Attraction vs. Promotion
May 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our job is to make the AA way of life so highly attractive that others will want it
Learning to Handle Sobriety
March 1975
By:
Bob P.
| Connecticut
God willing, we may never again have to deal with drinking, but we do have to deal with sobriety every day
A Power Beyond the Mind
April 1972
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
The Steps were translated into terms that I, an atheist, could understand
The Hidden Assassin
January 1972
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
Beware the enemy that lurks beneath the surface of our conscious selves
Is AA Enough--for Everybody?
August 1969
By:
Anonymous
| Oklahoma
This member was unable to dispel the darkness or ease the anguish even after years of AA sobriety
Choose the Nobler Belief
October 1966
By:
Robert K. Greenleaf
Six finite choices depend on our relationship with the infinite - Seven choices for mature living: The final article in a series of six
Make Friends with Your Conscience
February 1963
By:
O. Hobart Mowrer
Does alcohol release your "real" personality? "Tommy rot," says a voice from the other side of the swinging doors. And the too severe conscience is largely myth.
Wake for a Dead Marriage
June 1962
By:
E. R. B.
| Staten Island, New York
The "false mercy of the blackout" is keeping an alcoholic wife from knowing what she becomes after the first drink. . .
Can Psychiatry Help?
May 1962
What Is This Thing, Maturity?
March 1962
By:
L. H.
| Cleveland, Ohio
an AA member explores the many facets of this much used but little understood word
79 Years With the Bottle
September 1961
By:
Louis R., by P. C.
| Washington, D. C.
His mother put whiskey in his baby bottle. From then on, any old jug would do
MY CONTRIBUTION
March 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Maine
Nobody ever claimed that the Twelve Steps guaranteed financial security
END OF MY ROPE
July 2009
By:
GEORGE M.
| Fort Atkinson, Wisc
A parolee says serving time in prison saved his life
Drinking's no fun anymore
April 2009
By:
Charlie J.
| Kimberly, Wisconsin
Learning to lighten up after a lifetime of drinking was this AA's challenge
What's The Worst That Could Happen?
February 2007
By:
John A.
| Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
And is it worth a drink?
How The Universe Works
November 2006
By:
John L.
| Pinellas Park, Florida
A false alarm brought real help
Committed
July 2004
By:
Wallace B.
| Sanford, North Carolina
The word took on a whole new meaning in AA
Three Frogs on a Log
January 2004
By:
Jim B.
| Memphis, Tennessee
What happens when two decide to jump?
The Wraparound Mirror
May 2001
By:
Ken D.
| Lynnwood, Washington
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.