Naming the Negatives
April 1997
By:
Sherry G.
| Riverdale, Michigan
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
The Rigorous Honesty Group
June 1996
By:
Dave D.
| Palmer, Massachusetts
They met in a trailer on a U.S. Army base
Wreckage of the Past
April 1996
By:
Norman R.
| Granite City, Illinois
When a powerful family secret finally came to the surface, this sober alcoholic learned he didn't have to drink
Interview With the Author of "Stars Don't Fall
August 1995
By:
FELICIA M.
Second in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
What We Were Like
September 1994
By:
Ab A.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Birthday Plan - excerpts from a talk given by the originator of "The Oklahoma Birthday Plan" at the AA State Meeting in Great Bend, Kansas in the fall of 1955 and first published in the May 1956 Grapevine
Real Old-timers Meet With New 'Babies' to Exchange Views on Program
November 1990
From the February 1948 Grapevine
Ashamed, Afraid, Nervous--And Sober
December 1982
By:
C. B.
| Winter Park, Florida
It's never too late to get back to the program
All Things to All People? No!
August 1982
By:
D. B.
| Northfield, Minnesota
Sponsoring a nonalcoholic drug addict didn't work out
The First Hospital Group
June 1977
By:
L. H.
| Manhattan, New York
How an understanding psychiatrist came to give Bill W. and five other AAs the "run of the ward
More Is Not Necessarily Better
May 1977
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
When we're happy, we're the happiest; when we're sad, we're the saddest. If one is good, two are better. We are the "excessive" people
No Time for Self-pity
March 1974
By:
E. H.
| Eugene, Oregon
Turning her emotional problems over to Other Hands, she gets on with the job of living
Story Tellers Anonymous
April 1973
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
If it's funny or helpful, share it
The Search for a Personality Pattern
December 1971
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
Is there a common denominator among alcoholics? Or are they just people?
Brothers and Sisters
This family shows that although alcoholism often runs in families, we can also help each other get sober