The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
August 1996
By:
Boyce B.
| Brooklyn, New York
Who's in Charge?
Made Direct Amends
September 1979
By:
R. B.
| Fort Myers, Florida
Time and his Higher Power had built a bridge to his sobriety
Are You Listening?
January 1978
By:
H. T., MD
| Evanston, Illinois
Try it. It's good for you--and others
Christmas Present
December 1965
By:
T. F. C.
| Suite Dorothee, Quebec
How some poor-me holiday blues were changed into love and the desire to share
From the Grass Roots
July 1957
By:
Marge M.
| Sacramento, California
ABOUT A NON-ALCOHOLIC OBSESSION
Six Weeks In Texas
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Cathy B.
| Mundelein, Ill.
After an accident lands her in a rehabilitation facility, angels from AA descend
A Full Heart
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Joe R.
| North Little Rock, Ark.,
Tonight he left the hospital concerned, exhausted and grief-stricken. But most of all, he felt joy
Sober at 63
April 2010
By:
RITA C.
| Wimauma, Fla.
The alcohol stops working and her Higher Power steps in
Helping Hands
August 1957
Outside AA - Activities and developments outside AA in the field of alcoholism...suggestions and possible contributions--information, clippings, marked publications, etc.--are invited. Please mark them "Helping Hands.
And When We Were Wrong
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
A member expresses his love for the Steps, especially the one where we clean things up and keep our mouths shut
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Mark D.
| Eagan, Minn.
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
My own cup
March 2018
By:
Leslie Anne M.
| Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room
The Pendant
June 2015
By:
Anonymous
After just one week sober, a newcomer treats herself—but little does she know she has already won the prize
Now I get it
February 2015
By:
Ricky D.
| Rochester, New York
Shaking and scared, a newcomer recalls his mom's early days in AA.
A Grand Hike
May 2013
By:
Elizabeth P.
At one year, a member gathers a sober posse for an adventure they’ll never forget