Of Love and Forgiveness
July 1985
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
How can we make amends to someone who has died?
From Loathing to Love
July 1983
By:
J. D.
| Queens Village, New York
They were brother and sister, but never friends--until AA
Living the Steps
December 1978
By:
S. M.
| Joliet, Illinois
Self-acceptance was only one of many rewards he found in working and reworking the Steps
Some Do Not Make It
June 1973
By:
J. K.
| Los Angeles, California
An ex-prizefighter loses his biggest fight in the final round
Ice Water in Hell
February 1973
By:
I. A. P.
| Rochester, New York
We're not necessarily going to get everything we want
I'm Unique--but I Want to Belong
September 1970
By:
E. S.
| Corona del Mar, California
His panty-waist drinking story makes him different, he says
I Got Out of the God Business
January 1970
By:
R. S.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
This self-proclaimed unbeliever has a three-point program that works for him and, he hopes, might help others - The Search for Spiritual Experience
Breakthrough
September 1969
By:
H. R. S.
| Lisle, Illinois
He failed in AA and now there was nowhere to go. . .until a fellow AA showed him the way
The Eighth Concept
June 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
The Cab Driver and the Fat Lady
January 1971
By:
G. C.
| Miami, Florida
The dispatcher's voice called him to a meeting with destiny
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.
Fifth day--plans for the future
June 1969
By:
Sister Ignatia
An interview delivered in a panel discussion before the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada at Philadelphia in 1951
Sober and off Pills Ten Days
July 1968
By:
J. L.
| Liberal, Kansas
She ran from a drunken father into a nightmare of pills and booze. . .and lost her own children. . .
Dear Editors:
June 1968
By:
M. V. B.
| Chappaqua, New York
I believe there are 'winds' and 'winds' and some of them are far from beneficial.
The Glass Cathedral
May 1963
By:
J. K. B.
| No. Hollywood, California
Closeness to nature--beneath the skies. . .by the sea. . .in the hills helped ease his rough journey, from glass crutch to
The Twice Born
April 1961
By:
Anon.
| New York, New York
Like survivors of war and shipwreck, we live on borrowed time. Question: How well do we use it?
Pro and Con
May 1958
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