“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
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
Tonopah Terry
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
Fresh out of rehab, a veteran surprisingly encounters 238 sober friends who give him a brand-new nickname
The great fact is
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
A member shares a firsthand account of the ceremony to celebrate the first Navajo Big Book
Even in a bar
November 2018
Better than Kentucky bourbon
October 2018
With a gut feel and a few wild guesses, some hardworking AAs start a national corrections conference
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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