One Christmas at a Time
December 1983
By:
J. J.
| Tampa, Florida
When she stopped projecting a dreary holiday, she could relax and enjoy her first good Christmas
Okay, I'm Sober--Now What?
October 1982
By:
Anonymous
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Before I had any time to start yawning in boredom, something new was always placed in my path
Frustration
November 1981
By:
Anonymous
Being an account of one man's desire to make amends to a railroad - From the November 1954 Grapevine
Benefits
May 1981
By:
J. C.
| Long Beach, California
The fringe benefits have been many; the major benefits, large and rewarding
Going to Pot
September 1980
By:
E. M.
| Bozeman, Mont.
This alcoholic found he couldn't recover if he continued to use a drug
A New Canoe
March 1964
By:
T. C.
| Port Arthur, Ontario
Sobriety is a wobbly contraption, until you learn how to steer it
This Drunk Was Really a Monkey
October 1962
By:
M. V.
| Stillwater, Minnesota
Two zoo stories, similar until now--but the endings may be different
The Organization Drunk
August 1961
By:
V. B.
| Arlington, Virginia
An executive-type career girl found even AA committee work no substitute for the healing fellowship of the group
Release for a Trapper
May 1961
By:
B. W.
| Flin Flon, Manitoba
Frightened to the verge of insanity, a tough Canadian backwoodsman encounters one of those "coincidences
Toper's Tale of the Month
February 1961
By:
T. F. C. as told to C.W.
| West Redding, Connecticut
EPISOT 1. Big Man with the Boss's Dough
Two A.M. Reverie at a Picture Window
January 1961
By:
R. M.
| Michigan
Have we sometimes missed the magic of seeing out?
AA Around the World
March 1959
By:
Jim T.
| Lockyer, Albany
A LOVELY BUNCH - 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.