Educated Agnostic
April 1992
Only One Thing in Common
May 1984
By:
B. S.
| Boston, Massachusetts
Different as the city streets and suburbs from which they came, two alcoholics shared their sobriety and their lives
A Treasury of AA History
September 1977
By:
Nell Wing
A nonalcoholic who has served AA almost from the beginning writes of her new work as AA archivist
The Enablers
October 1974
By:
J. B.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Too many times, the trips are made too easy
Surrender
November 1966
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
Why did she drink too much, and why did she stop? <i>"Seven years away from a drink, I'm still not sure."</i>
A Sunrise Service in Athens
April 1966
By:
Lou P.
| Springfield, Missouri
She needed dark glasses before dawn that Easter, but before another dawn came. . .
Betty Was a Lady
June 1950
By:
R. McK.
| Lansing, Michigan
--but she drank like a man. . .<lb--no one knew what went on behind my locked door. . .
Do You Have the Granulated Sugar?
January 1974
By:
Louise S.
| Chico, California
Let us remember the unbelievably stupid questions we had to ask in the beginning, and let us always be tender with the newcomers who are afraid to ask them
Dad Works His Program and I Work Mine
April 1972
By:
K. K.
| Lubbock, Texas
AA will work for parent and child alike
I Just Let the Magic Happen
November 1971
By:
C. L.
| Fort Collins, Colorado
This salesman has traveled the long distance from misery to joy
Justifiable" Anger
July 1971
By:
J. G.
| Bogota
She couldn't afford to lose her temper--and she has the slips to prove it
The Man Who Wanted to Revise the Lord's Prayer
August 1969
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
Change the Big Book? Change the program? No thanks, not me," says
Rage
November 1968
By:
R. W.
| Van Nuys, California
He reached a plateau in his AA progress. Could he cross it without slipping off the edge?
Tenth/twelfth Step Meetings
March 1968
By:
T. P. Jr.
| Hankins, New York
We are not here to talk about. . .inventory; we're here to do the taking.
I Was Splendid When I Drank
July 1966
By:
R. A. S.
| La Verne, California
The sad tale of a member's fall from perfection
Shore Leave
March 1966
By:
C. C.
| Santa Cruz, California
An ex-sailor calculates the cost of twenty-five years of drinking - What price AA membership?
Knock, and It Shall Be Opened. . .
March 1966
By:
J. C.
| Topeka, Kansas
After a diligent--and critical--search she found the door to faith
Marathon Drinkathon
January 1962
By:
J. M.
| Chicago, Illinois
Why one newspaper reporter wrote "30" to his thirst
Baker's Dozen
July 1961
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
Sobriety, like baking, requires following a Master Recipe