Stick to your last
September 1966
By:
Robert K. Greenleaf
Seven choices for mature living - The fifth in a series of six articles
Calling the Shots
May 1965
By:
H. T. B.
| Irving, Texas
How one AA sees himself, AA and sobriety after seventeen years
What's This Delegate Business?
March 1963
By:
E. & M.
| Manhattan, New York
Are you one of the new delegates to this April's General Service Conference? The Conference is custodian of AA Traditions, so even if you're not, you may find yourself asking
Wake for a Dead Marriage
June 1962
By:
E. R. B.
| Staten Island, New York
The "false mercy of the blackout" is keeping an alcoholic wife from knowing what she becomes after the first drink. . .
Can Psychiatry Help?
May 1962
What Is This Thing, Maturity?
March 1962
By:
L. H.
| Cleveland, Ohio
an AA member explores the many facets of this much used but little understood word
Dear Joe:
August 1956
The following letter was written by a member to his 26-year-old son, both of whom saw combat together in the late Korean conflict.
What’s on your mind?
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Members tell us what they think about meetings, fellowship, sobriety and more. What do you think?
A Good Cry on the Beach
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Anonymous
| Port Orange, Fla
Nearly 30 years ago, a sponsor entered her life to show her a new way to live. She also showed her how not to die
Eddie's journey
February 2015
By:
Eddie G.
| Cupertino, California
The road is rocky and sometimes uphill, but he's found his primary purpose.
My Parking Spot God
September 2011
By:
Jennifer C.
| Chula Vista, California
She learned that she was going to need God's help for more than just the little stuff
Web Exclusive: The Homely Truth
August 2011
By:
Bob L.
| Woodstock, New York
A member sets out to tell his story without trying to make it more interesting and entertaining than it really was
One Night at the Bar
July 2011
By:
Pete L.
| Wolfville, Nova Scotia
A part-time job in a bar turned out to be the beginning of years of relapsing
Report On The 57th General Service Conference
August 2007
Our Twelfth Step Responsibility: Are We Going to Any Length?
The Hole in the Soul
May 2005
By:
Jeff M.
| El Paso, Texas
Realizing that sobriety isn't a solo affair
That First Step Is the Toughest
January 2005
By:
B.F.P.
| Vero Beach, Florida
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol --that our lives had become unmanageable - from the January 1992 Grapevine
Slay the Dragon
July 2003
By:
Carol D.
| Homer, New York
First she faced her demons. Then she dealt with the shame
A Not-so-new Newcomer
March 2003
By:
Dinah N.
| Oceanside, California
It's never too late to join the Fellowship--even after twenty-four years in AA
The Wraparound Mirror
May 2001
By:
Ken D.
| Lynnwood, Washington
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Transportation
July 1999
That First Step Is the Toughest
January 1992
By:
B. F. P.
| Vero Beach, Florida
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
Keeping on Going
December 1989
By:
Elizabeth E.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.