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| 1. | The Words of a Dangling Man (by David R.) "Off Again, On Again Finnegan" has a new lot of loyal rooters: the "You're In--You're Out" selective service inductees, aged twenty-six to thirty-eight. | June 1944 | |
| 2. | Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces (by Y.G.) In answer to our D-day letter, that old raconteur, Warrant Officer Norman M., shot one back at us from the South Pacific in near record time. His letter, dated June 15, enclosed as an exchange copy for The Grapevine an amusing Picture Supplement to an Air Force paper. Norman writes: "The Grapevine! There's a sardonic double entendre masthead if I ever saw one. It, like the whole tone of the paper, is perfectly A.A. in spirit. The utter lack of finality in editorializing as well as its sense of humor about its mission is grand! And what a gem it is for an A.A. to get overseas. Alcoholics are such a peculiarly 'much-in-common' group that I sometimes doubt how ... | August 1944 | |
| 3. | Points of View (by Doc" N.) Dear Grapevine: Your second issue at hand inspires me to an idea. I'm sure there are other A.A.s who, like myself, are finding in A.A. the highway to freedom from narcotics. Why not give us a "hophead's corner" in The Grapevine? After all, we do have a particular problem. Even if mine is essentially the same problem of all alcoholics, I occasionally could wish that there were just one other narcotic victim in my A.A. group with whom I might share experiences. And though through the help of the Higher Power and my A.A. friends I no longer take morphine, I realize I fear it in a way I've ceased fearing alcohol. If I could just share experiences with ... | August 1944 | |
| 4. | Points of View (by Doc M.) North Carolina -- Dear Grapevine: I noticed recently in an issue of The Grapevine a letter from Doc N, who had found release from narcotic addiction through A.A. This letter I was most glad to see, and hasten to assure him and others that his experience is one that is beginning to be shared by quite a few. We have in our club five men who have had many years of drug addiction but who are finding complete freedom from drugs and are well on the highway to successful and happy living. Their period of freedom varies from 5 months to 6 years and they all attribute this to the help of a Higher Power that has come to them through A.A. ... | September 1944 | |
| 5. | Editorial: (by Richard S.) Since I cannot speak for anyone else, I'll have to make my experience with the 4th step autobiographical. Before A.A., I tried almost daily to stop drinking. I hated myself constantly. I could not understand why such a wonderful person as I was would do the things I did. I was in a constant state of mental turmoil and misery, and I knew that I could not handle liquor. | February 1945 | |
| 6. | Editorial: (by Mark H.) New York -- "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." | April 1945 | |
| 7. | Letters to the Grapevine. . . (by Richmond W.) Massachusetts -- Dear Grapevine: I believe I was a potential alcoholic from the beginning, although I didn't actually become one until after quite a few years of drinking. I was the type that usually becomes an alcoholic. I was sort of an odd child. I had an inferiority complex. I was lonely. I didn't know how to make friends. I kept a sort of wall between myself and other people. And I took to drinking as a duck takes to water. | May 1945 | |
| 8. | The Magic Carpet (by Pola K.) A year ago a new A.A., a woman, was having trouble ("even as you and I") catching onto the program. Another woman A.A. wrote her a letter. The letter, from Astrid L. to Pola K., was published in the May issue of The Grapevine. How that letter, written in December, 1943, is bearing fruit today, and how the recipient whom it helped has since been able to help others, is told in the story that follows. | June 1945 | |
| 9. | Only Nice Things Happened (by E. K.) New Jersey -- One afternoon a little more than three years ago, I was riding down First Avenue in a cab. I was wedged in the corner of the seat and my brother propped me up with his two hands. With my two hands I propped up a pint of rye. The rye was a decoy to get me into the cab and to my destination --Bellevue Hospital. I'd been there before, and I knew I wasn't going to like it. | July 1945 | |
| 10. | 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 | |
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