My Name Is Irma
March 1968
By:
Irma
| Montreal, Quebec
You don't need to be an alcoholic to get resentments. But it helps to use AA on them
Solitude--a New Joy
September 1967
By:
M. C.
| Houston, Texas
On the benign uses of being alone. . .
Alcohol
March 1966
By:
W. T. Shofstall
Blunt words addressed to tomorrow's drinkers - A challenge to today's students Will you or won't you ever be an alcoholic?
Can Success Boil Rock Hunter?
March 1963
By:
T. K.
| Hollywood, California
In show business, star status may dim to darkness until AA status gets top billing
The Continuity of Temptation
August 1962
By:
E. D. K.
| Syracuse, New York
Some Wilde ideas--and some not so wild
Second excerpt from the "Internationalists Bulletin
October 1954
About 100 sea-going AAs keep sober through correspondence with each other, with General Service Headquarters, and with homebound AAs who like to write letters. Two excerpts from a recent "Internationalists Bulletin" follow.
Squeak, Squeak, Squeak
July 1996
By:
Karin H.
| San Francisco, California
This AA was driven to the point of surrender by the incessant squeaking of her windshield wipers
The Rose
July 1991
By:
Annie E.
| Oklahoma
Step Seven - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Keeping AA First
October 1990
By:
D. T.
| Comer, Georgia
using Step 11 when making meeting becomes more difficult
Memoirs of a Successful Failure
May 1985
By:
J. C.
| Trenton, New Jersey
Two AAs illuminate the relationship between success and spiritual growth