Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
August 1978
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Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
February 1972
By:
M. E. S.
Book Review - 'A Reasonably Happy Man'
Why Couldn't My Doctor Help Me?
August 1970
By:
R. B.
| Rochester, New York
Help of all kinds is needed but first things must be done first
Getting to Know My Brother
Through the program of AA, she found something in common with her brother besides birthright.
Staying Half-green
October 1976
By:
R. W.
| Van Nuys, California
By remaining willing to listen and to share with others, we avoid becoming sour or overripe
The Blade of Grass That Could
June 1972
By:
V. R.
| Beverly Hills, California
Nature taught her the lessons she needed to live the AA way of life
Switch to Another Channel
May 1971
By:
F. J. T.
| Crescent, Missouri
Must we always dwell on the worst that can happen rather than the best?
Nameless Fears
April 1971
By:
Bobbie G.
| Queens, New York
The stark terror of our drinking days sometimes returns as a feeling of impending doom in our sober days
Secret Lives
She used to tell strangers in bars her life story. Step Five helped her get over the shame of that.
Amends Are Rough on the Ego? Yes, Indeed!
February 1967
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
<emphasis type="italic">Step Discussion Step Nine:</emphasis> Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
I Needed a Psychiatrist
January 1965
By:
Anon.
| Palm Springs, California
She was sober, divorced and on the prowl--Then she found help in rebuilding her life
Paradox
August 1961
By:
H. W.
| Pleasantville, New York
If we don't "hold lightly" to the ego we can't "hold tightly" to the program
No One Understands...
March 1961
By:
G. G.
| Fort Myers, Florida
the wife of an alcoholic--except the wife of another alcoholic
On Relief Pitching
November 1957
By:
An AA "Fan
| New York City, New York
Autumn thoughts on baseball and sobriety, as seen by an oldtimer