The Storm Within
July 1974
By:
J. S.
| Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Newcomers - How our own projections can run riot
Beyond Step One
June 1974
By:
Sally H.
| Bellevue, Washington
Are we missing a great and thrilling adventure because we cannot honestly say, "Here are the steps we took"?
Thus Spake the Voice from on High
January 1973
By:
D. M.
| Port Elizabeth
When Heaven commanded, this neophyte had to obey
I Had Hoped That You Could Help. . .
January 1973
By:
B. F. P.
| Manhattan, New York
Dare we tell others that how we recovered is strictly our own business?
The Tool Shed
February 1972
By:
P. McG.
| Miami, Florida
All those nuts and bolts had to wait till he called AA
The Illusion of Immunity
January 1970
By:
W. O.
| Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Face to face with reality, we often refuse to accept the fact that it could happen to us
The Logician
After trying to fix his drinking with his own problem solving abilities, he realized that AA was the answer
The Bleeding Deacon
April 1969
By:
The Roundabout
Through AA with spyglass and scalpel. Being an examination of that strange member
I Needed Psychiatry Before and After AA
November 1966
By:
M. W.
| Norwalk, Connecticut
An AA member says<lb A doctor sent him to AA in the first place; and another helped him work the program
As Promised
September 2011
By:
Trey B.
| Macon, Georgia
Sometimes the truest amends are made instinctively
Just a Nice Lady Who Drank Too Much
September 2011
By:
Barbara C.
| Northport, Florida
That's what she thought of her drinking until she went to her first AA meeting
Alcohol, The Greatest Disability of All
June 2011
By:
Russ K.
| Nampa, Idaho
He realized that living life as an alcoholic was a lot worse than living with the disability of having only one arm
Back for more
April 2010
By:
DOUG E.
| Indianapolis, Ind.
He knew all the liquor stores within 10 miles, but couldn't quiet the voice inside
Outside Freedomville
July 2007
By:
Randy H.
| Bucksharbor, Maine
A solution to that first drink called insanity
Tradition One: You Call This Unity?
January 2006
By:
Dorothy H.
| Piscataway, New Jersey
from the January 1992 Grapevine
My Name Is Bertha. . .
June 2004
By:
B.D.
| Louisville, Kentucky
After appearing in the Grapevine, this story was included in the Third Edition of the Big Book under the title "Another Chance." - March 1969
Building a New Life One Day at a Time
January 2004
By:
Susan R.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Alcohol made her question her every thought and action
How AA Started in South Africa
October 1996
A brief history of 50 years of AA in South Africa (1946-1996)