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A.A.In Prison, Courts and Jails

Table ofContents
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-February 1945,News Circuit
1
-May 1945,News Circuit
1
-August 1945,The Seekers Group
2
-October 1945,News Circuit
3
-November 1945,News Circuit
-January 1946,Judge Gives A.A.Sentence
4
-January 1946,News Circuit
4
-March 1946,News Circuit
5
-April 1946,A.A.s Aid Washington Judge
5
-May 1946 News Circuit
6
-May 1946,They're Good Soldiers Now
7
- July 1946, A.A. Digest
9
-October 1946,The Clip Sheet
9
-November 1946,News Circuit
10
-January 1947,The Clip Sheet
10
-January1947,Freedom In Prison
11
-February 1947,Articles On A.A.
11
-March 1947, The Clip Sheet
12
-March 1947,Prison Plan Successful
12
-April 1947, News Circuit
13
-May 1947, News Circuit
13
-May 1947,Clip Sheet
14

TableofContentsCont.
-June 1947,News Circuit
15
-August 1947, News Circuit
16
-October 1947,News Circuit
17
-October 1947, Sincerity Impresses Prisoners
20
-December 1947,News Circuit
21
-December 1947,Prison GroupaYearOld
22
-December 1947,News Circuit
23
-January 1948,News Circuit
24
-February 1948,News Circuit
25
-March 1948,News Circuit
26
-April 1948,Sentenced to A.A.
27
-May 1948,News Circuit
28
-May 1948, News Circuit
29
-June 1948,NewsCircuit
30
-August 1948,Discussion Pages
31
-August 1948,Discussion Pages
33
-November 1948,News Circuit
-March 1949,The Alcoholic Prisoner
35
- June 1949,I Went Into A.A. For Angles
-July 1949,The Judge and the Alcoholic
39
- July 1949,Letter
41
-August 1949,Parolee on theProgram
42
-August 1949,Letter
43

Tableof ContentsCont.
-December1949,Heed theWarning
44
-April 1950, Judge Earle W.Frost, Excellent results in most cases
45
-April 1950, Letter
46
-May 1950,Double Conviction
47
- June 1950, Why A.A. In Prison?
49
-June 1950,The Need For Prison Groups
50
-August 1950,...a timely touch...
52
-September 1950,We Come of Age
53
-February 1951,NewYork City Prison Program
-September 1951, Chicago Prison Program
56
-December 1951,A.A.Works in Prison,To0
58
-February 1952,SanQuentin
59
-July 1952,First Regional Conference of Prison Groups
60
-October1952,But for the grace of God..
63
-October 1952,IndianaFellowship of AlcoholicPrisoners
64
-January 1953,FromWithinTheseWalls
67
-February 1953,A Tale of Two A.A.s
89
-March 1953,Why A.A.In Prison?
69
-May 1953,ALittleCourageReplaced theBigFear
70
- June 1953,The Story of A Boy
71
-November 1953,Waiting on the Board
72
-July 1954,Prison Group Gives Thanks
73
-August 1954, The Hand of Fellowship in Hospitals and Prisons
74

TableofContentsCont.
-February 1955,Prisoner A.A.
77
-April 1955, Inside Looking Out
78
-May 1955,A Spiritual Awakening in Prison
79
-June 1955,Canned Alcoholics
08
-August 1955,It Could Happen to You
82
-November1955,Time of Harvest
8
-December 1955,Adding Up the Score
86
-April 1956, The Road Back
88
-April 1956,TodayIlive forTomorrow
89
-June 1956,Johnny
90
-July 1956,Letters
91
- July 1956,Bright Promise
92
-August 1956,An A.A.as a Judge
86
-November 1956,Freedom forjust ten cents
94
-February 1957,Letter
96
-March 1957,No More Jails
26
-April 1957,Barred Sunshine
66
-April 1957, Letter
101
-June 1957,1FoundFreedom in Prison
102
- July 1957,Freedom-Behind Bars
104
- July 1957,About A Non-Alcoholic Obsession
107
-August 1957,A Policy with all the“Extras"
108
-August 1957,Letter
111

Table ofContentsCont.
-September1957,A Letter toHeadquarters
112
-September 1957,OtherProblems inLiving
115
-September1957,Letter
116
-October 1957,BB of A.A.-The Ohio Way
117
-November 1957,Shadows HaveFaces
120
-January1958,The Hard Way
122
-February 1958,Ill Show Him
124
-March 1958,Report From Canada
125
-April 1958, Helping Hands, Outside A.A.
126
-April 1958,Sharing Means Belonging
127
-The MasterDrunk
128
-May 1958,TherapeuticEyeOpener
129
- July 1958,Prison Seemed Worth It
130
- July 1958, How To Start A Jail Group
131
-August 1958,Acceptance of Inmates
133
-August 1958,Letter
134
-September 1958,The Big Magic
135
-March 1959,A Good Gripe
137
-August 1959,Letter
139
-September 1959,You Never Know
140
-November 1959,The DayThat Willie Slipped
141
-May 1960,Letter
143

Table of Contents Cont.
-May1960,ThePerfect Welcome
144
-September1960,Right Here-RightNow
145
-September1960,ChristmasNoteFromAPrisonCell
147
-March 1961,Albert B.Logan,“Can we permit justice to remain blind?"
148
-April 1961, The Lonely Road
150
-May 1961,For Prison Sponsors
151
-May 1961, Letter
152
-July 1961,Case History
153
-September1961,NoRefugefrom theLaw
154
-September1961,79Yearswith theBottle
155
-January 1962,Letter
157
- January 1962,The Blacked-Out Boy
158
-March 1962, Max Heilig,What Good Does A.A.Do in Prison?
159
-August 1962,Letter
161
-March 1963,Idabelle Melville,Canada's NewKind of Prison
162
-April 1963,Austin H.MacCormick,Keep A.A.Alive In Our Jails
164
-July 1963,"How DoIGet a Job"
165
-August 1963,TheParoleViolator
166
-April 1964, Letter
168
-May 1964,I Had to Accept Prison
169
-June 1964,Letter
170
-July 1964,1SlippedBack toPrison
171

Table of Contents Cont.
-September1964,Letter
173
-You,Too,Can Come Back
174
-January1965,A.A.inFloridaRoadPrisons
175
-February 1965,ThePower ofPrayer
176
-June1965,Down the Wrong Road
177
-March 1966,Letter
180
-April 1966,Murder In A Blackout
181
-July 1966, My Name Is Ramona
182
-February 1967, My Name is...
184
-February 1967,Letter
186
-June 1967, Sobriety-by-Mail
187
-June 1967,Judge Edward D.O'Cleary,Guidelines on Court Programs
189
-October 1967,Rev.JamesP.Collins,ArrangeThat First Contact
193
-October 1967,IFound A.A.in an AustralianPrison
193
-October1967,Torn for TwentyYears"
195
-October1967,1Try to Carry theMessage
197
-October 1967,Letter
199
-April 1968,1 Used A.A.to Kick Drugs
200
-April 1968, Letter
201
-February 1969,Letter
202
-March 1969,My Name is Bertha
203
-May 1969, Letter
205
-July 1969, Letter
206

TableofContentsCon.
-August 1969,Around A.A.,Prison Sponsorship
207
-September 1969,Letter
208
-December 1969,Letter
209
-February1970,FreedomBeganinPrison
210
-March 1970, Letter
212
-April 1970,"Let This A.A. Thing Work for Me!"
213
-May 1970,Letter
215
-June 1970,Letter
216
-July 217, The Walls Came Tumbling Down
217
- July 1970, Inside and Outside
218
-July 1970, Hells Angel Looks Homeward
219
-July 1970,A Beef From Australia
221
-November 1970,Letter
222
-August 1971, In the Striped Sunshine...
223
-August 1971,Something MoreThanSelfish
224
-August 1971,A Taste of Happiness
225
-August 1971,Knowiedge Didn't Make Me Sober
226
-August 1971,I'm in Prison-But IFeel Free
227
-December 1971,Letter
229
-March 1972,TheUnknown Alcoholic
230
-February 1972,"I Will Not Returm to Prison as a Convict
232
-August 1972,Letter
234
-September 1972,A.A.at Attica
235

Table ofContentsCont.
-September 1972,Survival
235
- January 1973,Letter
237
- April 1973, Letter
238
-May 1973,Letter
239
-February 1974,Prison A.A.
240
-February 1974,A Con's Twelve Steps
241
-February 1974,Jail Visit
242
-February 1974,Rebuildingon theWastedYears
243
-March 1974,Sentenced to A.A.?
244
- July 1974, Letter
246
-August 1974,Letter
247
-May 1975,Letter
248
-July 1975,One of the Bad Cons Nobody Can Reach
249
- July 1975,The Sponsor's Story
251
-July1975,HowIt WorksBehind the Walls
252
-July 1975,“You Weren't Arrested -You Were Rescued"
253
-July 1975,Inventory in a Lonely Cell
254
-July 1975,Master Builders of Sobriety
254
-July 1975,Where We CanLearnHonesty
255
-October 1975,Letter
256
- July 1976,Freedom Behind Bars
257
-July 1976,First,IHad to Get Honest
257
- July 1976, It Was Only a Four-Day Slip
258

Table of Contents Cont.
- July 1976, The Curious Woman Prisoner
259
- July 1976,They Got Caught -and We Didn't
260
-July 1976, He Hated Drunkalogs-so He Drank
260
-January 1977,Letters
262
-July 1977,Suddenly theProgram Came Alive
263
-July 1977,Going to Prison by Choice
264
- July 1977, No Longer a Phony
265
-July 1977, My Name Is Helen
266
-July 1978,Not Just Locked Up and Forgotten
268
- July 1978,For Those Who Want It
269
-July 1978,Now1Know How to Cope
269
-July 1978,Living Free
270
-July 1978,Reliable is a Fine Word
272
- July 1978,I Came Back to A.A.
273
-May 1979, Letter
274
-July 1979,AnotherWay to Carry the Message
275
- July 1979,An Out-Again-In-Again Indian
276
- July 1979,A Spiritual Awakening
276
-July 1979,Because Somebody Cared
277
- July 1979, No Room for Resentment
277
- July 1979,Feelings from Inside
278
- July 1979,Freedom in Sobriety
280
- July 1980,A Shocking Awakening
282

Table of Contents Cont.
- July 1980, With the Aid of A.A.
283
-July 1980,A Rose Blooms Within
284
- July 1980,"f They Can DoIt,I Can Do It'
285
- July 1980, A Reason for Living
285
- July 1980, No Price Tag on Benefits
286
- July 1981, When You Hit the Streets - Call A.A.
288
- July 1981, Where IFound My Sobriety
289
-July 1981,Gratitude Behind Bars
289
- July 1981,Strength Through Sobriety
290
- July 1981,A Gift From Prison
291
-July 1981,A GreaterFreedom
291
- July 1982, A.A. Works - Inside and Out
293
-July 1982,Just Like Me'
294
-July 1982,“ Hit Bottom Hard'
294
-July 1982,'Cops Is Not a Four-Letter Word
295
-July 1982,OurCommon Bond
296
-July1982,A Good Place for an Inventory
297
-July 1983,NEEDED:'Real People'
298
- July 1983,You Changed My Atitude
299
- July 1983, Walking the Walk
300
-July 1983,It Took What It Took
300
-December 1983,Attica Christmas
302
-January1984,Listening,Trusting.Believing
303

Table ofContents Cont.
- July 1984, Sobriety Is an Inside Job
304
- July 1984, Sponsor-by-Mail
305
-December 1984,ANudge From the Judge
310
-February1985,IDidn't Want toGo toPrison
311
- July 1985,A Thing Called Hope
313
-July 1985, A Tale of Two Prisons
314
-July 1985, W. Jim Estelle Jr.,"Let It Begin With Me'
314
- July 1985, Learning How to Live
316
- July 1985, " Never Wanted t..'
316
-September1985,Letter
318
- July 1986,New Life in Lurigancho
319
-July 1986, From The Bottom Up
321
-July 1986, From the Inside Out
322
-July 1986,Keeping Our Date
- July 1986, Six-Digit Sobriety
325
- July 1986, Carbon Copy
-July 1987,Bars Without Bartenders
327
- July 1987,The Four Horsemen of ‘Q"
0
- July 1987, The Drinks Job
331
-July 1987,EveryTuesday and Fourth Saturday
332
-September 1987,Seduced By A.A.
333
- July 1988, W.J. Estelle, Jr.,The Next 50 Years
-May 1988, Around A.A.
335

Table ofContents Cont.
-July 1988, Climbing the Hill
336
-July1988,Letters
888
-July 1989,Maximum Security
339
- July 1989,"Know Why I'm Here'
340
-July 1989, On the Skids
341
- July 1989, Powerless
342
-July 1989,To Our Sponsors
342
-August 1990,The EnemyINever Knew
343
-August 1990,The‘Ex'Factor
344
-August 1990,Sober Reality
345
-August 1990, An lmpressive Approach
345
-August 1990,The Only Hands God Has
347
- July 1991, Alive Again
-July 1991,Surrendering the DistanceBetween Us
349
-July 1991,Self-Will Run Riot
350
-July 1991,Our MeetingIs a Melting Pot
351
- July 1991, Real Life-Real Problems
352
-September 1991,OurLeaders AreBut Trusted Servants
353
- July 1992,An Unexpected Shot at Life
355
- July 1992,The BlindLeading the Blind
356
- July 1992,A Disease of Deniai
357
-July1992,Staying Sober-NoMatterWhat
357
-July 1992,An Experience Not toBeMissed
359

Table of ContentsCont.
- July 1992,The Circle of Peace
360
- July 1992, A.A. History, A.A. In Prison
361
-December1992,People MakeTheProgram
363
- June 1993,Walking The Walk
364
- July 1993, A Blessing from God
365
- July 1993,From Leader to Leader
366
- July 1993,Best Foot Forward
367
-July 1993,Behind theWalls
367
-January 1994,A New Old Friend (Jim Estelle)
698
-May 1994, 'No Bull, No Build-Up
370
- July 1994, A Long Way Down
371
-July 1994,Transfer ofPower
373
-July 1994, It's The First Drink
-November 1994,A Boot from the Judge
375
-May 1995,Sentenced toLife
376
-July1995,A Long WayFromLeavenworth
377
-July 1995,Ready To Enjoy Life
378
-July 1995,From The Outside In
379
-July 1996,1 Tried To Make It On My Own'
188
-July1996,ABig.BookOn.DeathRow
382
- July 1996,Life In Lock-Up
383
-July1996,Prison Clothes,A Meeting List,And ALotof Fear
383
- July 1996,The Magic Of Prison A.A.

TableofContentsCont.
-April 1997,Letters
385
-March1997,ABigBookBirthday
386
-January 1997,Trueldentity
387
-January1997,EveryoneinWhiteBut TheBride
388
-July1997,HeadingForTrouble
390
-July 1997,“You Going Tonight?
392
-July1997,Someone'sChild
393
-July1997,Everything To Gain And Nothing ToLose
395
- July 1997,Jumping As High As A.A. Asks
396
-November 1997,Letter
397