That Old Sinking Feeling
March 1990
By:
Ed F.
| Park Ridge, New Jersey
Third Tradition - The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Second Tradition: Out of the Hat
February 1990
By:
Angela D.
| New York, New York
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1988
By:
Associated Press
Drunken Bears
Sober for Thirty Years
May 1968
By:
J. B.
| San Diego, California
One of the earliest members of the first New York AA group, he was also its first "self-proclaimed atheist" <lbBig Book Series
The Mother of the Bride
November 1967
By:
E. M.
| Michigan
How a child lost through alcoholism became "part of AA" for her
Of Dubious Distinction
August 1967
By:
Anonymous
There came a day when he got out of the inner circle--into AA
Minority Report on the Fourth of July
July 1966
By:
Florence T.
| Crescent, Missouri
Firecrackers give her the leaps, and then there are those endless booze sessions. . .
Why I'm Glad I'm an Alcoholic
July 1964
By:
J. C.
| Emporia, Kansas
How Dr. Karl Menninger's opinion about super-recovery applies to members of AA
The Delights of My AA "Childhood
November 1963
By:
J. S.
| Kansas City, Missouri
Neither baby charm nor childish rampages are as great as--
Miracle on 39th Street
November 1963
By:
Bill M.
| New York City
For fifteen years I kept soaking up booze and attending meetings. . .
Who Killed the Old Lady?
October 1963
By:
M. U.
| Boulder, Colorado
Was it that fly (the first swallow), or the horse she used for a chaser?
The Wonder of It
March 1963
By:
D. G. M.
| Montreal, Quebec
His medicine to cure his own drinking problems was sugar-coated clear through. . .'til he became an MD who found AA
Time Bomb
March 1963
By:
Tick-Tick
| Van Nuys, California
Tick-Tick Charlie: the man with the match. . .with the fuse. . .with the. . .<emphasis type="bold">WHAM!!!</emphasis>
The Blacked-out Boy
January 1962
By:
R. F. S.
| New York, New York
Now he was in bad trouble, and only one Grand Juror could believe his story