Sober with no god
October 2016
How a nonbeliever got active, found his place in AA and has stayed sober for 26 years
Inside or outside the circle?
October 2016
Saying the Lord’s Prayer at the close of meetings can be controversial. Here, one AA describes what the prayer means to him and how it fits into AA
Deadly Hobby for a Retiree
January 1975
Free at last from people-pleasing, this veteran movie publicist was all set to please himself
Need a Sponsor? Who, Me?
January 1975
Is this element of the AA program being neglected today? In response to wide concern, the Grapevine offers here the thinking of three writers on the subject
Be a Sponsor? Who, Me?
January 1975
If you started in AA as an "orphan," you may shy away from "parenthood
The Mountains Shall Bring Peace. . ."--Psalms 72:3
February 1961
Booze and song-plugging went hand in hand for this veteran tunesmith until the merry-go-round broke down
No Place to Go But Up
February 1961
The down-and-outer latched onto the Twelve Steps like a drowning man fighting for air--and took his sponsor right up the ladder with him
Shadows Have Faces
November 1957
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