The A.A. Grapevine
Articles On
Women
Volume I
1944 - 1969

Volumel
TableofContents
Page
-October1944,Marty Interviewed OnCommittee
1
-November1944,A BeginnerInTheWacs
3
-November 1944,HowIt Feels To Join Long BeforeYou Have To
4
January1945,InTexas,WomenToo,AreWonderful
6
-February1945,Letters
7
-May 1945,DoYou Know: That Your Candor ls Contagious
8
-May 1945,Women Alcoholics Have a TougherFight
10
May1945,OneWomanAlcoholicWritesToAnother
12
-December1945,There'sNoDoubleStandard
13
-March1946,AfterHer"WillPower”Failed
15
-April 1946,MentalSobrietyMeans Spotting DangerSignals
17
-May 1946,An Ex-SecretaryPleads forAnonymity
18
-June 1946,A.A.Discussed on"We, the People" Program
19
-June 1946,No Time forMereTolerance
21
-August 1946,God Made Our Relatives,Too
22
-September1946,Climbing Back
25
-October1946,WomeninA.A.FaceSpecialProblems
26
-December 1946,AreA.A.WomenandWivesSometimesSmug?
30
-February 1947,WhatPriceSobriety
31
-March 1947,Remembering A Girl-Defeated Except Once
32
-May 1947, No Time On My Hands
-May1947,PrayerAnswered TenYears Later
36

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-June 1947,News Circuit
37
-July 1947, The Disease Is Sexless
38
-July 1947,Personalities In A.A.
39
-July 1947, Life ls Fuller
40
-August 1947, Spiritual Awakening
41
-August 1947,News Circuit
42
-September 1947,Stepping Stones To Sobriety
43
-November1947,AndA motherWinsBack HerSon
44
-December 1947,Grateful forSerenity
46
-January 1948,FamiliesFirst InReadjustments
47
-March1948,ToGiveIsMoreBlessed-AndVital
49
-April 1948,The Clipsheet
50
-June 1948,SanDiegoWoman's Group
51
- June 1948, Contagious!
53
-November 1948,News Circuit
-January1949,The History of a LadyLush
55
March1949,FeminineFraud
57
-May1949,LadyA.A.s GetTheirHeadsTogether
58
-September1949,ThisCould BeYourGroup
59
-September1949,Mail Call
61
-November 1949,Perhaps OnlyA Woman CanUnderstand
62
-December 1949,The Arena
63
-February 1950,A Non-AlcoholicWifeDefends Alcoholic Women
9

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-RandomThoughtsofaMiddle-Woman
65
-May 1950,Woman of Distinction
66
- June 1950, Betty Was A Lady
68
-August 1950,Calling Carrie Confederate
71
-September 1950,Time?what's that?
73
-September 1950,The Arena
-October 1950,DoYouKnowMiss Susie?
75
-October1950,A MiracleInThe Wine
76
-March 1951,Case History-ROE,JANE
77
- July 1951,Case History
80
- July 1951,Letters
83
- August 1951, Old-Timer? you can't miss!
8
-August 1951,Pandora's Bottle
85
-September1951,Women
88
-October 1951,Knowledge ApplicationFreedom
89
- October 1951,Case History
91
- January 1952,Tina's Only Companion
S6
- January 1952, Once Upon A Time
86
-March 1952,Friday is Ladies'Day
99
-April 1952,Hour Upon Hour
100
-May 1952, Case History
103
-May 1952,My Little Loophole
106
-May1952,Omission not Commission
108

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-July 1952,A Lot of Pennies Do Make A Dollar
109
-July 1952,No LongerA Doubting Thomas
110
- July 1952, A Fine Lullaby!
112
- July 1952,To A Beginner
113
-August 1952, Imagine...Looking In A Bottle For Happiness!
114
- October1952,Case History
115
-November 1952,from the Grass Roots
117
-January 1953,The Emancipation Of N
118
-February1953,NewcomerConfusedAboutSlips
119
-March1953,WhatNEARLYEveryWomanKnows...
120
-March1953, same husband...same house...same standards...but
121
-April 1953,Are Women the Orphans of A.A.?
122
-April 1953,Every Day's A Holiday for Me
123
-May 1953,"High and Mighty Me"
124
-May 1953,Drunks Scared Her
125
- June 1953,Drinking Lady
126
- June 1953,Fora Bride...Something True
130
July 1953,A Non-Alcoholic's"Alcoholic Problem"
131
-August 1953,ICan't Sleep
132
-August1953,MyLast Nightmare
133
-September1953,TheRulesWereO.K.ForOthers
134
-October 1953,Alice in the Wonderland of A.A.
137
-January1954,Something toTake Home
139

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-March 1954, Come on, Girls!
140
-June 1954,This Freedom
141
-July 1954,An Accumulation ofUnhappy Events
142
-August 1954,AVictim of Circumstances
144
-November 1954,How I Came To A.A.
146
-December 1954,The OtherVirginia
148
-May 1955,Life Begins At 27
150
-June 1955,Grandma Hits The Cinders
152
-July1955,Questions In The Night
153
-October 1955,Delayed Reaction
155
-November 1955,My Life After
157
-December1955,Adding UpTheScore
158
-December1955,Ive ChangedMy Tune
160
-December 1955,A Lady's Gripe
161
-December 1955,My Son And I And A.A.
162
-January1956,A Simple Acrostic
164
-April 1956,Fashion Notes
165
-May 1956,Escape ToNowhere
166
-June 1956, Complete Circle
167
-August 1956,Happy Birthday
169
-October 1956, One With The Angles
170
-October 1956,What's Wrong With Pink Clouds?
171.
-January1957,Cherished Malady
172

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-January1957,WeDon't Get Honest Overnight
175
-January 1957,Alcoholics Love A Challenge
176
-May 1957,"Let There Be Light"
178
-Mat 1957,Blonde Bombshell
179
- June 1957,IAm Sandra
180
- July 1957,My Coming Of Age
181
- July 1957, The Last Trip To The Well
182
- July 1957,A Successful A.A.Women's Group
183
- August 1957, Ease of Sobriety
-August1957,DaisyNeverKnew
185
-September 1957,A.A.Confidential
187
-October 1957,About Forgiveness
189
-November 1957,A Woman's Story
190
- January 1958,TodayI am Sober
192
- January 1958, Message In Psycho
193
- February 1958, What Is Realistic Sobriety?
-February1958,ReadyToRemember
195
-March 1958,A Chance ToFind Out
197
-March1958,WeAreNotDifferent
198
-April 1958,The Teltale Symptoms
200
- May 1958, Leaming To Live At 40
202
-May 1958, Lesson In Humility
203
-June 1958,Home At Last
204

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-July 1958,Faith,Hope and Charity
206
-August 1958, Questions of a Little Girl
207
-August 1958,A Sober Foundation
208
-September 1958,A Life To Live
209
-October1958,Three-Way Marriage
210
- October 1958, Love Story
212
-December1958,Hey-Santa!
214
-January1959,!st Year
215
-February 1959,Back Among Friends Again
216
-April1959,My Little Stunted Tree
217
-April 1959, Spiritual Good Manners
218
-June 1959,An Apron For Martha
219
- July 1959, My Daughter Is My Sponsor
220
-August 1959,SoMuch ToBeDone
222
-September 1959, Do I Belong Here
224
-December 1959,It Has To Be Hot To Be Christmas
226
-February 1960,Rich In TheThingsThat Matter
228
-February1960,IWasAnOriginal Drunk
230
-March 1960,The FailureTo Grow
231
-April 1960,Square
233
-May 1960,A Special Compensation
236
-May 1960, A.A. in A Wendy Place
238
-May 1960,Return To Yesterday
239

Volume I- Table of Contents Cont.
June1960,Midnight Thoughts
240
-July1960,IWas A Barhopper
241
- July 1960, I Don't Go To Meetings Anymore
242
-August 1960,Brass Tacks
243
-August 1960,Golden Fringe Benefit
244
-August 1960, So Long To Mature
245
-August 1960,ICheated Myself
246
- September 1960, Promises To Keep
247
-September 1960,Meditation
249
-September 1960, Smug?
250
-January1961,Happy Birthday To Me
251
-February 1961,FromThe Distaff Side
253
-May 1961,For L-A-D-Y Lushes
254
-May1961,MickeyMakes A Miracle
255
-June 1961,A Twenty-Four Hour Performer
257
-June 1961,Gratitude For A SoberDecade
259
- July 1961, LOST - One Anonymity
260
-August 1961, The Organization Drunk
265
-August 1961, Don't Lose Everything
266
- August 1961, Case History - Jazz Musician
267
-November1961,Dressing ForDinner
269
-December 1961, The Best Of All My Gifts
270
-December 1961,Each One To Teach One
272

Volume!-Tableof ContentsCont.
-January1962,tothecareofGodasweunders
274
-January1962,EmotionalSobriety
275
-January 1962,Toper's Tale
277
-February1962,Believing is Seeing
278
-February 1962,Why Me?
279
-March1962,Eleanor
281
-April 1962,1 WasTooYoung
283
-April 1962,Dry Drunk
285
-May 1962,"join a Group and See the World"
287
July 1962,How A.A.Came To Them
290
-August 1962,How My Child "Came ToBelieve"
291
-September1962,100Men and aWoman
292
-October 1962,Mother of Five-and Alcoholic
294
- October 1962,Lydia T.,A"Special Case"
296
-November1962,SteadyGirl
298
-November 1962, Motherhood vs Meetings
300
-January1963,AMotherAndAMiracle
301
January1963,SlippingOntoTheProgram
-March1963,WomanOnSkidRow
-April 1963, Mae
-May 1963,The Thirst That Moves Mountains
306
-June 1963,First Meeting
307
- July 1963,Trouble?
310

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
- July 1963,Hidden,Lost and Found
311
-August 1963,Bilie
313
-October 1963,WhoKilled The Old Lady
315
-October1963,UnprettyPast
316
-December1963,TheChristmasFighters
318
-December 1963,That Noble Thirst
321
-January 1964,Ruth
323
-February 1964,Rose
325
-March 1964,MyEasterCelebration
327
-March 1964, The Will To Live
328
-March 1964,Hates Meetings
330
-April 1964,An Emotional Fall
331
-May 1964,Out Loud
333
-June 1964,DoYou Drift Around Or Take A Stand?
-June 1964,Alice
335
- July 1964,Kalamity In A Kansas Kitchen
337
- July 1964, "Two, Four, Six, Eight.."
339
-August 1964,HigherPowers and SlimmerFigures
340
-August 1964,What DoWeDoAbout The Wine?
341
- August 1964, Jo
345
-August 1964,Letter ToA Newcomer
347
-September1964,Its An Action Program
349
-September1964,IWasNinePeople
350

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-September 1964,The Cirl WhoCouldn't SayNo
351
-September 1964,LittlePhilldoll's Search
353
-October1964,Wilma
355
-November 1964,TheAbsent-mindedProfessor
356
-November 1964,Recipe ForA Holiday Shindig
357
-December 1964,Neva
359
-December 1964,DistaffDefinitions
361
-January 1965,On Making SimpleAmends
363
-January 1965,Jane
364
-January1965,INeededAPsychiatrist
366
-February1965,TheViewFromFiveMonths
368
-February1965,AnotherGripe:
370
-March 1965,AmISpecial
371
-March1965,Jeanete
-April 1965, Eloise
375
-May 1965,Betty
377
- June 1965, On the Open Road
379
- July 1965, "I would do anything.."
381
-August 1965,The Stranger
383
-August 1965,MyPsychiatrist,A.A.and Me
-September 1965,A Hopeless Case
385
-September 1965,“Mother,you're a drunken bum!"
28
-October1965.AWomanAlone
888

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-Ah, Sweet Order!
389
-November1965,Congratulations!
390
-December1965,A TerriblyLonely Christmas
391
-January1965,Author's Bugaboo:"CanIWrite Sober?"
-January 1966,MyName Is Dawn
-February1966,IWasADrunken Bum-WithRelatives
396
-March 1966,"Knock, And It Shall Be Opened.."
397
-March 1966,1Went To My OwnWake
668
-March 1966,SomeAdvice|Don'tTake
400
- April 1966, My Name Is Mary
402
-May 1966,MyName Is Jackie
403
-July 1966,MyName Is Ramona
405
-July 1966,Minority Report on theFourth of July
407
-August 1966,MyNameIsTheresa
408
-August 1966,Confidence
411
-September1966,MoreLife AllTheTime
412
-October1966,1Knew|Belonged
414
-November1966,WHY
416
-November 1966,HowA.A.Came To Her
418
December1966,MyNameIsAnnabelle
419
-December 1966,IHated The Thought of Surrender
421
-January 1967.MyName Is Annie
423
-January 1967,Don't Hide In A.A.
424

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-March 1967,My Name Is Pauline
426
-April 1967,My Name Is Dorothy
428
- April 1967, Those Growing Pains
430
-May 1967, Go TellIt To The Doctor
432
-May 1967,Yan On My Toothbrush
433
-June 1967,My Name Is Caryl
434
-June 1967,'Torm for TwentyYears'
435
- July 1967,"No Man Is An Island”
437
-August 1967,My Name Is Emma
439
-September 1967, I'mSober Today,and Off Pill...
440
-September1967,Absolutely Crackers inCaracas
441
-October 1967, All In The Family
444
- November 1967, At Last No Longer Apart
445
-November1967,Meetings Without Guilt
-November1967,TheMotheroftheBride
448
-December 1967,NoPills,Please
449
-December 1967,1SentA Christmas Card OnIts Way
450
-January1968,MyName Is Sharon
452
-February 1968,IWent from Booze to Pills
453
-February1968,Challenge inJamaica
454
- February 1968,Four Days Sober..Again
456
-March 1968, My Name Is Irma
459
-March1968,DoIHaveProblems?
461

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-May 1968, Oh,Lonesome Me!
462
- June 1968,That Happy,Happy First Meeting
464
- July 1968,After Twenty-Nine Years
465
- July 1968, Sober and Off Pills Ten Days
466
-August 1968, My Name Is Jean
468
-September 1968,So Changed A Life
469
-Sepember 1968,'Darling Litle Pills"
470
-November 1968, My Name Is Mary
472
-November 1968, All In The Family
474
-December 1968,Of Cakes and Ale
478
- January 1969,NewYear's EveIStarted Mysel.."
480
-January 1969,Don't Take OurWord ForIt
481
-February1969,GenerationGapRevisited
483
-February 1969,Release FromFear
485
-March 1969,ThatAlmightyFirstYear
486
-March 1969,My Name Is Bertha...
491
- April 1969, Chance Encounter...
493
- May 1969, It Ain't Necessarily So...
496
-May 1969, “What AmI Here For?
497
-August 1969,Her Name Is Helen
499
-August 1969, The Sober-Pill
500
-September 1969,Letter From A Nun
501
- September 1969, A Nun's Story
502

VolumeI-TableofContentsCont.
-October1969,CrisisinMexico
504
-October 1969,MeandMyTraditions
507
-November 1969,TheLaundromatLush
509
-November1969,TheJoyThatWalksTenFeetTall
511
-November1969,MyAnonymitySlipped
513
-November1969,NewViewoftheTraditions
515
-December 1969,SheChose ToLive
516
-December1969,EveryDay CanBe Christmas Morning
519