The First Step: Phase Two
July 1969
By:
A. H.
| Manhattan, New York
In AA at twenty-one, he had five years of sobriety before taking what he calls
The Laughingstock of Queens
October 2013
By:
Anonymous
It's bad enough he's in AA—what a loser. Now he has to set up chairs?
The Acid Test
September 2005
By:
Anonymous
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If he could get through his mother's death sober, he could get through anything
Something More than Selfish
August 1971
By:
Walter B.
| Windsor, Vermont
Why do they come in here to talk to a bunch of cons?
So Changed a Life
November 1999
By:
C.F.
| Manhattan, New York
The author of "Fear of Fear" updated her story. - From the September 1968 Grapevine
Retreat From Sanity
March 1985
By:
F. P.
| Gainesville, Florida
Changes in attitude can lead us to a drink--or too close for comfort
So Changed a Life
November 1979
By:
C. F.
The author, whose story "Fear of Fear" appears in both the second and third editions of Alcoholics Anonymous, recently celebrated with her husband their thirtieth AA anniversary. - From the September 1968 Grapevine
The Up-and-down Ego
August 1978
By:
H. P.
| Florida
A good laugh at herself helped restore her perspective
Peace of Mind in Prison
February 1971
By:
R. L. H.
| South Walpole, Massachusetts
While in a blackout, he killed a man. Now, AA helps him find
Message Carrier Extraordinary
March 1970
By:
M. L. A.
| Queens, New York
She meets respect and support for AA wherever she speaks
So Changed a Life
September 1968
By:
C. F.
| Manhattan, New York
The author's story, "Fear of Fear," appears on page 330 of the revised edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, published in 1955. <lb Big Book Stories--Updated