Back to Basics
September 1977
By:
G. P.
| Elbert, Colorado
All those self-help awareness books won't change the fact that we're drunks
The More I Remember, the Better I Feel
June 1975
By:
T. G. F.
| Springfield, Virginia
We have to get well to realize how sick we were
Why Don't Doctors Tell the Patient?
August 1973
By:
C. M. D.
| Florida
There's always plenty of evidence when a drinking problem is involved
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
May 1973
By:
Mark Keller
The Oddities of Alcoholics
And now, a note of sanity on the subject. . .Bill W.As Bill Sees It--the AA Way of Life
August 1972
Our English cousins, it seems, are struggling to understand anonymity just as we are here. The following items are from Newsletter, English equivalent of the Grapevine. With tongue in cheek, they project into the future two extreme positions on anonymity.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
September 1971
By:
M. E. S.
Book Review - 'World Dialogue on Alcohol and Drug Dependence'
Comfortable but Not Contented
July 1971
By:
J. H.
| Huntsville, Alabama
The small degree of happiness experienced yesterday can grow tomorrow
The Beautiful Words
June 1970
By:
E. R. P.
| Vidor, Texas
They come to us when we need them most, displacing the vulgar and the profane
The December Issue of Grapevine is Here!
In this month's special section, we feature stories about how members stay sane and sober during the holidays
Not Something I Did--Something We Did
August 1980
By:
E. E
| Tulsa, Okla
Deep satisfaction comes to us when we have even a small part in something that benefits AA
. . .As the Result of These Steps. . .
April 1980
By:
P. M.
| Riverside, Illinois
He found that there are solid benefits in reworking all the Steps
A Miracle Happened That Day
August 1979
By:
P. B.
| Douglasville, Georgia
At her first meeting, she lost all desire to drink
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
May 1979
By:
W. P.
| Arlington Heights, Illinois
Too happy, too sad, too glad, too mad, too busy, too tired-still, he gets to a meeting
Make It a Happy Day
April 1979
By:
J. R.
| Bucktown, New Jersey
He doesn't let twenty-four hours go by without trying to
The Man Who Wanted to Revise the Lord's Prayer
November 1976
By:
Dick W.
Change the Big Book? Change the program? No thanks, not me," says - From the August 1969 Grapevine
Coincidence Or Small Miracle?
March 1973
By:
N. B. P.
| Avon, Ohio
On the program for just one shaky month, this member had to leave the security of his home group. What happened then gives one cause to wonder. . .
The Kentucky Colonel
October 1972
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
He was an outstanding adviser in the Bright Ideas Department
Dad Works His Program and I Work Mine
April 1972
By:
K. K.
| Lubbock, Texas
AA will work for parent and child alike
Happiness Is Not for Me
January 1971
By:
G. L.
| Boise, Idaho
Oh, sure, there are times of joy. But there's a lot of hard work and anguish in maintaining sobriety, too
Let This AA Thing Work for Me!
April 1970
By:
L. L.
| Studio City, California
An arrest record too long for his years brought him into the Fellowship
The Man Who Wanted to Revise the Lord's Prayer
August 1969
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
Change the Big Book? Change the program? No thanks, not me," says
From Perfectionism to Perfection
May 1969
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
An ex-perfectionist finds a new definition for the goal that once stayed beyond his reach