Men’s Gazette – May 2025
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Turning Tools Into Tyrants
January 1986 By: J. T. | Alto, New Mexico OF ALL THE STEPS, the Fourth seems to have the biggest …
Fault-finding
September 1975 By: B. M. | Saratoga, California When we cannot suffer others, we are the ones who …
Becoming Aware
May 1979 By: C. W. | Huntington, West Virginia SERENITY WAS gone, and sobriety threatened to follow. …
The God Game
September 1985 By: J. M. | Fife Lake, Michigan After sobering up and getting active in AA, I was …
Waiting for the Last Hiccup
We’re always changing, but who can predict the final result? ONE OF LIFE’S blessings for …
Another Doubter “. . .Came to Believe. . .
July 1953 By: Anon. | New York, New York THESE words to me and for me are three of the most …
The Prodigal Son
By: D. W. R. | Detroit, Michigan February 1973 New insight on the old parable, and how it applies to …
Don’t Get Cocky!
January 1945 By: J.W.T. | Manhattan, New York The purpose of this little piece is to pass along to …
Many Enter AA Unsponsored
By: J.W. | New York, New York In these days of rapid growth and broader public enlightenment, a fair …
One Less Rascal
By: L. E. M. | Royal Oak, Michigan “Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure …
Intellectual Roadblock
WHEN I FIRST CAME into Alcoholics Anonymous, I was confused to hear speakers refer to alcoholism as …
On the 10th Step. . . .
August 1947 “Continued to take moral inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted …
We Forget to Duck
September 1948 The question of persons, who after two, three, even five or more years of continued …
Taking Time Off May Mean More Time On
August 1945 Jim sank into a comfortable chair at the Club House. He had come all the way over, …
Peace of Mind
January 2023 I was 20 years old when I walked back into an AA meeting after a two-year absence. …
The Need to go Deeper
By: Richard D. | Shreveport, Louisiana August, 2012 Uncovering all the harm he caused in his …
Nothing for Granted
By: Ronald H. | Santa Ysabel, California August, 1999 We all take things for granted sometimes, …
A Deeper Surrender
Step Eight – Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and become willing to make amends to …
Step 7: Short – But not Sweet
By: H. V. | Kodiak, Alaska July 1984 THE SEVENTH is the shortest Step. It should be so simple to …
A Lifetime of Service
By: Dan J. | Maryknoll, New York July 1991 Fresh from a Fifth Step session with my sponsor, I turned …
Humility Makes Sense
Step Discussion > Step 7: Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings. December 1966 By: T. P. Jr. | …
Humbly Asked Him
January 1966 “I AM the same person I was when I came into AA.” This statement, made …
A Whole New Me
July 1977 – A.H. from Naples, FL THE BIG BOOK says, “At some of these we balked,” …