My First AA Experience
January 2017
She attended her first meeting drunk and the hand of AA did not reach out to her. Sober ten years later, she remembers with resentment—and forgivness.
Anything Wrong With AA?
November 1997
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
(From the March 1964 Grapevine)
Leadership in AA: Ever a Vital Need
December 1976
By:
Bill W.
True as it was in the beginning, it is even more so today with AA membership tripled to over a million - From the April 1959 Grapevine
Depression
April 1976
By:
L. H.
| Denver, Colorado
All right, we're sober! But what do we do about. . . - Four articles by AAs who have been there
I Won the Boxing Gloves (And the Big Book)
May 1967
By:
C. D.
| El Monte, California
An ex-delegate's story of 20 years' AA service
Out of the Desert
June 1965
By:
M. P.
| Binghamton, New York
... I cried: .. . let me get back home.
The "Magic Island
October 1961
By:
M. C.
| Port-au-Prince
Where "voodon" fires dot the mountains every night, a lady loner-keeps her serenity by practicing the principles
Through the Looking Glass
August 1957
By:
J. P. L.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portions of a talk made last April at the Chicago Annual Meeting of the National Council on Alcoholism. The author, John P. L., recently joined the General Service Board of AA as an alcoholic Trustee.
The Twelve Steps and the Older Member
August 1954
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step One<lbFirst in a series of articles to be published from time to time on the meaning of the Twelve Steps to one member after several years' sobriety.
The Lost Commandment: The Dictionary and AA
June 1954
By:
Bernard B. Smith
The opening address of Mr. Bernard B. Smith, non-alcholic Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alcoholic Foundation, at the Fourth Annual General Service Conference of AA, held April 21-25, 1954, is here reproduced in full.
Grapevine Daily Quote July 5, 2019
“If you sponsor people, you’ll never need a mirror.”
“The Mouth That Roared,” August 2001, Emotional Sobriety
Envy
May 1976
By:
Bill C.
| Hull, Massachusetts
Second in a series dealing with seven deadly character defects
Suggestions from a Temporary Sponsor
September 1975
By:
F. C.
| Scottdale, Arizona
A good start on the AA way of sober living
Call Me Early
May 1975
By:
J. H.
| Lawton, Oklahoma
Don't wait until that stinking thinking grows into something that's out of control
Amateur Analysts
February 1973
By:
D. B.
| Gulfport, Florida
Even with the best intentions, self-appointed psychiatrists can do a lot of damage
Growing Pains
August 1972
By:
G. G.
| Phoenix, Arizona
Are we ready for this new surge of acceptance?
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
July 1972
Conference Theme: 'Our Primary Purpose'
Carrying the Message
July 1971
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario
Another 'outnumbered' lady
My Faith Flickered on and off
January 1970
By:
D. C.
| Los Angeles, California
And then awareness came back in the joy of being alive and of seeing beauty again - The Search for Spiritual Experience
Less to Engrave
She thought people would get a chuckle from her gravestone epitaph, “I Quit,” not realizing it was the legacy of her life.
Saved by Prison
Though he had been to meetings before, it was only after being arrested that he found sobriety
Youth Reaches Out to Youth
July 1969
By:
J. C.
| Forth Worth, Texas
A teenager himself not too long ago, Bunky found it's a short step from helping Alateens to helping all teens