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| 1. | The Conference, AA and Society Closing with the Lord's Prayer at 4:56 p.m., Sunday April 26th, 1953, the Third Annual General Service Conference of AA ended nine long and busy sessions which in four days did these things: Considered more subjects than had come before either the 1951 or 1952 meetings; Rejected unanimously the 1952 proposal that AA be incorporated by an Act of Congress; Discussed and exchanged advice and opinions on specific problems of AA groups back home; Reviewed financial reports and work reports of the General Service Office, Works Publishing Company, and The Grapevine; and Expressed its convictions on more basic policy problems concerning the whole society of AA than any previous Conference. | June 1953 | |
| 2. | From the Grass Roots (by M. L.) California -- I'm grateful I'm an alcoholic, for my disease has given me a deeper experience of God in my life. I was too busy running my unmanageable life to permit God to do anything for me. My disease is an asset for it has given me the requirement for membership in my beloved AA. God through AA has given me my life. AA has given me the formula for restyling my thinking. | March 1954 | |
| 3. | Practicing These Principles (by G. B.) Ohio -- BILL says, in "The Milestones Ahead," "It is true that the love of one drunk for another is wonderful to behold." As we go all out to help another alkie in our Twelfth Step work, he says, "there is an expression of almost pure love, the kind of love that has no price tag on it." But in our association with others (to quote Bill again) "are we able to carry these principles into all our affairs? We sometimes quarrel a great deal, not often about things that matter too much, but there is a great deal of unnecessary anger, ambition, pride, a tendency to cling to people. All the problems of personal relationships which have to do with ... | May 1954 | |
| 4. | The Next Frontier--Emotional Sobriety (by Bill W.) Below you will find the substance of a revealing letter which Bill wrote several years ago to a close friend who also had troublesome depressions. Bill asks us to note that this letter should occasion no concern as both Bill and his friend are today "in the clear"--Ed. | January 1958 | |
| 5. | Pro and Con (by Anon.) New York -- Brief comments and excerpts from letters containing opinions pro and/or con specific items (including the Grapevine itself) will appear in this corner from time to time. | March 1958 | |
| 6. | Pro and Con (by V. E. B.) Arkansas -- Brief comments end excerpts from letters containing opinions pro and/or con specific items (including the Grapevine itself) will appear in this corner from time to time. | April 1958 | |
| 7. | Don't Get Too Far From the Boys In the Ward. . . (by J. McK.) Manitoba -- I HAVE NEVER BEFORE felt like expressing any views to the Grapevine on AA or on alcoholism. I have always felt the problem was amply and wonderfully covered by our magazine. Lately, however, two emerging problems have been presented--i.e., the old timer, and article's that deal what Bill and others call emotional sobriety. | June 1958 | |
| 8. | AA Around the World (by Evan C. H.) UNTIL I READ the article of Bill's on emotional sobriety in the January issue of the Grapevine I had more or less come to believe that there was not much more for me to learn in AA. . .that I just had to re-learn things I had forgotten and re-apply the Twelve Steps, accordingly, to my progress in AA. | July 1958 | |
| 9. | Pro and Con (by Paulette B.) Florida -- Brief comments and excerpts from letters containing opinions pro and/or con specific items (including the Grapevine itself) will appear in this corner from time to time. | August 1958 | |
| 10. | The Unshakable Knowledge (by J. Mck.) Manitoba -- SINCE the "New Grapevine" appeared, room has been found for a series of articles by Bill, by "J. P. L." of Philadelphia, and from doctors and psychiatrists dealing with the fruits of the AA tree of knowledge. God bless those who take of their time to write this type of article. Dr. Silkworth pointed out years ago in the first edition of the Big Book that alcoholics had to be given a bone with meat on it. The Big Book says alcohol was only a symbol in our lives and then goes on to envision for us a plan which will cure the whole man, for we are sick in body and mind and spirit. | September 1958 | |
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