Fifth Tradition Checklist
June 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Each group has but one primary purpose. . .to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
5. Industrial Executive
December 1960
Being a light-hearted, sincere account of maintenance of sobriety at a difficult time of the year, by several interesting personalities in and around the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Pro and Con
May 1958
Brief comments end excerpts from letters containing opinions pro and/or con specific items (including the Grapevine itself) will appear in this corner from time to time.
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
April 1956
By:
J.E.
| Bloomington, Indiana
Step Eleven: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="italic">as we understood Him,</emphasis> praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
April 1955
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
A. A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
July 1946
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
October 2009
By:
RAY A.
| West Palm Beach, Fla.
Struggling for identity, a Puerto Rican-born radical loses himself in the bottle
Sixty Years and Counting
August 2003
By:
Easy E.
| Alabama
A "lightning case" of alcoholism brought him to AA in 1942, and he's still reaping the rewards, one a day at a time
Is the AA Program a Selfish One?
December 1965
By:
Anonymous
| East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Do we confuse the shaky newcomer?
Badge of Honor
November 1963
By:
M. C.
| Austin, Texas
I carried it proudly every night on the bus, hoping someone would ask
That Sacred Spark of Gaiety
March 1963
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
In Paris, as at home, the sweet wine can sour--and sweeten again
The Final Befuddlement of Perry P.
September 1962
By:
Anon.
| Michigan
A finny fable of piscine perverseness proving that some fish are sicker than others
The recommended questions are as follows:
February 1961
By:
T. W. R.
| Alexandria, Virginia
If your prospect is an artful dodger try him on these blockbusters
AA Around the World
September 1959
By:
G. R. M.
| Edmonton, Alberta
FROM THE "POLAR MEMBER" - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published by the General Service Office.
Easy Does It & General Service Fund
October 1956
By:
The Bleeding Deacon of Deer Creek D
| Nevada City, California
but do it. . .!