A Way of Life
December 1999
By:
Jim N.
| West Springfield, Massachusetts
Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
The Twelfth Concept
December 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concept for World Service
My Son, the Alcoholic
April 1967
By:
G. N. G.
| Forest Hills, New York
On Irish cops and rye bread, 'shickers,' and what was wrong with Ham's father
Mental Depression--Unnecessary Evil
March 1966
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
What is there to help the sober AA who puts in dull, dispirited hours and days?
What Do We Do About the Wine?
August 1964
By:
E. M. V.
Or, how I learned to toast the Queen without really drinking
The Unbeliever
September 1996
<emphasis type="italic">One of the original twenty-nine stories printed in the First Edition of the Big Book,</emphasis> Alcoholics Anonymous, <emphasis type="italic">published in 1935, this story was taken out when the Second Edition was published in 195
Bill Tells of the Beginning of AA
June 1965
First there was Bill W . . . then Dr. Bob . . . then Bill D . . .<lband then there were thousands. . .
Grapevine Daily Quote July 26
“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”
“The Great Art of Living,” Cumbria, June 1975, Emotional Sobriety II
Grapevine Daily Quote July 25
“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”
“The Great Art of Living,” Cumbria, June 1975, Emotional Sobriety II
Grapevine Daily Quote July 26
“We AAs are the best listeners in the world -- that is, when we’re not talking!”
“The Best Listeners” Maspeth, New York, May 1998, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Grapevine Daily Quote July 25
“We AAs are the best listeners in the world -- that is, when we’re not talking!”
“The Best Listeners” Maspeth, New York, May 1998, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Grapevine Daily Quote February 25
“‘Let us always love the best in others -- and never fear their worst.’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1962, “This Matter of Fear,” The Language of the Heart