The Path of Self-destruction
January 1973
By:
D. E.
| Yachats, Oregon
Depression, guilt, fear, all led downhill until AA charted a new way
The Threat of the Twelve Steps
October 1965
By:
Anon
| Vermont
We went to extremes in drinking, why not in working the program?
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
September 1964
By:
V. B.
| Virginia
Or, how to get back your right to disagree
Through the Starting Gate
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By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Debra B.
| Fontana, Calif.
Having to drink her coffee through a straw didn’t mean she was alcoholic. Did it?
The corner
August 2017
By:
Chuck B.
| Hillsboro, New Mexico
The comfort he gave a deathrow prisoner for a crime committed in a blackout changed his life forever
Getting Past the Denial
July 2011
By:
Donna M.
Seeing her best friend get sober, she could no longer pretend that her drinking wasn't a problem
Two People Speaking the Same Language
He was able to connect with people in AA despite his Asperger's
Smile for Mickey
November 2013
By:
Larry H.
| Flagstaff, Arizona
From childhood on, he never fit in the picture, until he got to AA
Eyes on the Horizon
November 2014
By:
Larry A.
| Andrews, North Carolina
Confronted with loss and mourning, he went back to AA after a long time away
Is This Where the Alcoholics Meet?
September 1975
By:
Hilary D.
| Cullman, Alabama
A glimpse into the magic workings of AA
The Essential Ingredient in Recovery
September 1974
By:
B. Grimmer, MD psychiatrist
Alcoholism is beyond the reach of the scientific method as ordinarily conceived
Where the Splendor Is
April 1968
By:
H. L.
| California
It's no easy thing to know ourselves and to know others, but the <emphasis type="underline">effort</emphasis> to know is the highroad to love
The Silent Sponsor
December 1964
By:
J. S. C.
| New Hartford, New York
When it comes naturally, effective sponsorship doesn't need a label
Check the Ammo!
August 1955
By:
P. J. R.
| Miami, Florida
Sometimes, it all begins innocently enough. . .
The Pleasures of Reading
July 1947
By:
R.E.B.
| New York City
<emphasis type="italic">Kilvert's Diary</emphasis>, 1870-1879. By the Rev. Francis Kilvert. (Macmillan, $3)
The "Magic Island
October 1961
By:
M. C.
| Port-au-Prince
Where "voodon" fires dot the mountains every night, a lady loner-keeps her serenity by practicing the principles