Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous
February 1974
By:
Marvin A. Block, MD
A medical doctor and friend of AA tells us what we do well and what we could do better
The Worst AA Meeting
June 1973
By:
Dan
| Miami, Florida
Everything about it was lousy--except the payoff
The Path of Self-destruction
January 1973
By:
D. E.
| Yachats, Oregon
Depression, guilt, fear, all led downhill until AA charted a new way
You Are Already Part of a Miracle
January 1973
By:
A. M.
| St. Petersburg, Fla.
Spiritual awakening can be a sudden experience or a slow growing process
The Children's Hour
December 1972
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
Now the broken promise of Christmas can be kept with joy
Damn Those Second Thoughts
September 1972
By:
D. H. R.
| Ridgefield, Connecticut
If you're bored, do something! And do it right now
Peanuts Taught Me to Love
September 1971
By:
E. P.
| Columbus, Ohio
She didn't know what to do about resentments until a little bird told her
8th Step
January 1971
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. - This series on the Twelve Steps is written by twelve members of A A, each interpreting one of the Steps as he sees it.
The Hard Days
August 1970
By:
E. M. K.
| South Pasadena, California
After sobriety, we may still have problems to work through. But somehow, we are given the power to cope
I Might Have Missed It All
He and his partner have been sober for many years and now have been blessed with a grandson
Happy Because I'm Sober
February 1969
By:
L. H.
| Cleaveland, Ohio
This AA looked at the people around him who were progressing most in the program. Here's what he found. . .
About That Return to Social Drinking. . .
January 1966
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
A visit to Professor Winkley's School proves instructive in a confusing sort of way
Romancing The Holiday Drink
December 2007
By:
Valerie C.
| Oviedo, Florida
Among the beautiful people
How Anonymous Should You Be?
November 1998
By:
Anonymous
It may look easy to practice the second A in AA, but it doesn't always work out that way. - Tradition Eleven - Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radi
We Are Not a Bunch of Religious Fanatics!
November 1995
By:
A priest
A priest takes a look at our all too often distorted public image - From the April 1972 Grapevine
What We Were Like
October 1992
By:
Karl H.
| Eustis, Florida
Fragments of AA History - Sister Ignatia of Rosary Hall
Give My Regards to New York
November 1988
By:
Jim K.
| Los Angeles, California
From the May 1958 Grapevine
We Are Not a Bunch of Religious Fanatics!
November 1977
By:
A priest
A priest of the church contrasts AA's program of spiritual recovery with our all too often distorted public image - From the April 1972 Grapevine
Give My Regards to New York
November 1976
By:
Jim K.
It took him some time to become aware that there was more to AA than his group - From the May 1958 Grapevine
We Are Not a Bunch of Religious Fanatics!
April 1972
By:
A priest
| Boston, Massachusetts
A priest of the church contrasts AA's program of spiritual recovery with our all-too-often distorted public image
5th Step
July 1970
By:
L. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.