Let the Wood Burn
Let the wood burn, ladies and gents. It will all be ashes soon. Remember we haven’t done anything wrong, which means we don’t have (anything) to fix. Joe C. By Roger C. Joe C....
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Indy We Agnostics Re-Listed
By Roger C. The first nonbeliever’s group ever to be booted off an “official” AA meeting list has been re-listed. The Indianapolis We Agnostics group was actually de-listed twice. The first time was in...
Faye’s Story
By Faye P. My name is Faye and I am an alcoholic. Like everyone else who has made this admission, it was not supposed to be this way… I began drinking at the age...
A Proposal to Eliminate the Lord’s Prayer from AA Meetings
This is an excerpt of a document that was written on an Olympia manual typewriter and circulated by John L in New York City in 1976. There is nothing at all in this work...
The Spirituality of Imperfection
We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. Bill W. By Roger C. If you were a member of AA and woke up tomorrow morning inspired to write a book about the spirituality of...
Who is a Member of Alcoholics Anonymous?
The way our “worthy” alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the “less worthy” is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! Bill W. By Bill...
Let Me Think for Myself!
By Harold B. Punta Gorda, Florida Copyright © A.A. Grapevine, Inc. (December, 1989) I am mad! Isn’t that a helluva way to start, particularly when I want to say something and have somebody listen? ...
You Cannot NOT Interpret the Steps!
By John M. Last May 14th I attended the annual Toronto Round Up which featured three speakers, two from Ontario and, the other, the headliner, a long standing, highly respected member of AA from...
My Faithlessness: The Atheist Way Through AA
Marya Hornbacher’s latest book, Waiting: A Nonbeliever’s Higher Power, which was reviewed on this site by John M, explores what spirituality can mean to the recovering person who does not believe in God. By...
Waiting: A Nonbeliever’s Higher Power
A review by John M. Marya Hornbacher is one enthusiastic and grateful recovering alcoholic. She is also an atheist. If you have been waiting for a recovery book to come along that speaks to...
AA Public Information: “Let it Begin with Me”
By Joe C. My name is Joe and I am an alcoholic. I am the AA General Services Representative for Beyond Belief. We are part of District 10 (Toronto South-central) which is part of...
I am Responsible
I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that I am responsible. By Larry K. If I move past all...
The Responsibility Declaration
I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that I am responsible. By Roger C. I had a hard time in my early...
Anarchy Melts
Bill W. Copyright © AA Grapevine, Inc. (July, 1946) It may be that Alcoholics Anonymous is a new form of human society. The first of our 12 Points of A.A. Tradition states, “Each member of...
