Experience, Strength, and Hope
June 1988
By:
Clyde B.
| Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
If you've been sober twenty-four hours, you have that to share
Care Package
December 1983
By:
J. V.
| Alexandria, Minnesota
His Christmas gift--the grace to accept help gladly
Spiritus Contra Spiritum
May 1982
By:
B. H.
| Staten Island, New York
A clergyman's conflict between his faith and the desire to drink
A Prescription for Sobriety
November 1980
By:
Anonymous
An interview with one of early AA's nonalcoholic friends, "the little doctor who loved drunks" - From the June 1945 Grapevine
A Plan of Action
September 1980
By:
D. J.
| Columbus, Ohio
. . .Only after the action was past did we truly appreciate what had happened
Something's Wrong With Elaine
December 1978
By:
Abraham J. Twerski, MD
True acceptance of our disease sometimes comes only after we've been sober awhile
Losing to Win
August 1977
By:
J. C.
| Neverfind, Alaska
Competition was all that counted until he learned there are no stars in AA
Above the World's Battles
April 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
AA has but one primary purpose. To indulge in public controversy is to threaten our unity and impede that purpose
My Favorite Character
August 1953
By:
Fee Simple
| East Los Angeles, California
His gift was unlocking bound-up souls
Tradition Twelve
April 1953
By:
Bill W.
The last of a series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions <lb<emphasis type="italic">"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles above personalities."</emphasis>
Tradition Six
October 1952
By:
Bill W.
The sixth of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions. . . <lbAn AA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our prim
Tradition Five
September 1952
By:
Bill W.
The fifth of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions. . . - Each group has but one primary purpose. . .to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
Down Beat
September 1951
We're Not Perfect Yet, Bill Cautions at Banquet
December 1945