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| 1. | Do You Know: Gabbing as is our wont, the other evening at air-conditioned Stewarts, after a Thursday closed meeting, an A.A. member asked why we didn't have one regular closed meeting for older members only. "That is," he said, "people who've been in A.A. at least a month or more." The complaint was that at present too much time is devoted to questions and answers pertaining to the problems of the spanking newcomer, the lad or the lass who is still in the throes of that virus known as jitters. So much time that the problems of the older members are neglected. "Also," added the complainant, "there are things that shouldn't be discussed in the presence of those who've attended only one ... | August 1944 | |
| 2. | How It Feels to Join A. A. Long Before You Have to (by Beatrice) It was a lovely spring morning last June, warm and full of promise--a day that fills you with love of life and a desire to live it fully, to accomplish all the things you have dreamed, to work, to love your fellow man. It was the first day of my vacation after a busy year--a vacation eagerly planned for and set aside to do a piece of creative work which was a joy to me. The night before there had been a late party to celebrate the finish of the old and the bright beginning of the new. I was shaky that morning, having celebrated thoroughly, so before I started to shop for my new equipment I decided to ... | November 1944 | |
| 3. | How It Feels to Make One's First Beginnings in A. A. (by Elliot B.) I was in my 60th year when I first contacted A.A. I had always been a steady and heavy drinker. Having what drinks I wanted was as much a natural part of my life as smoking. So far as I was able to tell at that time it had never interfered with my life, either business or social. Then business became slack, drinking heavier and more steady and, at some time unknown to me, alcohol took over and became the boss. I was only conscious of the intense physical and nervous discomfort and attributed the almost melancholic depression to these factors. I got to the end of my rope and life was not worth living. The end of the ... | November 1944 | |
| 4. | Mail Call for All A. A.s in the Armed Forces (by K.) We are indebted to the Philadelphia Group for a letter from a comparative newcomer to A.A. The author of this letter, upon learning of A.A. through her doctor, wanted help so badly that she moved to Philadelphia from her home 125 miles distant and got a job so that she might attend meetings regularly. | November 1944 | |
| 5. | The Children Say What A.A. Means to Them (by Felicia G.'s 17-year-old daughter,) The first time I encountered Mother under the influence of liquor (and I do mean influence), I was rather taken aback by the surprised shock I received at discovering her in such a stew. I had heard vaguely of people getting drunk, but never had I dreamt of my sweet Mother in such disgrace. I soon found this first shock to be only the beginning of the end. After a while, I became shock-proof, and my Mother drunk was second nature to me. Without her so, life and the home would have been extremely dull, and out of place. One fine day, Mother announced that never again would she hit the bottle. I laughed up my sleeve at her ... | December 1944 | |
| 6. | Second Thoughts. . . (by Chet W.) Connecticut -- Now the 3rd step, which reads: "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand Him," might be summed up as, "Thy will be done." | March 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. | Letters to the Grapevine. . . (by Roy Y.) Florida -- Dear Grapevine: How often a person will go to a friend, asking advice, and all the while he has definitely decided upon the course he will follow. Actually he is not seeking advice; he wants approval. | May 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. | Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces (by Hugh B.) We are fortunate in having received from an A.A. participant, a sergeant of Infantry, a vivid account of the battle for Germany and his reactions: | June 1945 | |
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