Forming True Partnerships
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In this collection of stories from Grapevine , the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, AA members share the many ways they use the tools of AA to improve and repair relationships While drinking, many alcoholics have what Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. called “a total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.” This collection of stories submitted to Grapevine magazine demonstrates the variety of ways in which sober AA members use the Twelve Steps, sponsorship and the tools of the program to repair relationships, old and new. In Forming True Partnerships , you’ll find candid and colorful stories on making amends, communicating with family, enjoying meaningful friendships, marriage, divorce, dating, romance, developing connections with coworkers, and even finding joy with pets. Be inspired by authentic and personal contributions from sober alcoholics who’ve discovered how to form true partnerships, in part by applying the principle of Step Eight as found in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions : “Having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.”
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FORMING TRUE. Partnerships
AA PREAMBLE
Contents
WELCOME
CHAPTER ONE. The Family
A Family Affair
A Box of Pears
My Father’s AA
I Stole the Wallet
Cartoons and Bourbon
Letting Go in Florida
Struck Sober
Game Changer
How My Child Came to Believe
Oil and Water
A Letter Every Week
CHAPTER TWO. Marriage and Divorce
Are AA Marriages Different?
Marriage—Drunk and Sober
A Love Story
Sobriety and Divorce
Marriage
Just Friends
Let’s Get a Divorce!
Love Story
Finding Love Again on AA Campus
A Square
CHAPTER THREE. Dating and Romance
Relationships Reconsidered
Happily Together In Recovery
Looking for Love
Hey There, Lonely Guy
With or Without Him
Prime Dating Material?
Me and You and AA
Letting Go of the Golden Glow
Saturday Night
A 14-Year-Old Mind in a 35-Year-Old Body
CHAPTER FOUR. On the Job
It Works at Work
I Almost Lost My Job—Sober
Serenity Chair
The Misfit
Putting Up With Mr. Bill
Planting the Seed
The Program at Work
It Works at Work (If You Work It)
Payback Time
CHAPTER FIVE. Friendship
A Circle of Friends
Where Everybody Knows My Name
Listening to Walter
Garage Opener
The Cheetah and His Bubba
More Fun Than TV
Friends for Life
Winning Friends
Best Friends
Real Friends
CHAPTER SIX. Pets and Animals
A Canine Step Nine
Ala-Cat
Puppy Love
Jake
A Fox in the Woods
For the Love of Ruby
A Friendly Dog Story
Tiger in the Tank
CHAPTER SEVEN. Sponsorship
Sponsor Relationships
90 Days of June
Dumped
An Unfamiliar Bond
Quiet Guidance
The Choice
…And Learn
Sweet Goodbye at the Farm
A Kid Like Me
Words of Love
Under the Renoir
THE TWELVE STEPS
THE TWELVE TRADITIONS
Alcoholics Anonymous
AA Grapevine
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About AA and AA Grapevine
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