Coping With the Cocktail Party
October 1963
By:
F. T.
| Crescent, Missouri
Some techniques for enjoying drinking parties without drinking
The Life Jacket of AA
September 2011
By:
Anonymous
A sober man in South Africa finds purpose in life through the program of AA
Between the Lines
June 2003
By:
Paul B.
| Davis, California
Reflections on what makes the Big Book truly big
The 110-yard Line
November 1963
By:
J. W.
| River Edge, New Jersey
What happened after a lush at a football game ran out of Old Mocus
The Best Medicine
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
John K.
| Clearfield, Kentucky
A patient’s confession of a relapse after 24 years turned out to be a perfect prescription for her and her doctor
The Bottom
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By:
Tom F.
| Fort Bragg, Calif.
After searching for a “drinking solution,” he found a sober one
Icing on the Cake
Web Exclusives
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By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift
The intersection
March 2014
By:
Jo P.
| Pocatello, Idaho
Drink/no drink, God/no God—the light was turning and it was decision time
The Young-timer
February 2005
By:
Darren F.
| New York, New York
The oldest young person at the meeting
Voting for God's Will?
September 2000
By:
Ernest S.
| York Harbor, Maine
AA's Twelve Traditions: A Pattern of Practical Experience
To The Grapevine:
October 1957
By:
Thomas T. Jones, M.D.
| Durham, North Carolina
A Physician Looks at Alcoholism
The Healing Island
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By:
Vivian R.H.
| Queens, N.Y.
Recovering from the devastation of a hurricane, no AA is an island
We’ve Been Praying for You
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Regan B.
| Chicago, Ill.
Way before she got in the door, family, friends and fellowship had her back
The answer to my prayer
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Thomas G.
| Silver Springs, Maryland
He was constantly searching for this Higher Power thing. Then one day in a meeting he found it
The Retreat
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Anonymous
AA helped him with his drinking, but after he took his older sister to a retreat for cancer patients, he found that the program helped him with a great deal more
Worth the wait
March 2017
By:
Jeannine B.
| Birmingham, Alabama
Stressed and lonely, she needed a meeting and almost gave up. Good thing she listened to her feet
The Floes of February
January 2016
In the chaos of grief and tragedy, he found himself with a bottle in his hand
On the Job
December 2015
When he first got sober, his career came first … until it he could no longer hold a job