Let me off this plane!
September 2018
By:
Lucas C.
| Duncan, British Columbia
His drinking caused him to push everyone away, but now he needed them. This was his final boarding call
Two Glooms Making Light
August 2017
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
On a trip to Joshua Tree, fear took him down. Luckily a call to someone else in the dark made things a lot brighter
I Don't Want Any of That AA Stuff
February 1979
By:
S. A.
| Rockford, Illinois
Strictly for skid row, he thought--until he found what AAs are really like
Let's Try!
August 1977
By:
Liberty Group
| Liberty, Missouri
How a new group grew through faith and a willingness to go to any length
My Name is. . .Melvin
August 1963
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
and I found the Big Book "out on the hill with those crazy people
Sober Parenting
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sarah M.
| Zürich
A “stunning swell of love” for her children—and for AA
Dear Grapevine 2020
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
The Vacant Chair
September 2011
By:
Linda B.
| Shelton, Connecticut
Their physical bodies may no longer be with us, but our cherished members are far from gone
AAs Should Be Honest About Sex Problems
May 1961
By:
Jackson
| Michigan
One member's plea for more widespread discussion and understanding of a seldom-mentioned subject in the recovery program
The Serenity Prayer
December 1972
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
How one member applies it to his daily living
AA News
July 2018
Bedside stories
December 2009
By:
CAROLE P.
| San Francisco, Calif.
AAs volunteering in the 'Sunshine Club' take meetings to hospitals and shut-ins
The Things That Matter
June 2014
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
Alcohol no longer is the most important thing in his life
Best Friends
December 2011
By:
Sheila R.
| Fort Worth, Texas
Two women prove to be a lifeline for one another in sobriety
The Perfect Curve
November 2004
By:
Gerald R. (as told to Carolyn C.)
| Austin, Texas
An AA pioneer talks about the old days
Confessions Of a Reluctant Newcomer
March 2003
By:
Wayne B.
| Montpelier, Vermont
He didn't know that AA was not a spectator sport
Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous
February 1974
By:
Marvin A. Block, MD
A medical doctor and friend of AA tells us what we do well and what we could do better
From "Confessions of a Reluctant Newcomer"
January 2009
By:
Wayne B.
| Montpelier, Vermont
March 2003
A Friend In Deed
May 2006
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
September 1975
By:
The Journal (Addiction Research Foundation)
A Blow for Social Freedom
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
June 1973
By:
Richard Severo
Progressive Prison