difficulty: like all of us, she had another problem, a problem not connected with alcohol, but a problem she could not seem to solve. | May 1952 | |
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