Faith, Failure, and Frustration
May 1973
By:
Anonymous
| California
Making promises we cannot keep leads only to greater guilt
24-hour Serenity
June 1971
By:
E. S.
| Hartsdale, New York
Serenity depends on the attitudes you bring to daily living, and it's not hard to retain the right attitude for just one day - Essence of AA
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February 1971
By:
Dr. John
| San Diego, California
The rule of HALT is a reminder that can help us all along the road to recovery - The Essence of AA
A Funny Thing Happened to Me After I Attended an AA Meeting Merely as a Guest
February 1968
By:
K. M.
| Urbana, Illinois
A Night in Paris
February 1967
By:
Anonymous
If you want an unusual experience in the City of Lights try the AA way
Make Your Immaturity Pay
March 1965
By:
Anonymous
Those defects can keep us alive to the need to change
Steer-roping Is an Art, Podner
July 1962
By:
R. Q.
| Palo Alto, California
and to learn it, the kid decided, you needed some wildcat whiskey
Return to an Old Inn
June 1962
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
Could it be," I asked myself smugly, "that these normal drinkers could not appreciate the beauty around them as I did?
AA on Location
June 1960
A familiar film and TV personality tells how alcoholic movie actors find ways to drink even in remote filming areas
No Such Thing As a Bad Meeting!
February 1950
By:
M.T.G.
| Baltimore, Maryland
arriving by leaps at a considered opinion
Smoke Shop
January 2017
Her first sober job was in a place where they sold cigarettes and paraphernalia, yet she was grateful for the daily reminder of the lonely life she had left behind
Sassy Pearls of Wisdom
October 2015
If minding one’s own business can work for the group, then it might work for her as well
12 Steps—8000 Miles
September 2015
Thanks to the Internet, a newcomer in Argentina finds a sponsor who can help her do the work
A Few Cloudy Days
July 2013
By:
John V.
| Jamestown, California
With no AA in prison, one alcoholic tells how Grapevines and members' letters brighten his day
A Question of Accountability
October 2002
By:
David S.
| Fresno, California
Do online meetings invite us to duck responsibility?