Come On! Be Happy, Too
November 1999
The author of "He Who Loses His Life" looked back over twenty plus years of sobriety. - From the September 1967 Grapevine
At Last No Longer Apart
November 1999
The author of "Stars Don't Fall" reported on the vital experience--some of it rough going--of the second half of her quarter century of sobriety. - From the November 1967 Grapevine
No Graduation From AA!
November 1999
<emphasis type="italic">Two themes that have become of the greatest importance to him--responsibility and gratitude to AA--were stressed by the author of</emphasis> "Rum, Radio and Rebellion." - From the January 1969 Grapevine
Sober for Thirty Years
November 1999
One of the earliest members of the first New York AA group; he was also its first "self-proclaimed atheist." - From the May 1968 Grapevine
After Twenty-nine Years
November 1999
The author's story "Women Suffer Too" was the first woman's story in the Big Book. - From the July 1968 Grapevine
I've Never Quit Being Active
November 1999
The author of "Home Brewmeister" asserted that in this life-changing program, the growth process never ends. - From the November 1968 Grapevine
Sober and Focused
November 1999
Microbursts of Joy
November 1999
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him</emphasis>, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.
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