Happiness Is Not for Me
January 1971
By:
G. L.
| Boise, Idaho
Oh, sure, there are times of joy. But there's a lot of hard work and anguish in maintaining sobriety, too
Make Contact!
January 1971
By:
B. W.
| Salisbury
Somewhere there is someone who needs you just as you need him - The essence of AA
A Cruel Killer
An icy road, the death of a loved one, and his own struggles convinced him of the true nature of alcoholism
Sober but Bored
July 1969
By:
Anonymous
| Los Angeles, California
If it happens to you, take another good, hard look at the Twelve Steps. Sharing and service can be the answer
It's a Touchy Subject
December 1968
By:
R. P. N.
| Rochester, New York
Take it easy with the newcomer, people say. And then there are those who doubt or don't believe. . .
Is 'Promotion' Really a Dirty Word?
May 1968
By:
W. R.
| South Norwalk, Connecticut
Was it 'promotion' when Bill called on Dr. Bob? Are we being too 'aggressively anonymous' as a fellowship?
Durban Celebrates an AA Birthday
February 1968
By:
Bob Mac.
| Sarasota, Florida
A traveler from America reports on nineteen years of AA in South Africa
Answer from the Deep South
January 1968
By:
Anonymous
A Southern AA tells how a single sober member forced a sweeping change in his attitude
Solitude--a New Joy
September 1967
By:
M. C.
| Houston, Texas
On the benign uses of being alone. . .
Bill's Wife Remembers When He and She and the First A. A.s Were Very Young
December 1944
By:
Bill W.'s wife, Lois Wilson
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
July 1944
Uncomfortably numb
May 2011
By:
Margie S.
| Columbus, Georgia
She had to drink to keep running—only AA stopped her.
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
October 2009
By:
RAY A.
| West Palm Beach, Fla.
Struggling for identity, a Puerto Rican-born radical loses himself in the bottle
Nice Jewish Girls Don't Go to Prison
July 2002
By:
Sherri B.
| Houston, Texas
Unless they find out, as this woman did, that they are also alcoholics who've gotten into trouble
Interview With the Author of "AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety
September 1995
By:
BOB P.
Third in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
The Main Taproot of Our Society
January 1993
By:
Lou H.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
A Labor of Love
September 1991
By:
Anonymous
a past trustee looks back over a term on the General Service Board
Guilt
December 1974
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
There really is such a thing as guilt, and we have a specific program for dealing with it
The Deacon and the Delegate
May 1964
By:
Anonymous
Tradition 9: AA, as such, ought never to be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.</emphasis>