What Good Does AA Do in Prison?
March 1962
By:
Henry Max Heilig
a noted prison official tells why your AA visits to penal institutions aren't wasted work
ENGLISH
October 1961
By:
Anonymous
| Transvaal
In the language of the Bantu, drink is a tyrant, compelling its slaves to do its bidding
Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends. . .
June 1960
Psychiatry and AA can work together, as this professional writer's story shows
From the Vintage Years
July 1958
A Sampling of the First Anniversary Issue: <emphasis type="italic">July 1945</emphasis>
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
December 1955
By:
J. E.
| Bloomington, Indiana
Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people whenever possible except when to do so would injure them or others
I LIKED THE MEDICINE
March 1953
By:
D. A. S.
| Frederickton, New Brunswick
You have to live it, feel it, suffer it before you know it. . .and you have to admit it before you can recover.
Weekend in jail
January 2015
By:
Melissa W.
| Granbury, Texas
With lice shampoo and a stiff orange suit, she was now alone with HP and Step One
Getting to the Root
August 2014
By:
Katie G.
| Burnsville, Minnesota
Not smart enough, not thin enough, not good enough. The Steps helped her dig up the truth
Those Cornhusker Blues
April 2014
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
Sitting in a hotel room in downtown Lincoln, he found himself ruminating on some experiences from decades before
Dear Grapevine
January 2013
Just a Nice Lady Who Drank Too Much
September 2011
By:
Barbara C.
| Northport, Florida
That's what she thought of her drinking until she went to her first AA meeting
Sober Sailor
August 2011
By:
Tommy C.
| Port Angeles, Washington
A seafaring man finds sobriety and the greatest adventure of his life in AA
Down the drain
October 2010
By:
CECIL R.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
One last binge ends a Navy medic's drinking days
SCARED SOBER
June 2010
By:
PHILIP P.
| Sheffield, Mass.
Drinking to feel comfortable works—at least for a while
Able to dream
June 2010
By:
Pooran K.
| Williamsville
A young Hindi teacher's drinking goes from social to pathological
Letting go of the good life
June 2009
By:
Steve T.
| Weed, Calif.
After years in the fast lane, a musician settles down with AA
The Dash
January 2009
By:
Jessica L.
| Victoria, British Columbia
Every tombstone has a dash between the birth and death dates - it's the dash that counts
Paying the Price
December 2008
By:
Paul G.
| Washington, D.C.
The cost of a casual membership in the program