Doing What We Do Best
June 1994
By:
Bill H.
| New York, New York
TRADITION 6 - An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose
Close to the Edge
September 1993
By:
Robert J.
| Sacramento, California
My life hadn't become unmanageable, it had become crazy. . . . That was my moment of clarity.
Unlocking the Gates of Hell
July 1966
By:
T. P. Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Discussion<lbStep Two: Came to believe that a Power greater<lbthan ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Report From a Chronic Slippee
April 1965
By:
S. M. C., M. D.
| Manhattan, New York
The author, a doctor, achieved 355 days of sobriety in a year. He'll keep trying. . .
On Closed Meetings
December 1964
By:
The Editors
Some reflections on AA discussion meetings prompted by letters from Grapevine readers
Kalamity in a Kansas Kitchen
July 1964
By:
D. L. G.
| Salina, Kansas
A young mother starts her road to sobriety with a letter to her husband
Can Success Boil Rock Hunter?
March 1963
By:
T. K.
| Hollywood, California
In show business, star status may dim to darkness until AA status gets top billing
Marathon Drinkathon
January 1962
By:
J. M.
| Chicago, Illinois
Why one newspaper reporter wrote "30" to his thirst
Experiment in Latin America
October 1961
By:
E. F.
| San Salvador
We are growing so fast a census is impossible
Keep in Shape
June 1960
Here's Why
May 1959
By:
Dr. Earle M.
| San Francisco, California
This is the second of two articles on certain medical aspects of alcoholism--as seen by an AA doctor
Closed Meeting
December 1958
By:
J. P. L.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Suggested Answers to "A Few Questions