Don’t Get Cocky!
January 1945 By: J.W.T. | Manhattan, New York The purpose of this little piece is to pass along to …
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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,” …
The Next Frontier–Emotional Sobriety
I think that many oldsters who have put our AA “booze cure” to severe but successful …
What We Were Like
Fragments of AA History – Origin of the Twelve Steps I well remember the evening on which the …
New Year’s Resolution
On New Year's Eve, an e-mail arrived from my older sister, addressed to the whole family, announcing …
My Greatest Usefulness
BY: GEORGE B. | ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Tradition Twelve When I first found Alcoholics Anonymous, part …
Tradition Twelve
One may say that anonymity is the spiritual base, the sure key to all the rest of our Traditions. It …
Step Twelve
When I finished my Step work, I knew something was different, but I wasn’t sure if it was a …
Sidebar
BY: TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS – August 1998 Service, gladly rendered, obligations …
Gratitude
BY: ART V. | JOHNS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA – August 2002 Time for one more. . . Every morning …