Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
August 1970
By:
F. A. F.
| Bethesda, Maryland
The Message Speaks Silently
AA Around the World
May 1958
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Short Takes
December 1961
It All Adds Up
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Anonymous
| Tucson, Arizona
A member lovingly shares about the game of grief, change, faith and love
From Hollow to Whole
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.Y.
| Seattle, Wash.
Coming into AA, she found comfort in community and sobriety
Maybe someday I’ll ask Joe
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Ken J.
| San Francisco, Calif.
When a longtime AA friend takes his own life, the people left behind struggle to make sense of it all
Service Pays in Many Ways
March 2011
By:
Tina H.
| Waukesha, Wisconsin
A young woman dives into service and learns the ropes from many old-timers
Elegy for a Meeting
November 2004
By:
Neil B.
| Bronxville, New York
No more brewed coffee, raised hands, or shared experience, strength, and hope--but the gratitude lives on
A Special Haven
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Daniel R.
| Germantown, MD
He got sober young, but he needed a “second surrender” moment in his beloved home group
Worn With Love
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Kathy L.
| Portland, Oregon
It may be falling apart, but her beloved Big Book changed her life in ways she didn’t know was possible
Finding my Crew
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
P.M.
| Holladay, Utah
When he crash-landed in a Cincinnati clubhouse at 23, he had no idea how his new life would take off
AA News
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
Call for stories for pamphlet “Do You Think You’re Different?”
One Year And Counting
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Fred M.
| Allen, Texas
A newcomer joyfully enumerates the way the program has changed his life
To remember without anger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Jersey Steve
| St. Augustine, Florida
The program helped him find compassion, love and a new definition of forgiveness
What we say matters
November 2016
One member says that when we go to the podium, we have a job to do
Where did the party go?
December 2012
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
Birthday boy gets a big surprise at his first sober yuletide event
More ups than downs
May 2011
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
A prank shows her the futility of her rage while working on the Fifth Step
BIKES AND BAGPIPES
July 2010
By:
KELLY W.
| Maumee, Ohio
A rider in the annual Founders' Day motorcade finds new spirituality in Akron
Falling Off The Sled
July 2007
By:
Sarah J.
| Boise, Idaho
An Eskimo finds an answer to a lifetime of fear, alcoholism, and abuse