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Contents
ОглавлениеCHAPTER ONE
Recognizing the power of humor in recovery
Charming Is the Word for Alcoholics July 1944
If You Feel Good, You’re Not Normal April 1976
But Is It Funny? November 1953
CHAPTER TWO
AAs on their favorite subject: themselves
Bright Lights, Big Ego September 2004
The Up-and-Down Ego August 1978
The Best Little Coffeemaker in AA February 1988
My Iced Tea Fit September 2009
CHAPTER THREE
The lighter side of being new to AA
Advanced Techniques for Sponsorship Avoidance March 1998
How to Act at a Party June 1960
Funny Things Happen December 1982
What Do We Do About the Wine? August 1964
CHAPTER FOUR
The last days of drinking before finding AA
The Saddest Story Ever Told September 1959
Nobody’s Fault but Mine November 2003
Higher Powers and Slimmer Figures August 1964
Self-Diagnosis: Drunk October 2007
CHAPTER FIVE
ROUNDING UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Twelfth-Step calls that didn’t quite go as expected
I Knocked on the Wrong Door February 1961
Sponsoring the Ala-Tot December 1962
Heard in the Blizzard September 1948
Blackbirds Helped Convince Customer August 1947
CHAPTER SIX
Stuff my sponsor says, and other lessons from meetings and life
It’s a Miracle! September 2010
Long Live the Wimp November 2007
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings October 1981
Life in the Express Lane May 2009
Everybody Loves Me September 2006
A Ribbiting Image December 2008
CHAPTER SEVEN
Holiday adventures and disasters before and after getting sober
The Christmas Fighters December 1963
Holidays, Shmolidays November 2010
Rule 62 Saves the Day November 2001
Broken-Down Chorus December 2010
My Name Is Santa C. and … (Excerpt) December 1980
CHAPTER EIGHT
Story Tellers Anonymous April 1973
Ninety-Nine Years of Sobriety August 1998
Going Cold Turkey? December 1983