From the Grass Roots
January 1956
By:
A. H. B.
| Kuskokwim, Alaska
SOME ANSWERS TO "M.M.'s" GRIPE ABOUT BAR-BY-BAR AA TALKS
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
October 1945
By:
E.R.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
Ours Is Not the Only Way
Getting The Right Help
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Janis S.
| Allentown, Pennsylvania
She was working a good program, so why was she still depressed? Turns out she got the wrong advice
Shouting from the housetops
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
G.H.
| Kingston, New Hampshire
He couldn’t wait to tell everyone about his AA membership!
Hmm...maybe not a great idea
Hmm...maybe not a great idea
The Question of Clubs
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Linda W.
| Libertyville, Illinois
What’s the connection between clubs and AA? When is it affiliation?
Opening the Spiritual Door
January 2016
A member discusses how he came to believe after getting sober
From the Grass Roots
September 1957
By:
Harriet L.
| La Habra, California
CALLING ALL HAPPY HERETICS
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
July 1946
By:
J.W.C.
| Manhattan, New York
Silkworth Recordings
The Accidental Big Book
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Marc S.
| Waukesha, Wis
A Big Book handed to a lawyer years before he got sober turns out to be key to his recovery
It's Worth the Work
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Doug M.
| Long Island, New York
Through years of sober experience, good and bad, he learned about love, faith and sharing the fun
The Beginning of Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Chris C.
| USS Emory S. Land
He was at sea, literally and figuratively, but found safe harbor in AA
Letting Go of the Golden Glow
April 2014
By:
Jerry F.
| Cerritos, California
Alcohol covered up a lot of his inner conflict but left wreckage in its wake. Sobriety enabled him to live a different life
A Day in the Park
December 2012
By:
Carol S.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
After years of alcoholic hell, watching birds fly and flowers bloom doesn't seem so bad
To the Rescue
March 2011
By:
Amy M.
| Aurora, Colorado
Working the Steps again helped her see that she had made another member her Higher Power
The Man Who Wanted to Revise the Lord's Prayer
November 1976
By:
Dick W.
Change the Big Book? Change the program? No thanks, not me," says - From the August 1969 Grapevine
The Days of Discontent
Although she was professionally successful, her life was unhappy as she continued to drink
The Man Who Wanted to Revise the Lord's Prayer
August 1969
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
Change the Big Book? Change the program? No thanks, not me," says