Editor's Note
December 2001
Does this edition have a new cover?
December 2001
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty personal stories and think: 'Yes, that happened to me'; or, more important, 'Yes, I've felt like that'; or, most important of all, 'Yes, I believe this program can work
The Story Behind the Stories In the First Three Editions
December 2001
Listening to the Wind
December 2001
It took an "angel" to introduce this Native American woman to AA and recovery.
Window of Opportunity
December 2001
This young alcoholic stepped out a second-story window and into AA.
He Lived Only to Drink
December 2001
I had been preached to, analyzed, cursed, and counseled, but no one had ever said, 'I identify with what's going on with you. It happened to me and this is what I did about it.'
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
December 2001
Step 12 - Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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