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
My Empathetic God
March 1962
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles
. . .and the Word was God" proved a stumbling block for this "scientifically oriented rationalist
Alcoholics Anonymous and Physicians
September 1974
By:
James D., MD
Writing in an important medical journal, this AA doctor tells his story for the benefit of his medical colleagues--and all of us
Not So Tough
January 2012
By:
Jason K.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Just how does a bright kid end up on a couch by the railroad tracks?
A Way in the World
March 2011
By:
Bette-B B.
| Omaha, Nebraska
Listening to her Higher Power and other alcoholics led her on a wonderful 26-year journey
A Transforming Experience of the Spirit
June 1985
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
What is the message we carry?
The Bill W.-Yale Correspondence
June 1984
Bill W.'s letters declining an honorary degree, unpublished in his lifetime, set an example of personal humility for AA today and tomorrow - From the February 1978 Grapevine
The Bill W.--Yale Correspondence
February 1978
Bill's letters declining an honorary degree, unpublished in his lifetime, set an example of personal humility for AA today and tomorrow
Evaluation by Experienced Officials:
June 1967
By:
Judge Edward D. O'Cleary, Municipal
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
AA's General Service Office has issued this paper on cooperation of AAs with court-managed programs for alcoholics revolving in and out of local jails