Around AA
March 1991
World Service Meeting Takes Wider Responsibility For Literature Translations Around the World
With Dani's help
April 2018
By:
Connie P.
| Ukiah, California
Behind heavy steel doors, a young woman catches hope, thanks to a local BTG volunteer
An Evolving Desire
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Jimmy C.
| Peculiar, Missouri
He wasn’t ready to stop drinking at first, but as he hung around and listened, things changed
Guiding Light
December 2016
By:
Dora S.
| Sailing Vessel “Chillmore”
Staying sober on a rum-filled ship can be rough. But with her sponsor as her lighthouse, she’s doing it
Coming to believe
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Ann S.
| San Marcos, California
A New York woman recalls how a Higher Power helped her survive incredibly tough times
Coming to Believe
October 2005
By:
Ann S.
| San Marcos, California
An atheist's long journey toward faith
A Place Called Home
October 2015
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
An AA makes the case for getting a home group
San Francisco
February 1952
Cup Cup & Away!
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Alex W.
| Durham, North Carolina
Full of self-pity and scorn and wanting a drink, he had never been so grateful about picking up the phone
In All Our Affairs
Is it possible to continue to love someone when their behavior goes against our most basic beliefs?
Hobby Becomes Career
October 1965
By:
T. C.
| Sainte Dorothee, Quebec
A new sober-time hobby came in handy when this AA lost his job
Who Supports AA in Colorado?
July 1962
By:
Anonymous
| New York City, New York
With a little alertness misinformation about us in the press can be used to help "carry the message
I Felt Like a Queen
May 2016
She first learned to carry the message washing ashtrays. Her group made her start at the top
One plate at a time
December 2016
By:
Tim S.
| Riverview, Florida
Dirty laundry, piles of trash and stacks of filthy dishes. Little by little, a newcomer cleans up his act
Case History of Someone You Know
March 1951
A Thousand Angels
January 2014
By:
Kathleen D.
| Shirley, New York
Her journey to learn about Tradition One opened her heart to hope
It's Never Too Late!
December 1950
If you think you're too old to start over--<lbhere's a Christmas present <lbfor YOU!
What We Were Like
September 1994
By:
Ab A.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Birthday Plan - excerpts from a talk given by the originator of "The Oklahoma Birthday Plan" at the AA State Meeting in Great Bend, Kansas in the fall of 1955 and first published in the May 1956 Grapevine
Building bridges
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Diana M.
| Henderson, Nev.
How getting involved with area committees strengthened her awareness of AA unity and inclusiveness