Hats off to Tradition 5
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Morgan J.
| Annapolis, Md.
He finally put down the bottle and got to a meeting. But what was everyone talking about? And what did it have to do with drinking?
Last Day, First Week, And One Year Later
February 2017
The day she took her last drink was like any other day in a chain of drinking days—but the next day, and the next and the next, were very different
Stories My Mother Told Me
February 2015
By:
Tanya M.
| Westminster, Californiai
Even the knowledge that alcoholism was in her family couldn't stop her from becoming an alcoholic herself
Sterling's Son
November 2013
After getting sober in AA, he was able to become the son he always had wanted to be
No More Holidays from Hell
December 2011
By:
Vernon G.
| Kihei, Hawaii
Alkathons help this drunk turn around a stressful time of year
It Beats Being a Jerk
June 2011
By:
George E.
| Vaillant, Maryland
Reading the “Twelve and Twelve” helped this nonalcoholic trustee to finally embrace Step Six
Anti-social security
May 2011
By:
Patrick B.
| Napa, Indiana
Instead of having the world by its tail, booze had him by the neck
Breathe In Faith, Breathe Out Fear
September 2007
By:
Helen C.
| Rockwood, Tennessee
A family comes together
I'm Right and You're Wrong. . . Okay?
November 1996
By:
Roger B.
| Louisville, Kentucky
This AA finally took an old-timer's advice and let go of a budding resentment
Matters Controversial
April 1995
By:
Dave W.
| New Westminster, British Columbia
One AA wonders what's appropriate to talk about in meetings, and what's not.
An Indescribable Benevolence
August 1992
By:
Margaret G.
| Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Step Two can reveal our true colors
COMING TOGETHER
July 1994
By:
Doug R.
| San Fernando, California
An AA member tells about surviving the recent earthquakes in the Los Angeles area--and the unity that followed the destruction
A Position Paper on Anonymity
December 1971
from the Public Information Committee of the General Service Board
Fringe Benefits
September 1969
By:
T. C.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
AA makes no promises, but an investment of time and faith in the Fellowship does pay material dividends, too
A Happy Father’s Day
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Michael P.
| San Diego, California
He was separated from his family, his dad had just died, he had two months sober and was living alone. Happy what?
It’s A Wonderful Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Snow P.
| Boca Raton, Fla.
More than four decades of sobriety—and life just keeps on getting better
Touching Lives
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dave R.
| Gulfport, Fla.
One person touches another who touches another—it’s the AA ripple effect