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Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery - From the October 1970 Grapevine

Using the Grapevine

Travelogue

A priest takes a look at our all too often distorted public image - From the April 1972 Grapevine

A priest of the church contrasts AA's program of spiritual recovery with our all too often distorted public image - From the April 1972 Grapevine

A priest of the church contrasts AA's program of spiritual recovery with our all-too-often distorted public image

Newly sober, he was determined to bring a list of others in with him.
Luckily, he checked with some oldtimers

Lost in alcohol at a young age, she found her way in AA

A newcomer gets sober in the town where it all began. Once he hits college, he finds his sober crew

Grief and pain used to just build up, but now that she’s sober she can meet it head on

At his old home group they used to go all out with celebrations. At his new group they don’t even have a cake!

It took her awhile to learn how to listen in the AA rooms. When she did, it turned out people were telling her story

There were small meetings, big meetings, workshops, banquets, picnics and even history trips if you wanted to tag along. Most importantly there was fellowship.