Be a Sponsor? Who, Me?
January 1975
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
If you started in AA as an "orphan," you may shy away from "parenthood
An Illicit Affair
May 1972
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
You don't die of fright or shame. Matter of fact, you feel pretty good about it - Small-Town AA
The Bleeding Deacon Resentment
September 1971
By:
Anonymous
| California
But for the Grace of God, there go I
It's What Happened to Me
April 1967
By:
Anonymous
| California
What makes an AA talk lively and inspiring? - More on AA talks
Breaking the Chains
September 1966
By:
T. P. Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Discussion: Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Epilogue
May 1965
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
A melodrama in six futile acts, with an important Epilogue
How Do I Get a Job?
August 1963
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Asked the man in the prison meeting
I'm Glad I'm an Alcoholic!
January 1961
By:
P. M.
| Manchester, Connecticut
In AA my wife and I have found the happiness and serenity that we believe few "civilians" ever achieve.
The 12th Step on TV
June 1960
Gratitude
August 2012
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
How do you manage to feel grateful when you're feeling terrible?
The End of a Sad Soap Opera
February 2012
By:
LaGene W.
| New York, New York
With her life in shambles and knowing nothing of AA, she remembered a sober character on a tv show and picked up the phone
Dear Grapevine
December 2011
Opening Doors
May 1997
By:
Dale J.
| Jasper, Florida
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Perspective From the Past
May 1984
By:
H. T.
| Manhattan, New York
In the 1950's, Bill W. faced many of today's issues
Condemned to Live an Underground Life
July 1976
By:
S. B.
| San Francisco, California
Rejected as an untrustworthy drunk, he was
Self-indulgence vs. Self-destruction
March 1966
By:
Percy M. Sessions
A sociologist comments on self-love and self-condemnation in alcoholic behavior
My Name Is..." Rex
April 1962
By:
R. C.
| Inglewood
I tried to determine whom I hated most--God or people