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
They Thought He Was Drunk
October 1965
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Would I have gone to him? Honestly, I don't know. That's the horror of it.
Christmas Illumination
December 1964
By:
J. K. B.
| Studio City
There was no tree to trim. Was the bottle the answer or could AA suggest another approach?
A For Attitude A For Action
June 1964
By:
B. N. MacA.
| Manhattan, New York
Working the Steps, I change: my life changes
The Slip That Turned Out Sober
March 1963
By:
Anon.
| Manhattan, New York
Ten years dry--then a beer and a rye<lb Then four years in hell--paved the way to get well
Things I Keep on Telling MYSELF. . .(because Sometimes I Don't Hear So Good)
September 1960
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
February 1956
By:
J. E.
| Bloomington, Indiana
Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Using the Slogans
November 1958
The third of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
The Problems of a "Teen-aged" AA
September 1954
By:
A. T.
| New York City, New York
TO START THE BALL ROLLING ON A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF "AFTER SOBRIETY--WHAT?" (SEE AUGUST GRAPEVINE, "THE TWELVE STEPS AND THE OLDER MEMBER") WE ASKED AN OLD TIMER TO WRITE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AS WE GROW OLDER IN AA.
The Little Loophole
May 1952
By:
M.K.
| South Salem, New York
Barely five feet two but not a "little alcoholic." A high bottom lady drunk finds that there are no alcoholic degrees. . .
Anonymity
November 1951
Twelve. . .Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles above personalities.