The Telemarketer's Tale
February 2004
By:
Al K.
| California
His Higher Power was working overtime the day he made the call
In the Grip Of Rage
September 2003
By:
Marc S.
| Mesa, Arizona
He became his father and lived to know his pain firsthand
I Knew Joe
July 2003
By:
David P.
| Beverly Hills, California
Death and despair take a down-and-out rocker to the door of AA. A moment of grace brings him in
On the Jailhouse Floor
July 2003
By:
Jerome R. S.
| Corona, California
Spiritual awakenings can happen in the most unlikely places, and once they do, there's no telling where life will lead
You'll Drive, Honey
July 2002
By:
Carol P.
| Brookline, Massachusetts
Almost anything is possible with a fellow alcoholic by your side
The Time of Our Lives
February 1996
From the Cave of the Fallen Angels
March 1975
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
The words and the phrases may vary from time to time, but the basic message of the AA experience goes on unchanged
People and Principles
October 1971
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
Personalities change and people are often wrong, but principles remain constant
The High-bottom Drunk
June 1971
By:
W. G.
| Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Earth people usually equate 'alcoholic' with the skid-row bum, but we know there are many different types. Getting down to basics, Bill W. often opened a meeting with the simple greeting "Hi, drunks!
The Uses and Abuses of Clichs
April 1971
By:
J. S.
| Peterborough, New Hampshire
Don't analyze--utilize. But try to understand what they truly mean
1st Step
January 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol. . .that our lives had become unmanageable.
Caught in Hateland
December 1966
By:
R. A. S.
| La Verne, California
An AA once trapped by resentments offers a guide to the way out
They Thought He Was Drunk
October 1965
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Would I have gone to him? Honestly, I don't know. That's the horror of it.
Glossary of Golfing Terms
September 1965
By:
J. F. G. Jr.
| Shaker Heights, Ohio
Did drinking affect your golf? Or vice versa?
Senile Sobriety
January 1965
By:
Anonymous
| Charlotte, Michigan
If you've been around a while and think you're having dull times, read this
Christmas Illumination
December 1964
By:
J. K. B.
| Studio City
There was no tree to trim. Was the bottle the answer or could AA suggest another approach?
That Noble Thirst
December 1963
By:
J. G.
| Manhattan, New York
On living it up like the big-time boozers--when you can hardly keep it down
That Loud-mouth !*"#!!*!
October 1963
By:
B. E. T.
| Siesta Key, Florida
I had just learned to control my resentments, when
How the Groups Govern the General Service Office
May 1962
By:
R. K.
| Traverse City, Michigan
Your delegates are key people in World AA