The Fertile Void
February 2005
By:
Jeanne-Lauree O.
| Spanish Fork, Utah
The future--it might just be good
A Death in the Family
February 2004
By:
Nick K.
| Joppa, Maryland
He went to a meeting; his brother went to a bar
The Love Project
August 1973
By:
J. A. B.
| Las Vegas, Nevada
Getting off an ego trip by learning to love others more than yourself - "For it is in giving that we receive. . .
The Preacher and the Meeting
An AA tells how his home group had to find a new space to avoid hearing the message of the church
Bridge Across the Centuries
June 1960
How the AA program revitalized an author's faith in God and opened her eyes to the importance of the Church in her life
Men with the Men?
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Michael D.
| Davenport, Iowa
What does a gay member with sex and trust issues do when it’s time to get a sponsor? One man found a solution
On the Front
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Luis A.
| Bronx, N.Y.
An essential worker in New York City shares gratitude for being sober and explains why he needs AA more than ever
Keep the Link Strong
April 2013
By:
Janice B.
| Midlothian, Virginia
She learned the hard way to play by the rules and not break AA’s connection
Under The El
March 2007
By:
Stevie H.
| Chicago, Illinois
What's the best thing you can do for a drunk?
The 24-hour Plan
November 1995
By:
Anonymous
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The "day at a time" plan is basic to AA . . . but what does it really mean? - From the October 1962 Grapevine
The 24-hour Plan
October 1962
By:
Anonymous
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The "day-at-a-time plan" is basic to AA. . .but what does it really mean?
You Have the Right to Remain Sober
December 2008
By:
Bob B.
| Portland, Maine
The hard truth shows a newcomer in jail that recovery is serious business
The Impossible Dream
November 1971
By:
J. W.
| Islamorada, Florida
Sobriety demands that we accept life as it is, with all its good and all its evil
I Just Let the Magic Happen
November 1971
By:
C. L.
| Fort Collins, Colorado
This salesman has traveled the long distance from misery to joy
The Twelve Steps and the Older AA
October 1954
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.<lbSecond in a series of articles to be published from time to time on the meaning of the Twelve Steps, as one member sees them after a few years of sobriety.
The Act of Surrender in the Therapeutic Process
June 1974
By:
Harry M. Tiebout, MD
The first psychiatrist to recognize the work of Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Harry Tiebout used many AA concepts in his own practice
A reach across the globe
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Nancy K.
| Galt, Calif.
Quick action and love for service helped a newcomer across the world get connected
On Top of the World
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Tandy W.
| Anchorage, Alaska
On a remote island near Russia, a member lucks out and finds another alcoholic, whose AA lifeline is the phone
Out of the Madness
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Snow P.
| Boca Raton, Fla.
Once completely fried, an old-timer recalls how booze took her down and AA saved her
The happiest boy in the world
June 2013
By:
J.S.
| Grand Marais, Michigan
It wasn't the baseball glove that gave him joy, it was his dad's first anniversary
On the Air
December 2012
By:
Dave W./Terry W.
| Williamsburg, Michigan
Sober ham radio operators carry the message into the clouds