AA Preamble
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and
women who share their experience, strength
and hope with each other that they may solve their common
problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership is a desire
to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees
for AA membership; we are self-supporting through
our own contributions. AA is not allied with
any sect, denomination, politics, organization
or institution; does not wish to engage in any
controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
Our primary purpose is to stay sober
and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
© AA Grapevine, Inc.
Contents
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
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
(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
