Turnaround
January 2003
By:
Tom M.
| Fennville, Michigan
Once sober, this big shot began to strive for values he used to disdain
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Service But Were Afraid to Ask
May 2002
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Secret society? Politics in AA? Elite group? Well, not quite . . .
Don't Take Our Word for It
November 1999
By:
S.B.S.
| Sarasota, Florida
An early Chicago member wrote the sequel to her story "The Keys to the Kingdom." - From the January 1969 Grapevine
Opening Doors
May 1997
By:
Dale J.
| Jasper, Florida
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
A Remarkable Sensation
March 1997
By:
Trebbe J.
| Thompson, Pennsylvania
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Slips and Human Nature
November 1995
By:
William Duncan Silkworth, MD
Physician-in-Chief of the Charles B. Towns Hospital, be is counted among the founders of AA. In his lifetime be treated some 40,000 alcoholics. - From the January 1947 Grapevine
Inside Out
June 1995
By:
Fred H.
| St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
Christmas. . .In the Place for Drunks
August 1954
By:
Les D.
Selected for reprinting from December 1949 Grapevine by Al S., editor Dec. 1948-Dec. 1951
Twelfth Step Work Is AA
May 1953
By:
R. J. M.
| Jamestown, New York
If we live AA, we are doing Twelfth Step work. . .how infinitely more powerful is our message, if the suffering alcoholic recognizes that AA has produced in us a patient, humble, and loving friend of God and man.
The Central Office
September 1951
Friendly Follow-ups By Mail Help Newcomer Get Started
March 1948
By:
Bill McA.
| Manhattan, New York
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
April 1945
Tough enough
October 2017
By:
Coty Q.
| Irvine, California
When the helmet comes off and the Big Book comes out, there’s no such thing as seniority or rank
All Right, So I'm Hooked!
December 1968
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
It's an insidious disease and self-deception will get you nowhere. The best thing is to come right out and admit it. . .
Mental Depression--Unnecessary Evil
March 1966
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
What is there to help the sober AA who puts in dull, dispirited hours and days?