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| 1. | Do You Know: (by Jack B.) In 1936 I quit drinking, not knowing then that I was an alcoholic but knowing I was a drunkard. I desperately wanted to quit and knew I had to, if I was not to lose everything I valued. | April 1945 | |
| 2. | The Last Round-up--On Subject of Gossip (by R.O.H.) Ontario -- Now that A.A.'s of both sexes have taken their own--and each others'--inventories so well, may I, a sexless sexagenarian, virtuous by necessity and utterly uncritical except of those I don't like, raise my quavering voice? | February 1947 | |
| 3. | Alone in London Strange and wonderful stories have been told of the things that happen to A.A.s throughout the world. Usually, they involve curious coincidences, odd events, out-of-the-ordinary experiences. From London comes another which may be classified as coincidence, luck or something more remarkable. | June 1947 | |
| 4. | Everything but Money (by Bill W.) Thousands of newer A.A.s inquire, "Just what is The Alcoholic Foundation, what is its place in A.A., who set it up, why do we send it funds?" | June 1947 | |
| 5. | A.A. Digest-- The Screwball, Nacogdoches, Texas--"Traditionally there are 13 steps to a hangman's platform, and sometimes an alcoholic winds up there because of a deed he commits while in a drunken stupor. While this statement isn't calculated to scare anyone, we would point out that there are just 12 Steps to a life full of happiness in the A.A. program." | April 1948 | |
| 6. | Groups Form World-wide Chain of A.A. Philosophy; Group Has Come-back System A sea captain recently landed in Lima, Peru. Finding himself in a bar in the company of business acquaintances, he noticed another man in the group was not drinking. He wondered about it for a moment but said nothing. | July 1948 | |
| 7. | Miracle on 34th Street THERE was a recent movie by that title in which some wondrous things took place. It was a Hollywood version of a "spiritual experience" in which not only the individual characters but even Macy's and Gimbel's saw the simple wisdom of "Live and let live." In a great burst of brotherhood, Macy's recommended Gimbel's and Gimbel's sent customers to Macy's. This was the mercantile miracle. And it was profitable for all--Macy's, Gimbel's, even the customers. | August 1949 | |
| 8. | High Bottom (by A.P.) New York -- I WAS what is called a high bottom, low threshold of pain drinker. I am an artist. I started drinking in art school in 1930 and continued rather heavy drinking without any alcoholic trouble from 1930 until the middle of the recent war. I was in the Navy. I was hospitalized and sent ashore after the invasion of Luzon. I had seen a good deal of combat before Luzon but I guess it was the Kamikazes which got to me and pushed me over the alcoholic line, for when I arrived ashore I got drunk on ten beers, and I had never been drunk before. I had prided myself on my capacity and had a very high reputation in ... | October 1949 | |
| 9. | Mail Call (by C.H.) California -- I AM the wife of an alcoholic, endeavoring to live the principles of AA day by day, to the best of my limited ability, thereby deriving much personal good and a better understanding of humanity. | January 1950 | |
| 10. | What About Skid Row As a Start? (by Agnostic Who Accepted AA on the Poi) New York -- MR. BOB D. of Garden City has struck me in the groin with his item in the November issue of The A. A. Grapevine and I wish to answer. | January 1950 | |
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