Happiness Is Not for Me
November 1998
By:
G. L.
| Boise, Idaho
Oh, sure, there are times of joy. But there's a lot of hard work and anguish in maintaining sobriety, too. - From the January 1971 Grapevine
My Way Or Yours?
April 1977
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
Let's not make a big thing about how they do it--it's how it works that counts
Happiness Is Not for Me
January 1971
By:
G. L.
| Boise, Idaho
Oh, sure, there are times of joy. But there's a lot of hard work and anguish in maintaining sobriety, too
On Leading a "Good" Meeting
September 1949
By:
L.D.
| West Redding, Connecticut
--one man's opinion--
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November 1952
For Those About to Take the Pledge
August 1973
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By:
J.M.
| Somerset, Ky.
The privilege and joy of giving back
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By:
Caroline P.
| Riverside, Calif.
Coming into the program after twenty years of drinking, she was reborn—as herself
The Real Me Now
February 2018
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By:
Natasha G.
| Eau Claire, Wis.
Through the beauty of nature and the AA program, she is able to find serenity—and her true self—at last