Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
May 1969
By:
I. H.
| San Diego, California
'Help Them Out'--and Be Helped
The corner
August 2017
By:
Chuck B.
| Hillsboro, New Mexico
The comfort he gave a deathrow prisoner for a crime committed in a blackout changed his life forever
Fifth Day--Plans For the Future
November 2003
Based on an interview delivered in a panel discussion before the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada, in Philadelphia in 1951. - from the June 1969 Grapevine
Fifth day--plans for the future
June 1969
By:
Sister Ignatia
An interview delivered in a panel discussion before the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada at Philadelphia in 1951
How a New Group Came to Be
March 1974
By:
S. P.
| Rogers City, Michigan
Here was a place that had no AA. What could be done? What steps should be taken?
God Speaks to Us in Silence
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
M.B.
| Columbus, Michigan
With AA’s help and prayer, a mother puts down the bottle, lets go of the past and reconnects with her family in a new way
God, My Family and Myself
April 2018
By:
Rich G.
| Urbana, Ill.
Although he got sober far away from his family, AA and his Higher Power were there for him during his mother’s final illness
The Chop Shop
July 2013
By:
Michael W.
| Monroe, Washington
Welcome to the inmates' "meeting after the meeting," where sobriety comes first
Transformed
January 2014
By:
Jennifer D.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
A past delegate tells how young peoples meetings and service changed her life
An Old-Fashioned Twelfth Step Call
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Debbie D.
| Concord,, Calif.
Giving this kind of call helps keep you from receiving it
I just said yes
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Cynthia S.
| Seattle, Wash.
I hit bottom during my kids’ teenage years. Going into juvenile detention centers has been a way of giving back and showing up for teenagers.
3000 Sober Sisters
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Jen R.
| Chicago, Ill.
She used to drink at women. Now she’s trading numbers, doing service and making lifelong friends
Next Stop Freedom
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Sally T.
| Wilmington, Del.
How a chance encounter with a stranger on a train put a newcomer on the right track to do the Steps
Changing Course
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Eve K.
| Lexington, Ky.
I was nourished by these women. What resonated loudly was hearing that “getting sober is like trying to turn the Titanic around.” The woman’s words shook me to my core.
Two gifts From Zola
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Clif G.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Home Group at Rio Rancho
July 2014
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico
For years, he jumped from meeting to meeting until he learned the value of a place called home
AA celebrates 20 years in Ukraine
September 2009
Participants from 17 countries attend June convention
Who Ran This Show?
March 1976
By:
Al B.
| St. Louis, Missouri
A procession of "small miracles" that give us cause to wonder
Will You and I Have Another Chance?
September 1954
By:
G. K. S.
| Kankakee, Illinois
For every member who tells of his slip in humility and gratitude for another chance, there is at least one who will never tell the story of his last chance.