A Lifer's Story
July 2011
By:
Barry M.
| Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina
The only way to endure his prison sentence was to drink as much as possible
Four Sheets to the Wind
July 2011
By:
Bill W.
| Lowell, Florida
A World War II vet recalls how a ship full of whiskey got his captain sober
Take a step back
October 2009
By:
BERNARDO
| Portland, Ore.
An AA works at not letting emotions take over
A Breakthrough--A Miracle
January 1999
By:
Kevin G.
| Ballina
From <emphasis type="italic">Area A Formguide</emphasis>, August 1998
What We Were Like
October 1993
By:
Sean M.
| Santa Monica, California
Fragments of AA History - 1st Dublin Group
Don't Bet on 'Me'
August 1966
By:
T. P. Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Discussion - Step Three: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God <emphasis type="italic">as we understood Him.</emphasis>
This Business of Getting Ahead
October 1964
By:
T. D.
| Manchester, Massachusetts
It turns out that the important thing is to know how to <emphasis type="underline">stay here</emphasis>
The First Meeting
January 1962
By:
H. W.
| Pleasantville, New York
was the difference between life and death
My Prickly Conscience Named Charlie
December 1960
By:
Anonymous
| Mt. Rainer, Maryland
He's diffident, lonely, hard to know. Yet his kindly understanding of other lonely people is enriching their lives
Around the World
January 1959
By:
C R. C. P.
| Queensland
THE LIFE OF A LONER - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO.
A Simple Acrostic
January 1956
By:
Ann T.
| Kansas City, Missouri
One way to take a word nobody likes
Lest We Forget
February 1954
Excerpt from the fifteenth printing of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," Pages 98-100
How It Works
December 1953
By:
Anonymous
| New York City, New York
Another recovered alcoholic tells