Overcoming Depression
August 1977
By:
S. M.
| Arlington, Virginia
Along with booze and pills, old ideas have to be cast aside
Musician Out of Tune
April 1976
By:
V. S.
| Laguna Beach, California
A concert tour took him around the world in a continuous daze, with high notes of disaster
Chance Encounter. . .
April 1969
By:
T. W.
She had to drink her way through a war and across an ocean before it occurred
I Didn't Know Anything About ALCOHOL. . .
January 1958
By:
Alice F.
| Detroit, Michigan
(An Al-Anon Family Grouper Speaks)
The Birthday Plan
May 1956
By:
Ab A.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Excerpts from a talk given by the originator of "The Oklahoma Birthday Plan," at the AA State Meeting in Great Bend, Kansas, last fall.
Quote November 14, 2015
“Once the alcoholic understands the desirability of accepting reality, to the best of his ability and within the limits which we all have, he has taken a step toward maturity. The difference between the mentally healthy person and the unhealthy one is the ability to face the realities of life.”
Marvin A. Block, MD, friend of AA, February 1974 “Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous” I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA
Quote November 14
"Once the alcoholic understands the desirability of accepting reality, to the best of his ability and within the limits which we all have, he has taken a step toward maturity. The difference between the mentally healthy person and the unhealthy one is the ability to face the realities of life."
Marvin A. Block, MD, friend of AA, February 1974 From: "Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous" I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA
The Writing On the Wall
December 2003
By:
Patrick C.
| Provincetown, Massachusetts
He'd heard a higher power can be seen in anything. He never dreamed he'd find it in a note written by a stranger in a parked car.
Dances With Defects
July 1999
By:
Jeff W.
| Maplewood, New Jersey
Step 7 - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Life Is Hard Enough Already
October 1996
Acceptance Is Easy When You Don't Have a Choice
March 1994
By:
Daniel M.
| Walworth, New York
blinded in a car accident, he learned the hard way