(Excerpts) Published in 1941, this marks a high light in A.A. history. It sparked the first great surge of interest in A.A. THREE MEN sat around the bed of an alcoholic patient in the psychopathic ward of Philadelphia General Hospital one afternoon a few weeks ago. The man in the bed, who was a complete stranger to them, had the … Read More
My Story – Skip L_Lifeline2016
My Story Becoming an alcoholic at age 13 was pretty easy, after all I did have a rough start in life. I didn’t have money or fancy clothes, I shopped at the Salvation Army and was always made fun of for being ugly or poor and I was never any good at sports. My father abandoned me, my sister and mother … Read More
Life – Joy D_Lifeline2016
My name is Joy D. and I am an alcoholic. When I became a member of AA on February 28, 1986, it changed my life. The willingness to trust in a higher power greater than myself has led me to continue to move forward in a positive way. The Big Book, Twelve Steps, and Principles of AA are all progressive … Read More
Love is the Answer – Rebecca P_Lifeline2016
Love is the answer, now what was the question?!! On May 31, 2015, I met a man for coffee at Starbucks that I had met on-line. Yes, on-line dating! At my age? What? Well, why not?!! I had just re-entered my Utah lifeon May 1st from living in California for a project the past year, commuting back and forth as I have for so many years. … Read More
Home Groups – That Sufficient Substitute – Pete G_Lifeline2016
Home Groups – That Sufficient Substitute by Pete G. On page 166 of the 75th Anniversary Reprint of the First Edition, our wonderful pioneers wrote of a sufficient substitute. That substitute is the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. I have come to understand that being a Home Group Member and participating in Home Group activities is precisely what they were referring … Read More
Our Greatest Danger: Rigidity – Bob P_Lifeline 2016
Our Greatest Danger: Rigidity by Bob P. This is my 18th General Service Conference — the first two as a director of the Grapevine and A.A.W.S., followed by four as a general service trustee. In 1972, I rotated out completely, only to be called back two years later as general manager of G.S.O., the service job I held until late … Read More
Pamphlet of the Month – “Where do I go from here?”_Lifeline 2015
Soon you’ll be back out there in the real world again. You’ll find it’s the same old world with the same old problems. No matter where you live, you’ll still have your full share of those problems. Plus the one problem that can make all the others seem a lot bigger than they really are. You’re not the only one … Read More