Will I Open the Door to the Truth?
October 1966
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
<emphasis type="italic">Step Discussion Step Five</emphasis> Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Alcoholism--A Challenge to the Medical Profession
April 1949
By:
MILTON G. POTTER, M.D
| Buffalo, New York
The Steps Are the Program
July 1975
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
Just as each of us is a totality, and not a collection of related parts, so each Step of the twelve is connected to every other Step
The Pink Cloud and After
September 1955
By:
Harry M. TIEBOUT, M.D.
One of AA's first friends in psychiatry points out "the road beyond the miracle
The End of the Nightmare
January 2001
By:
Karen C.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
The Fellowship Kept Her Coming Back
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By:
G.N.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
Coffee shops, bowling, movie nights—“fellow-shipping” kept her going until she was ready to truly tackle “this sobriety thing”
Zooming past the cops
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Bruce B.
| Killingworth, Conn.
Going to any lengths for his virtual AA meeting caused an encounter he won’t soon forget
The Prodigal Relapser
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By:
Benny P.
| San Antonio, Texas
His message? Love the repeated relapser until he can love himself
Traveling With the Soft-Covered Portable Edition
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Barbara C.
| Lyndeborough, N.H.
There she was a blizzard going on and stranded travelers drank cheerfully in the airport bar. Yet there was, locked in a bathroom, weeping…
The guy in the back corner
March 2014
By:
Dennis S.
| Lakeport, California
He was a man of few words, but when he spoke someone up front listened
Novenas for Beatrice
September 2012
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
The Ninth Step helped her show up for her mom as her mom had done for her
Two Voices: One Story the Son
March 2005
By:
Colin B.
| New York, New York
When shared genes lead to shared recovery
The Perfect Curve
November 2004
By:
Gerald R. (as told to Carolyn C.)
| Austin, Texas
An AA pioneer talks about the old days
Beyond the Generation Gap
August 1985
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
We all use the tools of the program in much the same ways
The Root of Our Troubles
December 1979
By:
B. S.
| Dallas, Texas
He had created a whole universe centered around himself
The Pink Cloud Didn't Come Back
March 1976
By:
A college professor
| North Carolina
A nine-page section of sharing from five AAs who are finding their way
The Oldest Clubhouse in the World
After making the local news, this former son of a preacher found himself at a meeting in Ohio
From the Vintage Years
February 1958
By:
Florence Powdermaker, M.D.
THE ROLE OF A PSYCHIATRIST IN AA <lbThirteen Years Ago in the Grapevine
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
November 1944
With No One Left In The House
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By:
Susan H.
| Ashland, Ore.
A mid-life drinking crisis brings her to AA
Off the Merry-Go-Round
January 2014
By:
Jeanette S.
| Washington D.C., Washington D.C.
After a series of interventions she agreed to go to detox
