Formula for an AA Meeting in Southern California
September 1961
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles, California
Some warm and friendly AA customs have spread from the Golden State
People Are like People
January 1961
By:
Anon.
| New York City
We continue to take a personal inventory because all we can really change is OURSELVES
Miracle in Detroit
July 1957
By:
Dan
| Detroit, Michigan
Another way of reaching "the millions who don't yet know
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
June 1955
By:
J.E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
Rededication or--
September 1951
Cousin Gwendolyn and the Two-headed Dragon
December 1950
By:
M.C.
| Los Angeles, California
Honesty slays the foe and lifts it high. . .
The Pleasures of Reading
December 1947
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">The Meeting of East and West</emphasis> by F. S. C. Northrup (Macmillan, $6)
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 Spiritual Angle
November 1992
By:
Reverend Samuel M. Shoemaker
There were men like clergyman Sam Shoemaker, whose early teachings did so much to inspire Dr. Bob and me." Bill W. in AA Comes of Age - From the October 1955 Grapevine
The Spiritual Angle
November 1978
By:
The Reverend Samuel M. Shoemaker
The Episcopal clergyman who "passed on the spiritual keys by which we were liberated" speaks of the heart of our program - From the October 1955 Grapevine
First Meeting
June 1963
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
She wondered what to wear and hoped we didn't sing hymns. Then she came to a meeting. Were we all lunatics?
Carpenter, welder, snake-handler, drunk
August 2018
By:
Pig Farmer George
| Yakima, Washington
An old-timer writes of hard work and drinking and how sharing a donut can make his day
A Peak Experience
February 1997
By:
Bob L.
| Spokane, Washington
This AA climbed from a spiritual bottom to the summit of Mt. Rainier
The Real Thing
February 2001
50 Wonderful Years of AA Wisdom
November 2025
| Early days of AA
The following stories celebrate this little book that helped so many get on the path to sobriety
At Wit’s End
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
At Wit’s End
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
At Wit's End
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years