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The Best of The Grapevine, Volume 2
AA Preamble
Foreword
CHAPTER ONE: That We May Solve Our Common Problem
Then I Saw Charlie
Remembering a Girl—Defeated Except Once
The Minister Says the Password
The Kid Who Came In from the Cold
Without a Secret High
I’m Unique—But I Want to Belong
Rock ‘n Roll Sobriety
My Name Is Bertha…
Condemned to Live an Underground Life
The Stranger
I Want to Belong
The Great Equalizer
CHAPTER TWO: Stay Sober and Help Other Alcoholics
Unmanageable Lives
Martian Report on the Curious Cult of “Alcohol” Drinkers
Eager Beaver
Divided I Stand
The Answers Will Come
Get a Fresh Start
Did Anonymity Help Kill Jim?
Boy Lying in the Grass
The Shrivelage Principle
Learning to Handle Sobriety
CHAPTER THREE: Men and Women Who Share
Will We Squander Our Inheritance?
Leaders in Sober Living
The Stranger
I Don’t Go to Meetings Anymore
People Are Like People
Passing the Basket…or Passing the Buck?
All This Reading at AA Meetings…?
Of Cakes and Ale
No Price Tag on Benefits
What AA Meetings Taught a Non-AA Counselor
CHAPTER FOUR: Experience, Strength, and Hope
Those Twelve Steps as I Understand Them
First Step
Second Step
Third Step
Fourth Step
The Twelve Steps Revisited—Step Five
Sixth Step
Seventh Step
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Editorial: on the Ninth Step
“When We Were Wrong”
Eleventh Step
Twelfth Step
CHAPTER FIVE: Not Allied with Any Sect or Denomination
Paradox of Power
No Trumpets Blew
So That’s a Spiritual Experience!
Breakthrough
Traffic Goes Both Ways
Closet Atheist
God Is Not Yourself
CHAPTER SIX: Neither Endorses Nor Opposes Any Causes
We Could Blow the Whole Thing
“Let the Bum Find Us”
Are We Forgetting Twelfth Step Calls?
Exclusive—or More Inclusive?
Opportunity Knocks
AAs Should Be Honest About Sex Problems
So You Want a “Celebrity” Speaker?
Generalizations Can Be Dangerous
Автор: | Группа авторов |
Издательство: | Ingram |
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Жанр произведения: | Здоровье |
Год издания: | 0 |
isbn: | 9781938413933 |
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“Let’s Keep It Simple…” But How?
Tradition Six
Services Make AA Tick
Tradition Eight
Tradition Nine
Why Alcoholics Anonymous Is Anonymous
The Preamble (a brief history)
Twelve Steps
Twelve Traditions
About AA and AA Grapevine