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Old-Timers

Table of Contents
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-February 1948,Real Old-Timers Meet with NewBabies to Exchange Views 1
-September 1948,The Fundamentals In Retrospect
3
-September 1948,An Old-Timer Says:"WeForgot to Duck!
5
-June 1949,Consider the Old Timers
9
-July 1949,Complacency ls Insidious
8
-September 1948,Does the“Oldtimer"HaveProblems
10
- October 1949, "a little bit nettled.."
12
-November1949,-apply theprinciples to newfields
13
-January1950,Asuggestionforold-timerswhowant something more
15
-February1950,PrayingOnlyforKnowledge
17
-December 1950,The Restless Old-Timer
18
-August 1951, Old-Timers Interest Lagging??
19
-August 1951, OLD-TIMER? you cant miss!
20
-September1951,EARLYMEMBER
22
-October 1951,The Arena
25
-November 1952,Licking all the“Lasses off
27
-October 1953,Who,Joe Blow?He's Retired
28
-February 1954,OH-OH!NoSeniority
29
-November1954,AreThereAny Old-Timers?
30
-May 1955,What do we expect of old-timers?
31
-May 1955,Don't Shoot the Old-Timer!He's doing the best he can
32
-July1955,ToGraybeards-with love

TableofContentsCont.
-November1955,LengthofSobriety
36
-November 1955,How Much A.A.Is Enough?
88
-April1956,Humility....theVoiceof Experience
39
-May1955,The Oldtimer In The Back Row Speaks Up
40
-July 1956,NowI Have Just Had My Own Tenth Anniversary
42
-July 1956,Does Seniority Count in A.A.
44
-December 1956,WhoAre theOld-Timers?
46
January1957,SomeRemindersforOld-Timers
47
-June 1957,Does A.A.Have Staying Power?
48
-September 1957,The Old-Timer Steps Out
49
- October 1957, Sobriety is An Endless Journey
50
-March 1958, Why Worry About the Old Timer?
52
-March1958,AnOld TimerTaiks Back
53
-June 1958,Don't get too far from the boys in the ward..
54
-July 1958,AMiddleTimerSpeaks to the Old-Timer
55
August1958,AVERAGEOLDTIMER
56
-September 1959,A.A.ain't what it used to be
58
-March 1960,ELDER STATESMEN
60
-June 1960,What Does"Old-Timer"Really Mean
62
-June 1960,It's NeverTime toRetire
9
-July 1960,Old-Timer Problem?
9
-September 1960,Let's Stop Squelching the Old-Timer
65

Table of Contents Cont.
-September 1960, SMUG?
66
-December 1960,The Care and Nurture of the Old Timer
67
-February 1961,A.A.Is Geting Too Organized!
70
-February1961,About theOld-Timer
72
- July 1961, LOST - one anonymity
73
-July1961,An older memberspeaks out
78
-August 1961,How keep old timers?
79
-September1961,COMPLACENCY-theenemywithin
80
-March 1962,What is This Thing,MATURITY?
81
-January1963,“KeepYour Guard Up,Old-Timer!"
8
-June 1963,First Meeting
S8
-August1963,HOWMANYMEETINGS
88
-October 1963,Old-Timer's job
68
-August 1964,Oldest member?
90
-October 1964,Am Ia Bleeding Deacon?
91
-January 1965,Ten NewYears
92
-April 1965,More on'Senile Sobriety
6
-March 1965,Am1 Special?
6
-May 1965,Calling the Shots
96
-July 1965,THE IMAGE SCRIMMAGE
86
-October 1965,Old-timers'
99
-May 1966,Lesson From A Grouchy Old-Timer
100

TableofContentsCont.
July1967,BigBookStories-MiraculousIsTheWord
101
September1967,BigBookStories-Comeon!Behappy,too!
103
October1967,Salute toA.A.'sOld-Timers
105
November 1967,Big Book Stories-At Last No LongerApart
107
January1968,BigBookStories-NoGraduationfromA.A.!
109
January1968,TheDeacon'sBench
110
-February 1968,Remembering Dr.Bob
111
March1968,BigBookStories-Living theProgram InAllOurAffairs
112
March1968,DoIHaveProblems?
114
May1968,BigBookStories-SoberforThirtyYears
115
July1968,BigBookStories-AfterTwenty-NineYears
117
September1968,BigBookStories-SoChangedaLife
118
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January 1969,Big BookStories-Don't TakeOurWord for It
120
-February 1969,HappyBecause I'm Sober
122
February1969,GenerationGapRevisited
124
-April 1969,Big BookStories-The Wonder StillLives
126
-April 1968,The Name - Droppers
128
-April 1969, The Bleeding Deacon
130
May 1969, It Ain't Necessarily So...
131
-August 1969,Is A.A.Enough-forEverybody?
132
-November 1969,The JoyThat Walks TenFeet Tall
134

TableofContentsCont.
-December1969,Practice MakesProgress
136
-January 1970,Attention,BBB A.A.s!
138
-February 1970,Count-the-HouseCharlie
139
-May1970,Cold shoulderfornewcomers?
140
-September 1970,Newcomersarewelcome!
141
-December 1970,I'm Worried AboutYou,Old-Timer...
142
-December 1970,Can a drunk be dependable?
143
-December 1970,Plea from a new A.A.
144
- January 1971, Noting'a change' in local A.A.
145
-September 1971,Are ThoseMeetings Really Dull?
146
-January 1972,Is There a Generation Gap?
147
-December 1972, 'A.A.Depends on me'
148
-October 1973,DisappearingA.A.s
149
-November 1973,Old-Timers (Ten page section)
150
-December1973,Old-timer's dilemma
155
-March 1974,EmotionalGrowth
156
-June 1974,What every old-timer knows
157
-July.1975,Are We Ever Home Safe?
158
- July 1975, In good company
159
-January1976,Supersober early risers
160
-January 1976,Change of heart
161
-April 1976,Grateful to old-timers
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TableofContentsCont.
-April 1978, Not on the Shelf
163
June 1978,Will WeSquander Our Inheritance?
164
-August 1978,Do old-timers need meetings?
165
-October 1978,When an Old-Timer Needs Help
166
-November 1978, Old in years, young in A.A.
168
December 1979,How toTellwhenYou'reanOld-Timer
169
October1980,WhereAretheOld-Timers?
170
-January 1981,The Novelty of Sobriety
174
-September1981,Where are you?
175
-June1982,ForBeginners and for Myself
176
July1982,An Old-Timer Opens Up
177
-September1982,2500 Hellos and Hugs
178
-January 1983,When theChoicesAreFew
181
-October 1983,Shifting the Emphasis
182
January1984,TAmResponsible
184
-March 1984,Old-Timers(Eleven page section)
185
-July 1984,God Didn't FollowOrders
191
August 1984,When Is An A.A. Meeting Not An A.A.Meeting?
193
-April 1985,Let It Happen
194
- July 1985, Did They Know I Was Coming?
195
August1985,Beyond the Generation Gap
196
-October 1985,An old-timer looks at young A.A.s
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Table of Contents Cont.
-February 1986,BYTHE BOOK
199
-May1986,Will the Circle Be Unbroken
201
-December1987,DROPOUT
203
-May 1988,Sober WeCan
204
-July 1988,A Toast to Our Future
206
-January1989,Old-timers are getting younger
208
-February1989,Blessings abound
209
-February 1989,'TheLight Next tomy Heart
210
-May1989,'An Electricity That Comes fromSharing'
211
-June 1989,An Old-Timers Checklist
212
August 1989,What WeWere Like
213
-June1990,Big Book Stories-Riding the Rods
215
-September 1990,To the Old-Timers of Tomorrow
220
-September 1990,TimeRollsOn
222
-September1990,BigBookStories-Annie theCopFighter
223
-September 1990,QUALITY Is What Counts
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-February 1991,Big Book Stories-Truth Freed Me!
230
-March1991,'Sober Up and Clean Up'
232
-April 1991,BigBookStories-Joe'sWoes
233
July1991,BigBookStories-TheIndependentBlonde
238
-October 1991,Big Book Stories-On His Way
241

Table of Contents Cont.
-February 1992, Old Timers Group
243
-February 1992,Learning to Fly
244
-February 1992,A Lifetime of Learning
247
-February 1992,Are You One of Us?
250
-February1992,“FreedomFromAlcohol"
252
-February 1992,Big Book Stories-Hindsight
253
-April1992,Big Book Stories-Educated Agnostic
255
-June 1992,Big Book Stories-His Conscience
257
- June 1992,Somebody's Got to Do It!
260
- June 1992,What You See Isn't Always What You Get
261
-June 1992,Where,O Where?
262
-August 1992,Rekindling the Fire
263
-December 1992, Old-Timers in the Making
264
-March1993,An Unscientific Study
265
-April1993, Observations of an Old-Timer
267
-February 1993,War Stories
268
- July 1993,Fifty Sober Years
269
-August 1993,Come back,old-timer
271
-December 1993,Who's the Boss?
272
-June 1994,FiftyYearsof Gratitude
273
- August 1994, Putting the Plug in the Jug
274
-October 1994,"is That You Again'
276

Table of Contents Cont.
-November 1994,Searching Fora Higher Power
278
-November 1994,Fond Memories
280
-March 1995,Meetings,Meetings,andMore Meetings
281
-April 1995,The Right to Be Wrong
283
May1995,GrowthAllowed
285
- June 1995, A Lifetime of Sobriety
287
-July 1995,Big Book Stories-Interview-'Doctor,Alcoholic,Addict"
291
-August 1995,Big Book Stories-Interview-"StarsDon't Fall"
295
-August 1995,'CanI BuyYou a Drink'
297
-September 1995,Big Book Stories-Interview-A.A.Taught Him toHandle
298
-September1995,LifeIsMeant tobeLived
301
-October 1995,Big BookStories-Interview-"Physician,Heal Thyself!"
302
-October 1995,Of Myth and Martyrs
307
-November 1995,Sobriety Is aLearningExperience
-December 1995,AWonderfulTimeWas Had ByAll
310
-January1996, Getting Stupid
311
-February 1996,We've Got What You Need
313
-February 1996,Teachable notPreachable
315
-February 1996, WillThey Listen?
317
-March 1996,Big Book Stories-Interview-"The Independent Blonde"
318
-April 1996,Facing theFutureWithout theFroth
-May 1996,Eye of the Hurricane
325

TableofContentsCont.
- June 1996,Keeping the Door Open
327
- June 1996,Big Book Stories-Interview-"Growing Up All Over Again"
328
-July 1996,The Harder We Chased Them,the FasterThey Ran'
331
-August 1996,Please Come Back-If You Can
335
-September 1996,Big Book Stories-The Unbeliever
337
-September 1996,‘TheFishing Guide,the Bartender,and Me'
342
-November 1996, "l'm Right and You're Wrong...Okay?"
345
-November 1996,My Name Is John and I'm an Alcoholic
-December 1996,Telling the Truth
352
-December 1996,Going the Extra Mile
353
-January1997,Paying thePriceforlmprovement
354
-February 1997,Touched by Grace
356
-February 1997,Sobriety's ship
358
-Match 1997,Truth Unchanging
359
-April 1997, Siren Song
362
-May 1997,In Search of the Secret
-June 1997,A Headache and a MouthFullof Cotton
365
- July 1997, As Long As God Needs Us
367
-July 1997,Requiem for aResentment
898
-August 1997,A Daily Reprieve
371
-September 1997, The Most Dangerous Small Area in the World
372
-October 1997,Chair Master
374

TableofContentsCont.
-November 1997,PracticeThesePrinciples
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