Dances With Defects
July 1999
By:
Jeff W.
| Maplewood, New Jersey
Step 7 - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
AA Is Not for Sale
August 1998
By:
B.L.
| New York, New York
We may be paid for our special skills but not for doing what keeps us sober. - Tradition Eight - Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
AA Around the World
March 1995
How It All Began: AA in South Africa"--From the October 1993 Regmaker, the bimonthly magazine of AA in South Africa
Acceptance Is Easy When You Don't Have a Choice
March 1994
By:
Daniel M.
| Walworth, New York
blinded in a car accident, he learned the hard way
From Loathing to Love
July 1983
By:
J. D.
| Queens Village, New York
They were brother and sister, but never friends--until AA
An Endangered Species
April 1981
By:
P. M.
| Manchester, Missouri
A lighthearted look at an executive's attempt to get away with social drinking
Living the Steps
December 1978
By:
S. M.
| Joliet, Illinois
Self-acceptance was only one of many rewards he found in working and reworking the Steps
AA Is Not for Sale
February 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
We may be paid for our special skills but not for doing what keeps us sober
The Will to Believe
April 1972
By:
R. S.
| Houston, Texas
This atheist found he needed God in his life
The Absent-minded Professor
November 1964
By:
J. C.
| Emporia, Kansas
She had her Ph.D. but needed to add A.A.
It's Great to Be New
July 1964
By:
D. W.
| Van Nuys, California
A quick refresher on the wonders of finding yourself sober
Why I'm Glad I'm an Alcoholic
July 1964
By:
J. C.
| Emporia, Kansas
How Dr. Karl Menninger's opinion about super-recovery applies to members of AA
Who Killed the Old Lady?
October 1963
By:
M. U.
| Boulder, Colorado
Was it that fly (the first swallow), or the horse she used for a chaser?
Time Bomb
March 1963
By:
Tick-Tick
| Van Nuys, California
Tick-Tick Charlie: the man with the match. . .with the fuse. . .with the. . .<emphasis type="bold">WHAM!!!</emphasis>
My Prickly Conscience Named Charlie
December 1960
By:
Anonymous
| Mt. Rainer, Maryland
He's diffident, lonely, hard to know. Yet his kindly understanding of other lonely people is enriching their lives
P.O. Box 1980
September 1960
By:
F. R.
| Baltimore, Maryland
SOME ANSWERS TO ''I DON'T GO TO MEETINGS ANY MORE''