The Anecdote Bin
November 1962
The Day the Movers Came
October 1971
By:
R. C. K.
| Los Angeles, California
This move was to be well organized--even to the half-gallon jug to nip on while packing
Across the Editor's Desk
October 1956
Your Move - Responses from Readers on the Topic of "Online AA" from the May 1996 Grapevine
December 1996
By:
Kathleen O.
| Birmingham, Alabama
Tripe
Web Exclusive: In the Detox
November 2011
By:
Dan
Talking with a formerly homeless alcoholic convinced him that there was hope for him
The Spiritual Life Is Not A Theory
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Matt M.
| San Antonio, Texas
AA reconnected him “to the world, the infinite and to other people”
The home inside us
March 2018
By:
Rick S.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
How two Ricks on very different paths found peace and friendship on the same road
Chained to the Beer Fridge
September 2011
By:
Anton R.
| Edmonton, Alberta
He dragged it from Moscow to Texas to Canada ... and right into the rooms of AA
The Rewards of Not Fighting Back
February 1957
By:
Anonymous
| Woodstock, New York
Peace of mind is no by-product of sobriety, says this letter to a perplexed fellow-AA. . .it takes detailed planning and daily practice.
Making it Easy for Others to Love Us
January 2017
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
Years of AA have given him sobriety and acceptance and a life with compassion and wonder
The Runaway
August 2006
By:
Kim W.
| Brentwood, California
After years on the run, an alcoholic finally finds home
Step Eight: the Years That the Locust Hath Eaten
August 2005
By:
K.F.
| New York, New York
from the August 1997 Grapevine
The Courage of Friends
May 2005
By:
John Q.
| New York, New York
A curmudgeon draws on an inexhaustible amount of AA power
The Years That the Locust Hath Eaten
August 1997
By:
K. F.
| New York, New York
Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
At The Jumping-Off Point
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
S.W.
| Weaverville, N.C.
It wasn’t until he started putting his shoes under the bed that he came to believe
Angels There For Us
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Greg S.
| Anthony, N.M.
The pain was real. His perception of his future was not