A sense of service
September 2018
By:
Pinky H.
| London, Ontario
Without any power or prestige, somehow we seem to get the coffee on and the floors swept
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
May 1971
By:
John R. Butler
Youth Stays Loyal to the Oldest Mood-Changer
Sober Since Disco
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Joe C.
| Toronto, Ontario
As AA changed, he needed to rediscover “his people”
Sammy
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Sammy H.
| Tumwater, Wash.
A transgender alcoholic shares about feeling all alone, until one day it was no longer true
Web Exclusive: Valentine's Day in the Detox
September 2011
By:
Anonymous
| Lubbock, Texas
His sobriety began when he was served with divorce papers while at a detox
From the Gates of Insanity and Death
October 1996
Living in the "now," he is beginning to taste the rewards of application to the program of recovery
A Gift of Time
March 1951
Suddenly the Program Came Alive
July 1977
By:
R. M.
| East Meadow, New York
Four AAs share their experience both in and out of prison
Alcoholism At Large
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
Drinking deaths increasing
Real AA?
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
M.K.
| Denver, Colorado
A member shares his thoughts about people who claim there’s a right and wrong way to do the program
A sponsor with less time?
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jeff A-L.
| Enumclaw, Wash.
My choices in a sponsor with longer sobriety than I had were few. Then one day, our youngest child in AA happened to mention something about her sponsee
Answering The Call
March 2017
He never asked for help because he thought no one would come to his aid, until he got sober and discovered that reaching out is part of the AA Fellowship
Where's the Beef?
May 2014
By:
April P.
| Monongahela, Pennsylvania
She realized there was a connection between her spiritual condition and her perception of meetings
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1989
By:
New York Times
Prescription for Trouble
The 24-hour Plan
November 1995
By:
Anonymous
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The "day at a time" plan is basic to AA . . . but what does it really mean? - From the October 1962 Grapevine
The 24-hour Plan
October 1962
By:
Anonymous
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The "day-at-a-time plan" is basic to AA. . .but what does it really mean?
Kindness of the Human Heart
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Ron K.
| St. Charles, Missouri
How a woman he once harmed taught him about forgiveness, love and being truly free