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Группа авторов. Young & Sober
AA Preamble
Contents
Welcome
CHAPTER ONE. What It Was Like, What Happened. Their drinking careers weren’t long—but long enough
Noticed
Teen Nightmare
Wiped Out
Preamble to Recovery
Homeless Bound
Nothing Left to Lose
The Only Failure
Someday I'll Be Cured
CHAPTER TWO. I Earned My Seat. Young, but no less an alcoholic
A Teenager's Tears of Hope
All in the Same Boat
Twenty-One and In Trouble Again
Young and In Pain
Wanted
A Fresh Introduction to Hell
How Bad Is Bad Enough?
Haven't You Had Enough?
Reaching Teens
Seventeen and Sober
CHAPTER THREE. The Next Generation. Growing up around AA is no guarantee against alcoholism
A Program Baby
Heads Up
When I Was Sixteen, I Was Ready
Second-Generation AA
Blessed With the Memory of My Pain
Ripped Jeans and Threadbare High-Tops
Addicted to Excitement
My Grandmother’s Gift
CHAPTER FOUR. Thank You, Old-Timers. The love and guidance of seasoned AAs helped. these younger members feel welcome
Loved Into Sobriety
Caps in the Air
It Was Hard to Believe
Kid Stuff
Listen to People’s Feelings
The Great Reality Within
Prom Night
CHAPTER FIVE. There Were Others Just Like Me. Connecting with their own age group and having fun sober. was the beginning of the end of isolation
The Young One
Sobriety Countdown
Young People’s Groups
Back-Up Plan Scrapped
Grow or Go
Life, Unlimited
It Was All New To Me
Say No to Nothing
CHAPTER SIX. The Turning Point. That moment they realized that they really can’t drink safely
Close Encounters of the Coffee Shop Kind
He Gave Me the Shirt off His Back
A Drunk, Pure and Simple
A Homegrown Drunk
We Feel the Same Pain
Moving Into the Fourth Dimension
CHAPTER SEVEN. The Heart of It—Steps and Service. Service was the welcome mat to belonging; the Twelve Steps were the key to living sober
Clueless
Forever Young
Young People in Service
Memoirs of a Conference Junkie
More Than One Way
Y.E.S., Y.E.S., Y.E.S
Talk About Bridging the Gap
Fountain of Youth
We Who Are Next in Line
CHAPTER EIGHT. Living Life, Growing Up. Through good times and bad, these AAs turn to the Fellowship and their Higher Powers and keep going
Living Large
Growing Pains
Snapshots of Sobriety
Digging My Bottom
Sober in the Sixties
Experience Sobriety
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
An Archway to Life
CHAPTER NINE. A Few 24 Hours Later. Young old-timers talk about where their journey has taken them, and about passing it on to the next generation
Who Says an Old-Timer’s Got to Be Old?
Sober in School
Railroaded
Making the Grade
Surviving the Fall
Gratitude Lane
Young, Drunk and Broke
Good, Bad, or Indifferent
THE TWELVE STEPS
THE TWELVE TRADITIONS
Alcoholics Anonymous
AA Grapevine
