A Prisoner Of My Own Universe
January 2006
By:
Sheryl M.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her only escape was alcohol
An Atheist Sticks Out His Neck
July 2005
By:
Kurt S.
| Port Angeles, Washington
An AA discovers you can't go forward if you stay in your shell
Getting Through the Slump
April 2005
By:
John Y.
| Huntington, West Virginia
Recovery isn't always a steady progression. Sometimes AAs have to retool.
The Key to Belonging
September 2000
By:
Karen S.
| Manchester, New Hampshire
The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA
Don't Take Our Word for It
November 1999
By:
S.B.S.
| Sarasota, Florida
An early Chicago member wrote the sequel to her story "The Keys to the Kingdom." - From the January 1969 Grapevine
Opening Doors
May 1997
By:
Dale J.
| Jasper, Florida
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Divine Hot Line
December 1977
By:
E. P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She has found an immediate connection for conversation with the God of her understanding
Because Someone Did It for Me
December 1977
By:
P. M.
| Greenwich, Connecticut
When we learn to receive, as well as to give, we have learned the true meaning of sharing
The Most Important Job in AA
October 1976
By:
C. B.
| Santa Maria, California
Let's pay more attention to the office of GSR--it's the group's most vital link with AA as a whole
Fault-finding
September 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
When we cannot suffer others, we are the ones who suffer
How I Coped with a Deep Depression
October 1973
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Recovery began with the act of doing nothing
My Ego Was Showing
October 1972
By:
S. M.
| Lake Worth, Florida
Self-pity and pride made this speaker miserable
A Taste of Happiness
August 1971
By:
J. J.
| Lowell, Florida
The program reaches inside prison walls to light up a lost life
Just Another Day in Paradise
A sister reflects on both her own and her brother's alcoholism and sobriety
Don't Take Our Word for It
January 1969
By:
S. B. S.
| Sarasota, Florida
An early Chicago member writes the sequel to her story (page 304 in "Alcoholics Anonymous") and clearly spells out the progression of sobriety - Big Book Stories--Updated
How to Kick Boobtoobitis
March 1967
By:
Anonymous
| Jupiter, Florida
He was hooked on TV until, one night, an old movie set him thinking
Homing Device for the Inner Man
March 1967
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
<emphasis type="italic">The author suggests taking this "continuing" Step in three ways </emphasis> <lbStep Discussion<lbStep Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.