Long Crawl to the First Step
February 1974
By:
T. H. M.
| Oakland, California
Surrender is terribly difficult but reaching that point is even harder
The Traditions in Action
March 1971
Who Isn't Ready Yet?
August 1969
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
When we say a sick alcoholic isn't ready, could it be that <emphasis type="underline">we</i> aren't ready. . . to help enough?
Chance Encounter. . .
April 1969
By:
T. W.
She had to drink her way through a war and across an ocean before it occurred
Problems with the Alcoholic Executive
June 1960
By:
Ivan Underwood
Here is the "Half-Man" in business, the individual who does not get too drunk to function at all but who can operate only at half-speed with his morning hangover and four-martini lunch
I Didn't Know Anything About ALCOHOL. . .
January 1958
By:
Alice F.
| Detroit, Michigan
(An Al-Anon Family Grouper Speaks)
The Birthday Plan
May 1956
By:
Ab A.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Excerpts from a talk given by the originator of "The Oklahoma Birthday Plan," at the AA State Meeting in Great Bend, Kansas, last fall.
Not So Tough
January 2012
By:
Jason K.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Just how does a bright kid end up on a couch by the railroad tracks?
A Way in the World
March 2011
By:
Bette-B B.
| Omaha, Nebraska
Listening to her Higher Power and other alcoholics led her on a wonderful 26-year journey
The End Of His Rope
June 2006
By:
David G
| Salem, New Hampshire
He didn't think anything could be worse than the pain of not drinking
Under the Broadway Bridge: Part One
November 2005
By:
Hugh J.
| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Part Two will appear in the December 2005 issue
How to Make It On the Street
July 2003
By:
Don P.
| Aurora, Colorado
For this AA, it was clear: if he wanted to stop serving time, he had to serve others
What We Were Like
October 1992
By:
Karl H.
| Eustis, Florida
Fragments of AA History - Sister Ignatia of Rosary Hall
A Transforming Experience of the Spirit
June 1985
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
What is the message we carry?
The Bill W.-Yale Correspondence
June 1984
Bill W.'s letters declining an honorary degree, unpublished in his lifetime, set an example of personal humility for AA today and tomorrow - From the February 1978 Grapevine
How and Why AA Grows
August 1978
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
A presentation to the 28th General Service Conference of trends and developments in our ever-expanding Fellowship