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
Mail Call for A.A.s at Home and Abroad
June 1948
By:
P.A.C.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In Reverse?
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
April 1948
By:
Bob C.
| Washington, District of Columbia
Make a Decision
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
February 1948
By:
J.A.D.
| Manhattan, New York
Why All the Congratulations?
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
July 1947
By:
Elsie J. W.
| Binghamton, New York
The Disease Is Sexless
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
September 1946
By:
J.F.H.
| Linda Vista, California
A.A. Is Timeless
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
September 1946
By:
L.C.
| Portland, Oregon
Playing at A.A.
Just The Movement of the Hand
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan C.
| St. Louis, Mo.
Sometimes the physical connects us to the spiritual
The Right Sponsor
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
K.M.
| Bar Nunn, Wyo.
Working with the right person turned her sobriety around
Get the fun going!
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
Anonymous
| Wilmington, North Carolina
At first she was afraid to talk to the other young members. But when the fair came to town, she made her move
The Hope I Found
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Lori A.
| Canal Winchester, Ohio
A gentleman gave me a Big Book at no cost. Wow, free stuff! I had no idea what I held in my hand. He suggested I start reading it. “Most importantly,” he said, “don’t drink.”
Doing Time on the Chain Gang
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mike R.
| Tracys Landing, Md.
He’d never had a speeding ticket and now he was doing serious time. His first stop in prison was AA
One Foot in Front of the Other
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Ruth L.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
Sober since 1968, she recalls her start in AA and remembers how brave the earliest members were
Gifts of the Heart
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Jennifer B.
| Daly City, Calif.
Service at a holiday alkathon brought her closer to the program and her family