Farther Off From Heaven
July 1998
By:
T.M.
| Hemet, California
The words of a poem, remembered from childhood
Autonomy Is Not an Excuse
April 1998
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
Tradition Four - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Leave Room on the Chair
October 1997
By:
Danny S.
| London
This AA learned to let the Higher Power into his life
The Write Stuff
August 1997
The General Service Office in New York receives a tremendous amount of mail on a wide range of topics relating to AA, alcoholism, public information, group problems, etc. But as the following exchange of letters shows, at the heart of this flood of inform
Estoy Buscando a Alcohlicos Annimos" - (I Am Looking for Alcoholics Anonymous)
October 1996
By:
Anonymous
| Martinez, California
PERU
The View from Here: Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
January 1996
By:
Brian G.
| Lubbock, Texas
Brian's Story
By Willpower Alone?
March 1983
By:
W. W.
| Poultney, Vermont
After eight years of dryness, he found AA--and happy sobriety
A Powerful Reason for Faith
May 1982
By:
G. E.
| Franklin, Massachusetts
In sobriety she learned to accept blindness
Experts?
May 1980
By:
J. G.
| Ridgetown, Ontario
A member of a small group responds to a question posed by the group general service representative
The Power to Surrender
January 1980
By:
G. B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The compulsion to drink left him that night
The Poor Me's
May 1979
By:
S. M.
| Lompoc, California
Fear of his daughter's disapproval led him straight to
Not Just Locked up and Forgotten
July 1978
By:
R. M.
| Bay City, Michigan
In this section, six AAs--inside and out--share experiences of how the program works in prisons
Sober for Thirty Years
November 1976
By:
J. B.
One of the earliest members of the first New York AA group, he was also its first "self-proclaimed atheist" - From the May 1968 Grapevine
The Veil
August 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Rhode Island
Medication dulled her senses, so she was puzzled when A A. told her, "Don't chew your booze
It Was Only a Four-day Slip
July 1976
By:
G. W.
| Bridgewater, Massachusetts
But it ended in tragedy and a return to prison
Circuit Speakers
December 1975
By:
Anonymous
| Los Angeles, California
A down-to-earth look at some facts of life
A Selfish Program?
November 1975
By:
Anonymous
Do we confuse the shaky newcomer - From the May 1950 Grapevine