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AA Preamble

Welcome

CHAPTER ONE

LAUGHING AT OURSELVES

Recognizing the power of humor in recovery

Charming Is the Word for Alcoholics July 1944

My Father’s Legacy March 1964

Steps on Fire August 2007

Cake with Punch April 2009

If You Feel Good, You’re Not Normal April 1976

But Is It Funny? November 1953

CHAPTER TWO

EGO TRIPS

AAs on their favorite subject: themselves

Pancake King October 2010

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

TWISTED

The lighter side of being new to AA

Learning to Fly February 1992

Advanced Techniques for Sponsorship Avoidance March 1998

Twisted April 2010

How to Act at a Party June 1960

Funny Things Happen December 1982

What Do We Do About the Wine? August 1964

CHAPTER FOUR

BOOTLEGGERS AND TALKING DOGS

The last days of drinking before finding AA

The Saddest Story Ever Told September 1959

Learning to Walk May 2007

Nobody’s Fault but Mine November 2003

Higher Powers and Slimmer Figures August 1964

Self-Diagnosis: Drunk October 2007

Talking Dog Story May 1962

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

You Take Him June 1999

Sponsoring the Ala-Tot December 1962

Heard in the Blizzard September 1948

The Parlor Prospect July 1998

Blackbirds Helped Convince Customer August 1947

Who? Me? September 1949

CHAPTER SIX

LIVE AND LEARN

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

Coming About March 2003

Life in the Express Lane May 2009

Everybody Loves Me September 2006

Lesson of the Day March 2010

Short and Sweet December 2009

A Ribbiting Image December 2008

Poor Ken August 1986

CHAPTER SEVEN

NOT-SO-SILENT NIGHTS

Holiday adventures and disasters before and after getting sober

The Christmas Fighters December 1963

Cold Turkey November 2009

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

ONLY IN AA

AA characters, AA stories

A Night to Remember June 1998

Whip It Good November 2007

Hi, Wade! October 2010

Story Tellers Anonymous April 1973

Ninety-Nine Years of Sobriety August 1998

Heard at Meetings March 2007

Going Cold Turkey? December 1983

Transfer, Please! July 1953

Up In Smoke June 2006

TWELVE STEPS

TWELVE TRADITIONS

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