Toward a Clarification of Construction
May 1975
By:
N. D.
Our English cousins struggle to understand AA structure--as do we. . .
One night in London
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rose M.
| Jersey, Channel Islands
After 50 years, she’s curious to find the man who kept the doors open so she could find us
Raised in Loisaida
August 2014
By:
Vicky B.
| New York, New York
On New York’s Lower East Side, she did it her way and drank like the boys
No Experts Required
May 2016
Just Be Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Joel C.
| San Diego, Calif.
A long-time member and past trustee shares about his journey serving beyond the group as a gay man
A Message Without Borders
March 2003
Report on the Seventeenth World Service Meeting in Oviedo, Spain
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1987
By:
George Vroom
A New Soviet Campaign
Sharing my truth
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Pam
| Anaheim, California
Being honest about her mental illness in sobriety gives others hope and lets them know they’re not alone
Stranger In My Head
October 2016
Coming into AA in his 70s, it took him a while to get used to the sober “stranger” who now inhabits him and helps guide the way
Bar Buddies
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Bob H.
| North Providence, Rhode Island
Who knew that the guys he once served beer to would one day help him find a sponsor?
My way out
March 2018
By:
Karen A.
| New York, New York
On a sad hike through the English woods, she found the path back to gratitude
Tradition 12: A Spiritual Attitude
December 2008
By:
Ross D.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
An AA strives to put principles before his personality
We Are Not a Bunch of Religious Fanatics!
April 1972
By:
A priest
| Boston, Massachusetts
A priest of the church contrasts AA's program of spiritual recovery with our all-too-often distorted public image
Trusted Servant
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Jimmy C.
| Peculiar, Missouri
He found his Higher Power through others and discovered a world of service that gave him a love of giving back
Senior Seeks Serenity
February 2005
By:
Al J.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
The plus-side of getting sober after sixty