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Next month:


Special Section: Behind the Walls

And:
An Interview with AA Trustee Emeritus Jim Estelle

Plus more in the June 2006 AA Grapevine

AA Grapevine
June 2006 - Vol. 63, No. 1

Special Section:

Special Section: Stories from Native Americans


In My Father's Footsteps
Bismarck, North Dakota — A Lakota builds an AA legacy for his children

Interview: A Fine Old Tree
Regina, Sakatchewan
— A Cree's story of sobriety since 1959

No Escape Necessary
High Prairie, Alberta
— When an AA discovers his own freedom

Also in this issue:

Tradition Six: Enthusiasm Unbounded
New York, New York

"You Ain't No Alcoholic"
Louisville, Kentucky — Look at the evidence

The Mommy Track
Fairfield Glade, Tennessee— The fast track to being the drunk she swore she'd never be

Up in Smoke
Del Haven, New Jersey— A story for people with character defects to burn

A Heartbreaker
Punta Gorda, Florida— One way to make amends to an old flame

Sunshine of the Spirit
New York, New York — Sometimes love lies beneath the surface
You can download and listen to this story at AudioGrapevine

Around AA: Fifteenth Annual NERAASA Draws 700 AAs to Vermont
— Attendees discuss use of new technologies when carrying the AA message

Seat of Life
Eagle River, Alaska — A newcomer reflects on her first year of sobriety
You can download and listen to this story at AudioGrapevine

The End of His Rope
Salem, New Hampshire— He didn't think anything could be worse than the pain of not drinking

The Empty Vessel
Memphis, Tennessee — Home, family, profession -- nothing seemed to fill her up

The Home Group: Welcome to Leetown
Charles Town, West Virginia — Where a hug and a handshake keep you coming back

Would you like to share your experience with this topic or read what others say? Go to the i-Say Forum

D.U.I.
Bristol, Virginia — A relapse became the bedrock of one man's sobriety

AA Around the World: Tahiti Holds First Convention in French Polynesia
— After almost three decades, AAs in Tahiti move to build a service structure

The Scariest Thing
Carlsbad, California — Living the life she feared