When We See Ourselves Clearly
March 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Indianapolis, Indiana
Self-acceptance and a desire to become what we could be are vital steps on the road to recovery
The Most Complicated Lie
July 1978
By:
G. P.
| Elbert, Colorado
Honesty is sometimes the "easier, softer way
Compliance
October 1976
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Who wouldn't be resentful? Wasn't everybody else smarter, richer, and more gifted?
Just Keep on Going
April 1976
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Nothing works so well as the act of moving toward life
Script for a Sobriety Commercial
January 1975
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Let's switch on our private TV and look inside our heads, where good-guy and bad-guy qualities fight it out
Faith, Failure, and Frustration
May 1973
By:
Anonymous
| California
Making promises we cannot keep leads only to greater guilt
Watch Those Commercials!
February 1973
By:
J. W. R.
| Millard, Nebraska
They fascinate, hypnotize, and make you slightly ill as they lead the unsuspecting down the garden path
Three Weeks into Sanity
July 1972
By:
C. B.
| Houston, Texas
A sudden awakening brought her to an acceptance of reality
A Sponsor Can't Be My Higher Power
May 1972
By:
Dean S.
| Santa Monica, California
We belong to no one and no one belongs to us. We are God's "babies
An Illicit Affair
May 1972
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
You don't die of fright or shame. Matter of fact, you feel pretty good about it - Small-Town AA
Battle of the Bottle
July 1951
By:
B. B.
| Oakland, California
I made little impression on the enemy
New York City Prison Program
February 1951
Twelfth Step. . .with stripes. . .<lbthe AA helping hand reaches through iron bars in. . .
Pleasures of Reading
September 1948
By:
G.H.
The Hound of Heaven--A New Edition<lb<emphasis type="italic">Dodd, Mead and Company, 1948 $1.50</emphasis>