A New Day Bright With Hope
June 1981
By:
J. W.
| Huntsville, Alabama
And now you're the greatest mom in the world again
Are There Magic Answers?
June 1979
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
He found what he needed in the AA program
An End to Envy
February 1979
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
If you're a grandma at a meeting full of young people, your thoughts may run a crazy course
Working the Steps Early
January 1978
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
Waiting until we're comfortable means waiting to reap the benefits of the program
The Roots of Resentment
October 1977
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
We can see ourselves in the anger we feel toward others
My Way Or Yours?
April 1977
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
Let's not make a big thing about how they do it--it's how it works that counts
Keeping It Complicated
August 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
How to break another person's anonymity while trying not to
I Love Me
May 1976
By:
Charlotte E.
| Lake Mahopac, New York
If I didn't could I really love anyone else?
Do You Have the Granulated Sugar?
January 1974
By:
Louise S.
| Chico, California
Let us remember the unbelievably stupid questions we had to ask in the beginning, and let us always be tender with the newcomers who are afraid to ask them
Let's Talk About Material Things
May 1971
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
It's true that money doesn't buy happiness but we do have responsibilities in this world
After the Fall
August 1969
By:
Y. S.
| Sparks, Nevada
Reared in an ancient religion but "having only a foggy spirituality" he is now seeking kinship with whatever God he can identify
Is That Resentment Necessary?
November 1968
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
Maybe you're hanging on to a few because you feel they're justified. Take another look . . .
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
September 1946
By:
Neil K.
| Youngstown, Ohio
Name Is Changed
Conference on Alcoholism
June 1944
Pinstripe Perfect
May 2004
By:
Dwayne S.
| Carmel, Indiana
The rise and fall of a hard-drinking, fast-talking Wall Street exec
Forgiven
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Liza P.
| Melbourne, Australia
Letting go of fear and shame through the Steps
Happy to See my Friends
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Anonymous
| Houston, Texas
There’s a super special place he goes every Saturday morning. It’s not just any meeting, it’s his anchor
Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Laura M.
| Palm Harbor, Fla.
She stayed on her pink cloud for decades with the help of God and AA
Complete Defeat
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Cara G.
| Wichita Falls, Texas
She thought it was the world’s fault that she drank too much. It was the Big Book that set her straight
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Fla.
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
The color of love
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
M.D.
| San Francisco, California
In a big red house in San Francisco, heart after heart opens as AA shows up at his door
A Day of Love, Service and Turkey
November 2018
By:
Kevin D.
| Brockton, Mass.
A group anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving early—and to give thanks to AA through service
Spaghetti legs
August 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Haskell, Oklahoma
Dancing, camping, bowling and water-skiing! His life was definitely not over
The Slippery Slope
June 2018
By:
Ron G.
| Camarillo, Calif.
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
Here I Am
July 2017
By:
Ann W.
| Lusby, Md.
Broken, lost and scared, she found herself in the back of a police car—which, strangely, was the answer to her prayers
“Don’t Change Anything Your First Year In AA”
June 2017
By:
Sheridan K.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Instead of making the wrong changes, he took the Steps he needed to make the ones that have kept him sober for more than 30 years