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I Only Drank 3 Beers!

December 2022 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
A newcomer finds out the hard way about the power of liquor and the heartbreak of relapse

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

Minority Heard

May 2022 | 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
One night at her business meeting there was a unanimous vote...oh wait...there’s one more hand

Reason to Celebrate

July 2021 | The Annual Prison Issue
With only a few months in AA, how would she ever get through July Fourth sober? Luckily, she had a plan

Rambling On

July 2020 | AA Around The World
We looked at each other in dismay and rolled our eyes when Lea started to share. We fidgeted, coughed, sipped coffee, tried to stare her down, all to no avail.

Dear Grapevine

April 2020 | Home Group

Assemble Carefully

March 2020 | Puzzled
A newcomer’s quest to usher in her new life goes much easier when she follows directions

My first 600 meetings

October 2018
Have you ever been disturbed by the member who reeks of booze? Here’s his story

Young and full of fear

September 2018

One plate at a time

December 2016
Dirty laundry, piles of trash and stacks of filthy dishes. Little by little, a newcomer cleans up his act

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