Steady Girl!
November 1962
By:
J. G.
| New York, New York
Try these tested, proved methods for acquiring simulated stability.
At Wit’s End
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
Time to check out
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tenn.
“It’s progress, not perfection.” If you see me “in action” at a grocery store, please, I beg you, don’t tell my sponsor how I acted.
17 Years Of Hope
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Tess M.
| Kansas
We’ve discussed Steps, resentments, solutions, Traditions, bills, goals and God. We’ve sometimes even discussed making desserts.
Practicing Principles
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, N.M.
Pausing, praying, talking—a time-honored way to overcome anger, fear and resentment
A Tale of Two Pennies
May 2012
By:
Jill F.
A member of AA contrasts what it is like now and what it was like then
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
April 1989
By:
Gladys Reams
The Silent Conspiracy
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1977
By:
Sue Ellen Jares
Teenage Trends
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
April 1976
By:
NIAAA Information & Feature Ser
Alcoholism and Sexuality
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
Step Work
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Louis B.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
With speaker tapes, laughter, wrong turns and sore feet, he’s learning to enjoy life, putting one foot in front of the other
Diehards
November 2018
By:
J.R.H.
| New York City, New York
With just a few weeks sober, a newspaperman learns that some Twelfth Step calls really pay off
Stronger & Brighter
November 2015
Meditation and prayer has kept him connected and become an essential light in his life
Anatomy of a Slip
February 1979
By:
N. O.
| Beltsville, Maryland
Off and running in AA--too busy to bother with all the steps, too proud to take an inventory
I Want What She Has
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Terri T.
| Billings, Montana
The joy outside volunteers brought in and the support her sober roommate got was the thing that got her attention
Smooth Moves
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
George H.
| Kingston, New Hampshire
A business meeting is a perfect place, he says, to round the edges, get along and get the job done
Jen’s Legacy
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.L.
| Colorado Springs, Colo.
A Big Book study group saved a life—and went on to save many more
One Seder at a Time
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tennessee
A newcomer navigates his first real social test. Thank goodness for helpful oldtimers and grape juice!
