In the early days many thousands of members benefited from The A.A. Tools of Recovery. The fellowship has moved on since then and a lot of this guide is now embeded in the customs of A.A. While in this form
Humility By Mel B.
*A Word Whose Meaning Causes Arguments, but a Quality We All Aspire to when We Understand It* FOLLOWING a recent noon AA meeting, a member I scarcely knew said that he wanted a word with me. He appeared
Reaching Out in Service
Twelve steps As a drunk, my priorities were all about myself as it was in my early sobriety. There were times when the fear of falling back into drunkenness overwhelmed me. I lost this fear by attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Signs of Sobriety
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GROWING IN SOBRIETY WHEN: 1. You spend a lot more time being grateful than you once did. 2. You are far less frequently disturbed, angry, or annoyed. 3. When you think about the past, it’s mostly in
Tradition Six
An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. THE moment we saw that we had an
A.A. Taught Him to Handle Sobriety
They Lost Nearly All “God willing, we may never again have to deal with drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day.” Bob joined A.A. in New York City in 1961, probably never dreaming one day he
Tradition Five
Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. “Shoemaker, stick to thy last”. . .better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition.
BILL W. LIVES ON
William Griffith Wilson died Jan. 24 1971 at the age of 75. The announcement of his death revealed that he was the Bill W. who was co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. At his bedside was his wife, Lois, who had
The Oxford Group Connection
(Please see bottom of page for credits and details for this article.) This article is an effort to put together in sequence the various events that took place in the years from 1908 to 1935 which made possible the meeting
Corinne Goes to Conference
My name is Corinne and I’m an alcoholic. I am one of the six Conference Delegates for South Midlands region and sit on Committee 6. Service has kept me sober from the day that I surrendered and committed to the