Is Your Honesty Shopworn?

BY: J.T. MANY of our A.A. friends are distressed about the increasing number of “slips” among members who have been dry three, four and five years. It seems to be the topic of conversation everywhere. There is much “viewing with alarm” among the elders; much incredulous surprise among the newcomers. How often have we seen … Read more

Half Measures of Honesty?

BY: C. B. | SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA I HAVE BEEN a member of Alcoholics Anonymous for several years, and I am most grateful. The rewards and benefits I have received have all been made possible through accepting and following certain conditions set forth in the program of AA. Which of these conditions is of the … Read more

Spiritual Honesty

BY: W. H. | WEST LEBANON, NEW YORK AS A RECOVERING member of Alcoholics Anonymous and an agnostic, I would like to present a few thoughts on our Fellowship from an agnostic viewpoint. One thing that makes my own experience unusual is that I came into the program eighteen years ago professing a conventional belief … Read more

Rigorous Honesty

BY: ED L. | COOS BAY, OREGON In a few days I will celebrate my first birthday in Alcoholics Anonymous. I look forward to it as the most special day of my forty-one years. As I look back on my year of sobriety I feel a great deal of gratitude for the changes that have … Read more

Paper-clip Honesty

BY: R. C. | ROGERS, NEBRASKA THE FIRST lesson in honesty I remember was when I was about eight years old. Dad and I were in a grocery store that had open nut storage. Dad cracked and tasted some peanuts and gave me some to do the same. “Good, aren’t they?” he said. “We’ll have … Read more