Of Love and Forgiveness
July 1985
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
How can we make amends to someone who has died?
No Fanfare, No Foofaraw
August 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 11 - Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films
Attraction vs. Promotion
May 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our job is to make the AA way of life so highly attractive that others will want it
Give Me Liberty!
October 1976
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
In AA we demand - But that doesn't give us the right to push others around
The Ninth Concept
July 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
A Power Beyond the Mind
April 1972
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
The Steps were translated into terms that I, an atheist, could understand
The Hidden Assassin
January 1972
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
Beware the enemy that lurks beneath the surface of our conscious selves
6th Tradition
August 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
An AA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
I Got Out of the God Business
January 1970
By:
R. S.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
This self-proclaimed unbeliever has a three-point program that works for him and, he hopes, might help others - The Search for Spiritual Experience
Alcoholism--divine Malady?
May 1968
By:
P. H.
How do alcoholism and AA look to others? Here is a view of AA as a <emphasis type="underline">layman's movement</emphasis> that cuts across all religions
The Gift of Sharing
December 2014
By:
Rick T.
| Falcon Heights, Minnesota
The words he spoke to his AA group that December opened their hearts forever
Then Came Susan and Dottie
August 2012
By:
Laura P.
| Elkton, Maryland
She tried to stop drinking but couldn't, until two nice ladies from AA came over
My Parking Spot God
September 2011
By:
Jennifer C.
| Chula Vista, California
She learned that she was going to need God's help for more than just the little stuff
Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
September 2011
By:
Jerry P.
| Hastings, Nebraska
From Section 2, Living History
Web Exclusive: The Homely Truth
August 2011
By:
Bob L.
| Woodstock, New York
A member sets out to tell his story without trying to make it more interesting and entertaining than it really was
The Hole in the Soul
May 2005
By:
Jeff M.
| El Paso, Texas
Realizing that sobriety isn't a solo affair
That First Step Is the Toughest
January 2005
By:
B.F.P.
| Vero Beach, Florida
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol --that our lives had become unmanageable - from the January 1992 Grapevine
Slay the Dragon
July 2003
By:
Carol D.
| Homer, New York
First she faced her demons. Then she dealt with the shame
A Not-so-new Newcomer
March 2003
By:
Dinah N.
| Oceanside, California
It's never too late to join the Fellowship--even after twenty-four years in AA
The Wraparound Mirror
May 2001
By:
Ken D.
| Lynnwood, Washington
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Transportation
July 1999
That First Step Is the Toughest
January 1992
By:
B. F. P.
| Vero Beach, Florida
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable