Some Never Make It
April 1996
By:
L.S.
| Bowie, Maryland
A child lives with the pain of a father who couldn't stop drinking
The Long Haul
May 1993
By:
Don P.
| Aurora, Colorado
Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
The Lost Commandments, the Dictionary, and AA
November 1986
By:
Bernard B. Smith
An excerpt from his opening address to AA's Fourth General Service Conference - From the June 1954 Grapevine
Care Package
December 1983
By:
J. V.
| Alexandria, Minnesota
His Christmas gift--the grace to accept help gladly
The Root of Our Troubles
December 1979
By:
B. S.
| Dallas, Texas
He had created a whole universe centered around himself
How I Coped with a Deep Depression
October 1973
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Recovery began with the act of doing nothing
After You Know It All, It's What You Learn That Counts
August 1986
By:
J. M.
| Staten Island, New York
A Thing Called Hope
July 1985
By:
W. H.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Four AAs write about the "inside," and a nonalcoholic trustee sounds a call to action
Hanging in There Together
March 1984
By:
L. P.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eleven pages of articles by and about long-sober members
Without Preaching Or Moralizing
October 1980
By:
A. B.
| Torrance, Calif.
Twelfth Step - He thought it would be like earning merit badges in the Boy Scouts
Unfinished Business
April 1978
By:
J. F.
| Ashland, Virginia
Working Steps Eight and Nine heals old wounds and frees us from guilt
Getting Rid of the Booze
March 1978
By:
D. B.
| Gulf port, Florida
When we do, we're freed from old ideas and bad habit patterns
Turning on the Power
August 1977
By:
P. M.
| Riverside, Illinois
By "keeping it simple," the relaxed residents of Vilcabamba have found the secret of healthy serenity and longer life
This Sobriety Business
September 1976
By:
Harry C.
| Houston, Texas
After eighteen years of failure in AA a salesman discovers a secret