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Young People in AA
Does Daddy Know?

Raise the Bottom

Sk8ing Through Life

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Alco-logic
The Ninth Step: The Check's in the Mail
Along Spiritual Lines: Where's My Reward
And more in the September 2005 AA Grapevine

AA Grapevine
July 2005 - Vol. 61, No. 2

Special Section:

Special Section:
AA Anniversaries

From banquets and balloons to quiet celebrations

What's the Big Deal?
Hopkins, Minnesota —An old-timer remembers his first anniversary

The Understudy
Dallas, Texas—A sponsor's gift to a newcomer

A Night at the Movies
Montreal, Quebec — A special speaker for a special day

Armchair Anniversary
Milford, Massachusetts — An AA avoids center stage

Hold the Parade
Corvallis, Oregon — Why one AA doesn’t celebrate his anniversary

A Potluck Celebration
Addison, Texas — Feeding body and soul

An Anniversary to Remember
Patchogue, New York— In honor of sobriety, past and present

Simply Celebrate
South China Sea— For this AA, it’s a quiet affair

What a Party!
Wetaskiwin, Alberta — A guest reflects on AA

Also in this issue:

Step Eight: The Years that the Locust Hath Eaten
New York, New York — Forgiveness can restore any relationship — even with your husband’s ex-wife

Diary of an Alcoholic
Las Vegas, Nevada — Surrender was her ticket to peace

Every Boy His Own Barrel
St. Petersburg, Florida — A dry drunk discovers an easier way of life

The Lost Years
Los Angeles, California — The pain of an untimely amend

Whose Sobriety Is It, Anyway?
Roanoke, Virginia — Is it really true you have to want to get sober for yourself?

The Only Love I Knew
Dixon, Illinois — An inmate discovers how to live in harmony

A Talk with Leonard Blumenthal
The new chair of the General Service Board

Around AA
A delegate reports on the 55th General Service Conference