TRADITION 6: A Common Sense Approach
June 2008
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
Inviting cooperation, avoiding affiliation
The Perfect Curve
November 2004
By:
Gerald R. (as told to Carolyn C.)
| Austin, Texas
An AA pioneer talks about the old days
The Home Group of My Heart
April 2004
By:
H. John R.
| New Martinsville, West Virginia
The light still shines at the Midnight Meeting
The Voice on the Tape
January 2004
By:
Gay B.
| Seaside, California
The lonely disappointment of losing another round of Russian Roulette
Flyboy, Businessman, Alcoholic
April 2003
By:
Don S.
| Fredericksburg, Texas
Which hero would he be today?
Confessions Of a Reluctant Newcomer
March 2003
By:
Wayne B.
| Montpelier, Vermont
He didn't know that AA was not a spectator sport
Helping Others to Recover
March 1976
By:
R. C. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
We have a responsibility to carry the message, whether to the newcomer or to the old-timer
Divorce After Sobriety
July 1975
By:
T. J. R.
| Manhattan, New York
It does happen and it's not easy, but application of AA principles can help
Evolution of the Twelfth Step
May 1974
By:
Anonymous
When one has tried to "practice these principles" for a long time, helping alcoholics evolves naturally into helping people wherever there is a need
There Can Be Love and Laughter
February 1974
By:
N. G.
| Neoga, Illinois
Would her decision condemn her to an empty life of somber, solemn sobriety?
Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous
February 1974
By:
Marvin A. Block, MD
A medical doctor and friend of AA tells us what we do well and what we could do better
Self-forgiveness
December 1973
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Look back and see how far you've come. You may be better than you think you are
Whaddya Mean, Unmanageable?
May 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Maybe a little problem here and there, but. . .
The Path of Self-destruction
January 1973
By:
D. E.
| Yachats, Oregon
Depression, guilt, fear, all led downhill until AA charted a new way
The Hard Days
August 1970
By:
E. M. K.
| South Pasadena, California
After sobriety, we may still have problems to work through. But somehow, we are given the power to cope
A Bat in Old New York
November 1966
By:
Ronnie H.
| London
An Englishman who hated the city ten years ago looks again
You Can't Record Them All
November 1963
By:
M. E.
| Dayton, Ohio
I wanted an envious collection of taped talks, to be admired by other members