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
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
July 1944
A Walk in the Park
August 2008
By:
Rob R.
| Oakmont, Pennsylvania
The Second Step isn't as steep as it looks
The Light That Shines Bright
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mandi L.
| Palm Bay, Fla.
A basic truth was brought home to her in recovery: two alcoholics can make a profound change
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
April 1956
By:
J.E.
| Bloomington, Indiana
Step Eleven: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="italic">as we understood Him,</emphasis> praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
The War Within
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Terry M.
| Wheaton, Illinois
After an emotional, gut-wrenching tour in Vietnam, he came home with a Bronze Star—and a drinking problem
The Message is Free
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
S.S.
| Minnesota
By swiping that book with the dumb nickname, a newcomer gets an early lesson on money, property and authority
The perfect night
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Charles M.
| Harbert, Michigan
Just as the midnight mass bells were ringing, he and his partner were heading to jail
In the warm sunlight
August 2018
By:
Manon S.
| Alameda, California
Sitting at her aunt’s table, she was content just doing what was in front of her
Release for a Trapper
May 1961
By:
B. W.
| Flin Flon, Manitoba
Frightened to the verge of insanity, a tough Canadian backwoodsman encounters one of those "coincidences
AA Around the World
March 1958
By:
Al G.
FROM THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES <lbNews, comments and letters from about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and General Service Headquarters, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSH