Of Love and Forgiveness
July 1985
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
How can we make amends to someone who has died?
Governed By Love
September 1981
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 2 - For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern
Balance
May 1976
By:
D. B.
| Gulfport, Florida
When egoism becomes the motivation for hyperactivity in AA, it's time to take an inventory
They Brought a Meeting to My Madhouse
April 1975
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
A stirring plea for more interest and more hard work in institutions
Some Do Not Make It
June 1973
By:
J. K.
| Los Angeles, California
An ex-prizefighter loses his biggest fight in the final round
Something About the Eyes
December 1963
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
AA members speak both with words and through "the windows of the soul
The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 4
September 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
A BOY. . .
September 1957
Literature Carries the Message
January 2000
--<emphasis type="italic">an Interview with Vinnie M.</emphasis>
A Treasury of AA History
September 1977
By:
Nell Wing
A nonalcoholic who has served AA almost from the beginning writes of her new work as AA archivist
The Enablers
October 1974
By:
J. B.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Too many times, the trips are made too easy
Surrender
November 1966
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
Why did she drink too much, and why did she stop? <i>"Seven years away from a drink, I'm still not sure."</i>
A Sunrise Service in Athens
April 1966
By:
Lou P.
| Springfield, Missouri
She needed dark glasses before dawn that Easter, but before another dawn came. . .
Happiness
April 1965
By:
W. L. W.
| New Hartford, New York
It may not be euphoria, but don't knock it!
Case History
April 1952
DOE, Tom:<lb26 years-Full of liquor for ideas<lb3 years-Sober; Full of ideas, happy
Betty Was a Lady
June 1950
By:
R. McK.
| Lansing, Michigan
--but she drank like a man. . .<lb--no one knew what went on behind my locked door. . .
How It Was. . .
June 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
Grapevine's 35th Anniversary - A visit with Bill's "little sister
Dr. Bob - a Tribute to AA'S Beloved Co-founder
November 1975
By:
Bill W.
In an issue of the Grapevine dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bob, Bill writes of the beginnings and of an ending that was not an end - From the January 1951 Grapevine (now out of print)
My Most Amazing Life
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By:
Terra S.
| Helena, Mont.
She found the life she never thought she could have and then fought to keep alcohol from destroying it