Letter to AA
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Reinhold Niebuhr
| New York, New York
In a 1960 Grapevine, the Serenity Prayer’s author shares his thoughts about our movement
Short Snorts
July 1959
Noblesse Oblige
June 1963
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson
He tries to share what he has received with everybody
Let’s Go
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Laura Lee W.
| Harrisonburg, Va.
Once fearful of traveling, a newcomer learns how to do it sober. Plus she gets to remember the fun she had
Breakthrough
September 1969
By:
H. R. S.
| Lisle, Illinois
He failed in AA and now there was nowhere to go. . .until a fellow AA showed him the way
Drop Anchor
May 2015
By:
Steve H.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Simple CPC work helps one member stay sober and keep his ship docked in the solution
Web Exclusive: Get With the Program
December 2011
By:
David A.
| Clifton, Texas
An old timer exhorts newcomers to do the Steps and not just go to meetings
Medical Wards Now for N. Y. Alcoholics
February 1945
Alcoholism At Large
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
Community “sobering centers” gain ground
The longhouse
July 2010
By:
FRAN D.F.
| Rimrock, Ariz.
A Native American compares AA to the shelter that houses an entire clan
Sofa Sweet Sofa
August 2014
By:
Paula C.
| Houston, Texas
Once the couch and liquor were her best friends. Now she can’t get enough of the sun
What's in a Word?
October 1993
By:
Allan W.
| Paoli, Pennsylvania
catch phrases can obscure our primary purpose
The Real Thing
February 2001
They Call Me the Bid Committee Chick
January 2004
By:
Andrea R.
| Orlando, Florida
Get to ICYPAA," her sponsor told her. "It's the biggest party of young people in AA
Alcoholism At Large
March 2016