Washed Up
January 1998
By:
Pat D.
| San Diego, California
Finding the line between perfect truth and rigorous honesty
Tradition Six
June 1992
By:
Bill W.
An 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 primary purpose. (from the May 1948 Grapevine)
A Basic, Serene Plan
October 1979
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
At the heart of that plan is a Higher Power. . .
A Very Complicated Person
July 1979
By:
H. E.
| Oneida, New York
Nothing much happened until he decided to get dumb and change
You Need Never Be Alone
January 1979
By:
C. C.
| Seattle, Washington
Moving around in AA - No matter where you wander friendship is there for the finding
The Washingtonians
July 1976
By:
D. P.
| Ogden, Utah
They flourished when they helped one another. And they died when they abandoned certain timeless principles - A reminder and a warning. . .
Insomnia
February 1976
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
If you can't sleep, maybe it's because you don't like what you would wake up to
The Man Who Missed Christmas
December 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
At the long table were lively, happy people, while off to the side was one alone
You Can't Kid Around with Kids
September 1975
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
With youngsters, a straight line is the shortest distance to the point
You Weren't Arrested--you Were Rescued
July 1975
By:
D. R.
| Westminster, British Columbia
AA showed him a whole new way of life
Courage to Change
February 1974
By:
T. C.
| Atlanta, Georgia
Those obstacles in the way of our sobriety can be moved
Bed Number Eleven
A boisterous, sleepless night in the detox was a good reminder of where a glass of wine could take him