The mop will set you free
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
When he got to AA, he had disappointed everyone and his self-esteem was shot. Sponsor to the rescue!
Laughing in the face of death
September 2009
By:
BELLE M.
| Ocean Springs, Miss.
A 70-year-old accepts her health problems as part of the plan
A Twelfth Step Call In The Wild
May 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Ketchikan, Alaska
An unexpected opportunity to help a drunk
On the Mountaintop
December 2014
By:
Jerry F.
| Cerritos, California
Getting sober in AA relieved him of his alcoholism and the shackles he made for himself
Thank God for Despair
November 1983
By:
E. M.
. . . the unease that makes us want to do a better job of living - From the June 1965 Grapevine
Thank God for My Despair
November 1973
By:
Dr. Earle M.
| San Francisco, California
Our struggles with discontent and unrest lead us to ever-higher levels of living and learning - From the June 1965 Grapevine
Thank God for Despair
June 1965
By:
Dr. Earle M.
| San Francisco, California
...the un-ease that makes us want to do a better job of living
Coffee: The Great and Glorious Bean
December 1962
By:
T.D.
| Manchester, Massachusetts
Bane or bean, inst. or fresh, the caffeine bean is bountiful in AA--and grounds for a strong brew of intra-group controversy
DON'T CRY FOR ME: SMILE!
September 2010
By:
STEVE C.
| Tulsa, Okla.
Blindness was a sad state of affairs until he changed on the inside
The Delights of My AA "Childhood
November 1963
By:
J. S.
| Kansas City, Missouri
Neither baby charm nor childish rampages are as great as--
In the Shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Marc J.
| San Diego, Calif.
This Navy guy once needed liquor to enjoy his life. Today, under a sky full of stars, he knows that isn’t true
The right place
May 2018
By:
Carrie B.
| Bend, Oregon
By sharing their drinking stories in a treatment center, a few women helped another find her way
The Way Out
April 2014
By:
Vance C.,
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
50 years ago he had a bottle of scotch and a pistol in front of him and didn't see any alternatives
The Mom I Always Wanted to Be
April 2003
By:
Renée S.
| Brea, California
She couldn't take back the hurt, but she could heal it
Fear and the Fourth Step
April 2001
By:
Ted D.
| Teaneck, New Jersey
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
The Shape of Things to Come
June 1993
This article by Bill W, was originally published in the February 1961 Grapevine. His reflections on AA's first twenty-five years, and where the Fellowship was heading in the next twenty-five, seem particularly appropriate today