“I’m an Alcoholic!”
November 2023
| Gratitude
He was thrilled to break his anonymity onstage and even to the press. What could possibly go wrong?
How Anonymous Do I Want to Be?
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
A member shares his beloved wife’s thoughts on when to be secret about our AA membership
In need of care
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
Helping others all day was this nurse’s job. Now it was her turn to ask for help
Attraction or promotion
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
A member discusses PSAs, Tradition Eleven and how AA presents itself to the outside world
Just the Right Moment
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
How soon do you tell your date you’re an alcoholic? Do you tell your friends, coworkers, neighbors? One member has some thoughts
Smarter phones
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
Texting and posting can be tricky when it comes to anonymity. There are guidelines that can help
Now, that’s attraction
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
Step right up
November 2018
A member shares his thoughts about anonymity, attraction, promotion and setting up an AA booth at the county fair
Even in a bar
November 2018
To break or not to break
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
When it comes to telling others that he’s in AA, whether in person or through his computer, he looks to our Twelve Traditions
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