Simple rules
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
She came to believe in AA. Now, at 88, she passes it on and keeps it uncomplicated
Many powers greater than me
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
Although she’s unsure, she just keeps praying. Something seems to be working
Finding my lane
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
How learning to ask for help on a sober bowling team helped him find a Higher Power
At Last No Longer Apart
November 1999
The author of "Stars Don't Fall" reported on the vital experience--some of it rough going--of the second half of her quarter century of sobriety. - From the November 1967 Grapevine
Sober for Thirty Years
November 1999
One of the earliest members of the first New York AA group; he was also its first "self-proclaimed atheist." - From the May 1968 Grapevine
After Twenty-nine Years
November 1999
The author's story "Women Suffer Too" was the first woman's story in the Big Book. - From the July 1968 Grapevine
Microbursts of Joy
November 1999
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him</emphasis>, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
May 1968
Typical Teen Victim Had Been Drinking
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