Time to punt
October 2016
This high school coach was losing the drinking game. Then one day a fellow teacher handed him a winning play
Study Buddies
October 2016
Her daily dose of AA literature for a wonderful sobriety boost was just a call away
Finding love in all the right places
September 2016
You don’t find a spouse with every service commitment, but sometimes being in the right Area Assembly at the right time works out quite nicely
Five Drinks Max
May 2015
By:
Dennis C.
| Newark, Delaware
When he announced his new 5-5-5 cutback program, his friends had a good laugh
In the Eye of the Storm
April 2015
By:
Kari O.
| Greenfield, Indiana
With nowhere to go and unable to make it home, she had to depend on the kindness of strangers
A Tale of Two Saturdays
August 2014
By:
Dick L.
| Meridian, Idaho
The difference between the two was the world--and one drink
Why I Don't Vote
March 2014
By:
Anonymous
An AA questions the use of Robert's Rules of Order in business meetings
What's It All About?
October 2013
An old timer reflects on his family before and after he came into AA
Smarter than the Average Bear
September 2012
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
She always thought she could outsmart the ranger. Then she met her match
Mississippi Pay Dirt
May 2012
By:
Russ S.
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
On a country road, he found the guys who gave him the tools to save his life
Regarding the Preamble
March 2012
By:
Gregory H.
A member reflects on the Preamble's description of AA's mission
All Aboard the AA Meeting
January 2012
By:
Kathryn G.
| Bedford Village, New York
Two alcoholics hold an impromptu meeting aboard a cruise ship and help each other stay sober that day
"Please God, Show Me What To Do"
November 2011
By:
Bernie S.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
A man learns with the Eleventh Step that we all need a little help getting back into the water
Pointers for Beginners for Right Now
June 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
It's your first sober day and your first AA meeting . . .
A Psychiatrist's Appreciation of Alcoholics Anonymous
June 1960
By:
Adele E. Streeseman, M.D.
The AA program enables the withdrawn alcoholic to trust the mental therapist, thus hastening a return to sobriety--and sanity
Problems Other Than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them?
February 1958
By:
Bill W.
Any time is a good time to review our relations with each other and with the world outside. In the following article Bill has done this with the accent on special groups which seek to handle drug addiction. At the moment this problem is under a great amou
AA and 1954
January 1954
An Inventory of a year's AA and non-AA programs <lbA Grapevine Milestone Report
Many Tongues - The Same Language
November 1951
The Twelve Steps Lead to the Same Place for Alcoholics Everywhere--as AA Members in 38 Lands Can Testify