The A.A. Grapevine
Articles On
Women
Volumell
1970-1997

Volume Il
TableofContents
Page
- January 1970, Can God Believe In Us?
1
-February 1970,Alone?Not ThisLoner!
2
-March1970,Message CarrierExtraordinary
3
-March 1970,The Night the Play Closed
4
-April 1970,AnAgnostic'sTwelve Steps
6
-April 1970, Cinderella Has a Ball
7
-May 1970,AnAddictive Personality
9
- June 1970, The World We Live In
10
-June 1970,My Name Is Charlotte
12
-June 1970,MOVING Can Be Such Sweet Sorrow
13
-September1970,The Blonde on theBoat
15
-November 1970,My Name Is Joyce
18
-December 1970,MyNameIs Jeanne
20
-January 1971,My Name Is Patricia
21
- April 1971, Letter
23
-June 1971,INever Bothered to Thank You
24
-June 1971,They Never Promised Me a RoseGarden
26
-July 1971,TheCage
27
-July 1971, Letter
29
-August 1971, "Now I Want Myself"
30
-September 1971,AreThose Meetings Really Dull?
32

Table ofContentsCont.
-September1971,IHaveWalkedDownThoseSame Streets
33
-January 1972, Soon Ill Be Sixteen
35
-January 1972,Sparkling Wine ina Crystal Glass
36
-March 1972,A Mother MakesAmends
8
-March 1972,Nobody Could HaveKept Me From My Slip
40
-May 1972, Is This Sanity?
42
-October 1972, Letter
44
-December 1972,The Children's Hour
45
-December 1972,You've Got to Be Kidding!
47
-December 1972,I Still Had My Wristwatch
48
-December 1972,Letter
49
-May 1973,How It Works in All Our Affairs
50
-January 1974,Me?TheBestPalIEverHad?
51
-January 1974,‘Off-DutyConduct'and‘Sociability”
52
-February 1974,ThereCanBeLove andLaughter
53
-May 1974,Because We Need One Another
55
- July 1974,AA Tools
56
-October1974,Medical Help
58
-December 1974,Return toNow
59
-January1975,SexAtitudes andSobriety
60
-February 1975,The Good and the Bad
61
-February 1975,Liberated Libber
62
-February 1975,Give the Girla Chance!
89

Table of Contents Cont.
-March 1975,An Equal-Opportunity Disease
66
-May 1975,The Only Requirement...
67
-May 1975,Woman's Prerogative
89
-August 1975,Breakup of a Marriage
69
-December 1975,Perfectionism
71
-February.1976,Memo to ME
72
-JULY 1975,The Curious Woman Prisoner
73
- July 1976, Pills
74
-August 1976,The Veil
76
-March 1977,Feet of Clay
77
- July 1977, My Name Is Helen
78
-August 1977, Sober Mother
80
-October 1977, Sobriety and Divorce
81
-February 1978,That Thirteenth Step
82
-April 1978,A Desire to Stop Drinking
8
-April 1978,A Desire to Stop Drinking
86
-August 1978,The Gift of Sobriety
88
-September 1978,Just One of theBoys
68
-December 1978,Tough Love
90
-February 1979,TheDay of theFirstMeeting
92
-February1979,The EnemyWithin
94
-February 1979,Dual Problems
S6
-June 1979,One Woman's Journey
26

TableofContentsCont.
-October1979,JustPickUp thePhone
66
-February 1981,A Big Difference
100
-April 1981, Three Months Last Friday
101
-June1981,ANewDayBright With Hope
102
-September 1981,Action Begins at Home
104
-October 1981,A Now-Forty Face
105
-October 1981,CompletelyMyself
106
- October 1981, Like the Old Days
107
-December 1981,The Jingle Cat
108
-May 1982,'CanI Ever Be Sober?
110
-May 1982, Letter
111
-September 1982,2,500Hellos and Hugs
112
-September 1982,Letter
115
-October 1982,A Swinger Gets Sober
116
- January 1983,Compulsion
117
-January1983,Quiet,Unassuming Power
118
-February 1983,TheHard WomanWith theSoft Eyes
119
-February1983,What Ever Happened to Mom?
121
-May 1983,IWas a Scared Newcomer
122
-June 1983, If Only...
123
-August 1983,Taken for a Ride
124
-August 1983,Mr.lmpressive
126
-March 1984,Looking for Love
128

Table of Contents Cont.
April 1984, Them Against Me
129
-May 1984,Only One Thing in Common
130
-May 1984,Praying the Fear Away
132
-May 1984,The Winner's Guide to Boring
133
-July 1984, God Didnt Follow Orders
135
-January1985,The Marriage Syndrome
137
-April 1985,Too Close For Comfort
138
-May 1985,TheSeven-YearItch
139
-December 1985,1 (Love) New York
141
-February 1986,Rules Without Reason
143
-March 1986,A Simple Act of Kindness
145
- July 1986,The Color Personal
147
- July 1986,Carbon Copy
149
- January 1987,Letter
150
-May 1987, Is Anonymity Outdated?
151
-May 1987, So,You Want a Relationship?
152
- July 1987,Jenny Held The Mirror
154
-September 1987,Crayons,Cookies,and Kisses
156
-October 1987, Is There Room Enough in A.A.?
158
-February 1988,Under the Microscope
160
-April 1988,Wife,Mother,Churchgoer,Drunk
161
-July 1988,MySponsorls Getting Better
163
-December164,Let's Stick toBeginner Topics
164

Table of Contents Cont.
- January 1989,Too Close for Comfort
165
-February 1989, Good Friends
168
-March 1989, Are We Too Successful?
169
-April 1989,Accepting Our Differences
172
-April 1989,What We Could Not Do By Ourselves
173
-June 1989,War of theWorlds
175
- July 1989,On the Skids
176
-September 1989,Then and Now
178
-October 1989, Only Two Choices Left
180
-October 1989,Putting Myself First
181
-December 1989,Getting Help
182
-January1990,Baby Boom
185
-March 1990,The Girl in the Mirror
186
-March 1990,Fresh SqueezedSobriety
188
-April 1990,Accenting the Negative
189
-August 1990, The Lucky Ones
191
-September 1990,To the Old-Timers of Tomorrow
193
-September 1990,Time Rolls On
195
-September1990,Annie theCopFighter
196
-February 1991, Is AA Changing?
199
-March1991,ATotalCommitment
201
-July 1991,“You're Needed Here'
203
-July 1991, The'Ex'Factor
204

Table ofContentsCont.
- July 1991, Self-Will Run Riot
205
-July 1991,The Independent Blonde
206
-August 1991, Party Animal
209
-September 1991,A Beacon in the Dark
210
-October 1991,Getting Out of the Dumps
211
-October 1991, Is Our Message for Everyone?
212
-October 1991,Letter
213
-February 1992,A Lifetime of Learning
214
-February 1992, Are You One of Us?
217
-February 1992,Learning to Fly
219
-February 1992,Old Timers Group
222
-February 1992,Ginger
223
-March 1992,“You Don't Understand”
225
-April1992,Back from Oblivion
227
-May 1992,Not What I Used to Be
229
-May 1992,A Quiet Progression
230
-May 1992,A Free Woman Today
231
-June 1992,Somebody's Got to Do It!
232
- June 1992, Willingness Starts in the Heart
233
-June 1992,Raising the Bottom
-June 1992,The Girl in the Red Dress
236
-July 1992,Bottoms Up
237
-August 1992,Desperado
238

Table of Contents Cont.
-August 1992, The Two-Step Ilusion
239
-October 1992,Sober and Cleaning
240
-October 1992,Gift From God
241
-October1992,A Sober Mom
242
-October 1992,Ms Fix-lt Resigns
243
-December 1992,Borrowing Courage
244
-January1993,WeWhoCannot HelpOurselves
245
-January 1993,Undue Influence
246
-February1993,War Stories
247
-April 1993, A Teenager in Paris
248
-May 1993,Judge and Jury
250
-May 1993,Changing Realities
251
-July 1993, The Bookworms
252
-December 1993,Time for A.A.!
253
-January 1994,TheAnswerlsTotal Honesty
254
-April 1994, Kids 'R'Us
255
-June 1994,For Men Only?
256
-January 1995,Fool forLove
260
-February1995,An Island of Sanity
262
-May 1995,“Just Give Me Something to Stop the Pain"
263
-June 1995,Tales of an A.A.Nomad
265
-June 1995,ALifetime of Sobriety
267
-August 1995,“CanIBuyYou a Drink?"
271

Table of Contents Cont.
-August 1995,"Stars Don't Fall"
272
-September 1995, Women In A.A.(4 articles)
274
-November 1995,Sobriety is aLearning Experience
278
-November 1995,The Softening of a Heart
279
-December 1995,A WonderfulTimeWas Had By All
280
-December 1995, Singleness of Purpose
281
-January 1996,Letters
283
-February 1996, Will They Listen?
-February 1996,We've Got What You Need
285
-February 1996,Keeping It Simple
287
-March 1996,“The Independent Blonde"
289
-April 1996,Facing theFutureWithout theFroth
294
-April 1996,The Peter Principle
296
-June 1996,The Low-Down on a High Bottom
297
- July 1996,Prison Clothes,A Meeting List,and a Lot of Fear
298
- July 1996, Life In Lock-Up
299
-July 1996,The HarderWe Chased Them,theFaster They Ran
300
-July 1996,Understanding Acceptance
304
-August 1996,Starting OverwithStep One
306
-August 1996, No More Hatred
307
-August 1996, New Lessons Ini Life
308
-August 1996,No Excuse to Drink
-August 1996, TheTrap Door
310

TableofContentsCont.
-August 1996,‘Dear Charlie
311
-September1996,TheFishing Guide,the Bartender,and Me
312
-November 1996,WhatColourIsYourSobriety?
315
-November1996,....and Learn
316
-December 1996,Telling theTruth
317
-December1996,Divorcing theDemons
318
-December 1996,Buried inBooze
319
- January 1997,A Helping Hand
320
-February 1997,Touched by Grace
321
-February 1997,Letter
323
-March 1997,Unchanging Truth
324
-April 1997, Listen to Learn
327
-May 1997,TheBestSponsorI Never Had
328
-May 1997, At Home in a Group
329
-May 1997,Letter
331
- June 1997, Turning It Around
332
-July 1997, Someone's Child
333
- July 1997, Opening Up
335
-August 1997,Right Next Door
336
-August 1997,A Daily Reprieve
338
-September1997,..SharesWithAnother
339
-September1997,My Mind and1
341
-October1997,WeAreFamily
343

TableofContentsCont.
-November 1997,PracticeThesePrinciples
344
-November1997,SearchandResearch
346
-November1997,TyrannosaurusRex
349