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Contents

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AA Preamble

Foreword

Chapter ONE

That We May Solve Our Common Problem

(Recovery—the personal qualities and defects that help or hinder sobriety, slips and dry drunks, what two of the Twelve Traditions say to each AA member)

You Don’t Know What Lonesome Is! December 1947

Slips and Human Nature, by William Duncan Silkworth, MD January 1947

Anybody Seen My Dragon? February 1967

The Fear of Feeling Rejected October 1973

Ever Been on a Dry Drunk? April 1962

Those Depressions—Make Them Work for Good! August 1948

Just Keep On Going April 1976

Self-Pity Can Kill February 1973

The Green Demon May 1962

Complacency—the Enemy Within September 1961

Tradition One November 1969

Tradition Three January 1970

Caught in Hateland December 1966

Chapter TWO

Stay Sober and Help Other Alcoholics

(Daily life—attitudes and actions that help sober alcoholics live comfortably with others, money, jobs, illness, sexual relations, carrying the AA message)

Not Today, Thanks October 1983

On Cultivating Tolerance, by Dr. Bob July 1944

Why Don’t We Talk About Sex? November 1969

Responsibility Is the Name of the Game November 1966

Coping with Unemployment April 1978

The Impossible Dream November 1971

Children March 1980

Don’t Hide in AA January 1967

Tradition Five June 1970

Tradition Eleven July 1971

Sponsor Your Doctor, by John L. Norris, MD January 1976

Are You Powerless Over Money? August 1967

The Heart Attack March 1975

Charming Is the Word for Alcoholics, by Fulton Oursler July 1944

Chapter THREE

Men and Women Who Share

(The AA group—group life, sponsorship, Traditions and guiding principles, the unique nature of leadership in AA, a new group forms)

You and I Need Each Other May 1977

Leadership in AA: Ever a Vital Need, by Bill W. April 1959

It’s What Happened to Me April 1967

Tradition Two December 1969

The Whisper of Humility March 1955

Tradition Four April 1970

Real Rotation—or “Back Seat” Indispensables? May 1953

How Group Conscious Are You? January 1961

Tradition Seven October 1970

Beginnings in Beirut April 1984

Chapter FOUR

Experience, Strength, and Hope

(The AA program—the Twelve Steps, wisdom from the Big Book, other tools)

The Steps Are the Program July 1975

When the Big “I” Becomes Nobody, by Harry M. Tiebout, MD September 1965

Truth August 1973

Action and More Action January 1978

The Big Book: One-Shot Deal or Constant Companion? March 1972

Promises, Promises May 1981

What About This 24-Hour Plan? January 1968

A Selfish Program? November 1963

How AA Works May 1972

Chapter FIVE

Not Allied With Any Sect or Denomination

(Spiritual experience—the spiritual roots of our Fellowship, variety of beliefs among members, universal principles)

The Bill W.–Carl Jung Letters January 1963

After the Fall August 1969

Seeking Through Meditation April 1969

A Gift That Surpasses Understanding April 1970

Prayer January 1980

A Slob’s Guide to Spiritual Growth April 1982

Why God Says No February 1958

Tradition Twelve September 1971

And Then an Eskimo Came Over the Hill August 1978

What Is Acceptance? by Bill W. March 1962

Chapter SIX

Neither Endorses Nor Opposes Any Causes

(Trends and issues in AA–an overview of problems and controversies within the Fellowship, from founding days to the present)

The Shape of Things to Come, by Bill W. February 1961

AA Is Getting Too Organized! February 1961

Our Primary Purpose and the Special-Purpose Group, by John L. Norris, MD October 1977

The Washingtonians July 1976

Are We Letting Others Do Our Work? December 1978

Those “Goof Balls,’’ by Bill W. November 1945

As Different as We Choose to Be May 1984

Back to Basics September 1977

Tradition Ten May 1971

Over 40 Billion Problems Served October 1983

Is Public Controversy Ever Justified? January 1977

Chapter SEVEN

Alcoholics Anonymous Is a Fellowship

(The Fellowship as a whole–past, present, and future, significant historical writings, personal glimpses of the co-founders, more about the Twelve Traditions)

Twelve Suggested Points for AA Tradition, by Bill W. April 1946

Dr. Bob: The Man and the Physician September 1978

Bill’s Wife Remembers When, by Lois W. December 1944

“Let’s Keep It Simple”–But How?, by Bill W. July 1960

Tradition Six August 1970

Services Make AA Tick, by Bill W. November 1951

Tradition Eight December 1970

Tradition Nine February 1971

Why Alcoholics Anonymous Is Anonymous, by Bill W. January 1955

The Preamble (a brief history)

Twelve Steps

Twelve Traditions

About AA and AA Grapevine

The Best of Grapevine, Vols. 1,2,3

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