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| 1. | Source of Strength (by C. H. K.) Michigan -- A.A.s need to warn each other about becoming too confident. Over-confidence can have sorry consequences. Individual A.A.s need to take the warning to heart; A.A. as an organization of individuals can also profit from it. | July 1945 | |
| 2. | One Man's Opinion As He Sees the 'Spiritual Angle' (by R.E.B.) "There are no atheists in foxholes" is an expression which has been current nearly three years, though its authenticity has been challenged by skeptics. It also might be said that "there are no atheists in A.A.," though this statement, too, might be open to question. | August 1945 | |
| 3. | Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad (by A. T.) Since I believe that almost without exception alcoholics are deep-rooted individualists, I deplore a tendency I have noted recently among certain A.A. groups to lay down the law to newcomers. I have in mind specifically the article appearing in the September issue of The Grapevine regarding the procedure followed by the Genesee group of Rochester, N. Y., in the education of what that group terms "novices." The article invites comment--even to the extent of criticism--so I would like to express my (one individual's) entirely personal views on a subject of seeming importance to the future healthy growth of A.A. | October 1945 | |
| 4. | Editorial: (by D.T.) "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." | December 1945 | |
| 5. | Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad (by S.S.) Letters to this department are invited on any subject pertinent to A.A. Due to space limitations you are asked to hold your letters to a maximum of 350 words. | December 1945 | |
| 6. | Slips (Second in a series of discussions on the cause or causes of "slips," in which different A.A.s present their ideas, experiences and suggestions as possible help for others who may be having similar trouble.) | March 1946 | |
| 7. | Slips Laid to Lack of Faith (by J. L. N.) New York -- Confined to bed with a prolonged illness, I have had ample time to dwell on the problem of "slips." Through a process of elimination I have arrived at one conclusion. | May 1946 | |
| 8. | Editorial: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings" Few are so fortunate that the change implied in this Step comes about easily or quickly. For the majority, considerable effort is required to gain the desired outlook. | May 1947 | |
| 9. | What If We Can't Drink? (by E.B.) Illinois -- WHAT'S on my mind right now is nothing more serious, thank God, than a moving sense of gratitude for the blessings I have received, without remotely deserving them, and for the truths I have been induced to accept entirely and exclusively through Alcoholics Anonymous. This is combined with an intense feeling that I am obligated to express this gratitude and make of it a helpful, dynamic thing by my day-to-day actions much more than by mere words. Still, by letting off steam I may crystallize my thoughts into action; at any rate it will provide a starting point and a reminder of my tremendous indebtedness to A.A. | May 1947 | |
| 10. | Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad (by P.M.B.) Vermont -- When I was drinking, I was in an alcoholic fog. I couldn't think straight. I was thinking in circles. Actually my thinking was a combination of fear and worry which went round and round but always came back to the bottle for relief and for escape. Then came the physical and mental jitters, then remorse, then resentment, then frustration, then more drinking. A vicious circle which I was unable to break. | June 1947 | |
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