God Is Just
February 1976
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
How easy it is to be taken in by a treacherous human failing
A Valentine to All Wives - Especially Mine
February 1959
Guest editorial . . . this month features G. W., a Westchesterite and magazine man, 4 years sober.
Wanting More
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By:
Cheri P.
| Fredericksburg, Va.
Her Higher Power was there for her even during her drinking. Otherwise, she might not have made it
PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION
February 1995
By:
Anonymous
| Wheeling, West Virginia
Politics, fighting, and disunity forced an entire district into taking an in-depth inventory.
Flying blind
March 2017
By:
Glenn P.
| Florissant, Missouri
How a drunken pilot on a collision course with liquor bailed out and landed safely
Dear Grapevine
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
Dear Grapevine
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Inner and Outer Life
January 1994
By:
Boyce B.
| New York, New York
successful in AA service, this member hit bottom in his private life
Falling into Sobriety
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By:
Sean W.
| Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland
Falling off a barstool is literally a cliché of alcoholism—yet it brought him tumbling into sobriety
Time to Rotate
February 2016
A sure way to grow is to become a trusted servant, but an even better way is to step down and let others have a chance
Report from Paris:
October 1961
By:
J. B.
| Paris
in 1960--3 members in 1961--30 members with 100 loner throughout the country
Dealing With Drinking Thinking
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By:
Shawn R.
| Toronto, Ontario
The moment when a passing thought becomes an obsession …
Bill W. on AA's Nonalcoholic Trustees:
September 1993
Steer Into It
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Dick C.
| Portland, Ore.
When you hit an icy patch in recovery, easy does it. Don’t end up in a ditch
Dear Grapevine
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
Lydia T., a "Special Case
October 1962
By:
L. T.
PARIS REPORT: Even the gendarmes very gently but surely asked this beautiful young French woman to spend 90 days in a psychiatric hospital. . ."on account of my special way of driving a car
Walking with Bill & Lois
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Anonymous
| Conn.
A Stepping Stones volunteer shares his AA story and some wonderful moments at our cofounder’s home
A FIRM COMMITMENT TO UNITY
September 2010
By:
DEAN R.
| El Reno, Okla.
Former Trustee-at-Large Dean R. presented the following talk on Tradition Nine at a 1998 General Sharing Session