The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 7
April 1962
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings
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
Mail Call for A.A.s at Home and Abroad
August 1948
By:
L.F.
| Birmingham, Alabama
The Unfinished Symphony
The Wisdom of Norm
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Norm H.
| Cary, N.C.
What was it that he said to get Mike to stop relapsing? It must have been pretty powerful
The Medicine My Heart Needed
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Valerie T.
| San Diego, Calif.
How do we find forgiveness when it seems nearly impossible? One member reaches out for help
The Dry Drunk Waltz
November 2018
By:
Julie H.
She learned the dance of anger, frustration and denial from her father, but replaced it with the sweeter music of AA
After the Fire
September 2011
By:
A.B.
| Orick, California
Upon completing a Fifth Step, a member experiences a powerful connection with her higher power
The Final Befuddlement of Perry P.
September 1962
By:
Anon.
| Michigan
A finny fable of piscine perverseness proving that some fish are sicker than others
Something About the Eyes
December 1963
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
AA members speak both with words and through "the windows of the soul
How to Tell Yourself the Truth
February 1961
By:
Richard W. Wetherill
A return to honesty is more effective than a series of high resolves and tough-minded affirmatives