Stuck in a funk
December 2010
By:
Laura S.
| Coral Springs, Fla.
Without Twelfth Step work, the Promises evaporate as quickly as they came
My Parents: AA
May 1961
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles, California
How the Fellowship represents the "ideal" family relationship
Professing Alcoholism
June 1960
Why a member of our diplomatic corps found it desirable to break his anonymity abroad--and what happened after that
DREAM BIG
August 2009
By:
HAILI H.
| Austin, Texas
She was going nowhere fast until her soul cried out for help
Relationships Reconsidered
November 2013
Learning to practice the principles in all his affairs made all the difference
Mr. Hyde Doesn't Die
April 1968
By:
A. J. W.
| Blue Springs, Missouri
The boozer in us is still there, but put to sleep by AA. This member woke up his Mr. Hyde with a single beer
A Letter From a Traveler
March 1953
By:
T. C.
| Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania
The group that gives help to a "transient" doesn't always hear how the journey ended. . .but this one did, and the ending was happy!
Waking Up To Reality
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
G.S.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Getting sober for herself—but breaking a generational cycle
Many powers greater than me
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Judy E.
| Orland Park, Illinois
Although she’s unsure, she just keeps praying. Something seems to be working
Social Drinking Through Research
March 1972
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Our nonscientific science reporter is back with another account of progress in the field of alcoholism
Woman on Skid Row
March 1963
By:
V.H.
| Daytona Beach, Florida
She tried to help two others--and saved herself
And So From My Heart I Say
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Rev. Canon Samuel M. Shoemaker, D.D.
| New York, New York
Reverend Shoemaker’s thoughts about helping alcoholics and the very early days of AA
A stronger group
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Bob P.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Substantial unanimity helps the majority slow down and hear the voice of the minority opinion. Sometimes the voice of a loving God is trying to speak through others.
No escape
February 2010
By:
SUE N.
| Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Drinking for relief stops working for this bar-hopping mother of two
AA News
July 2016
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
December 1973
By:
Ernest A.
| Norfolk, Virginia
Self-Supporting?
Potentiation: New Top Killer?
June 1966
By:
J. Horace Strunk
The editor of Pennsylvania's Department of Health Journal reviews the evidence that combined use of alcohol and mood-changing drugs is now a--<emphasis type="underline">the</emphasis>--major public health problem
Who Is A Member Of Alcoholics Anonymous?
November 2007
By:
Bill W.
The origins of our Third Tradition
How to Fall in Love
February 2012
By:
Bill S.
| Robbinsville, North Carolina
It's simple, once you know where to look
How to Fall In Love
February 2003
By:
Bill S.
| Robbinsville, North Carolina
It's simple, once you know where to look