Confessions of a Spreadsheet-Loving Nerd
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Christina S.
| League City, Texas
She found the service she loves, and it keeps on giving back
Native Understanding
October 2012
By:
Rod B.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
An AA trustee's thoughts on carrying the message to the Native American alcoholic
Home sweet home
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Teresa H.
| Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
The meeting her dad once attended became the place that she could call home
Flung Open
May 2016
With the help of a good sponsor, she looked in every dark cranny and it changed her heart and soul
Real Men Don't Make Amends--Do They?
October 1984
By:
N. D.
| Omaha, Nebraska
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Is That Resentment Necessary?
November 1968
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
Maybe you're hanging on to a few because you feel they're justified. Take another look . . .
Anonymity!
April 1951
By:
H. S.
| Great Neck, Long Island, New York
Gratitude, Humility, Anonymity. . .and the greatest of these is. . .
One Sunday Afternoon
January 2016
We can't change the things that happen, we can only change how we respond to them
Secret Lives
She used to tell strangers in bars her life story. Step Five helped her get over the shame of that.
What Does 'Powerless' Mean?
February 1966
By:
R. D. G.
| Los Angeles
A suggestion that we expand the idea of powerlessness over alcohol so as to attract the not-yet-ruined alcoholic
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
May 1970
By:
Rudy Johnson
Progress on the Bowery
Around AA Items of AA Information and Experience
January 1969
By:
John L. Norris, MD
Open Letter to AA Members
Reaching Out in New Ways
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Gary D.
| Edgewater, Florida
With apps, websites, tablets and computers, a member in Florida shares how Twelfth Step tools keep advancing every day
How To Survive Your First Year of Sobriety
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hope A.
| Mooresville, N.C.
Some say the first year is the toughest. It doesn’t have to be
My Cold Metal Chair
July 2012
By:
Jackie V.
| Morristown, New Jersey
Holding hands? Styrofoam cups? No way! Yet, she's grateful she stayed
Self-support
July 2007
By:
Jessica C.
| Los Angeles, California
How AA's Seventh Tradition helped soothe a troubled soul
As We Understand Him
June 1960
Who are you, and do you realize you should make an effort to find out?" asks this celebrated writer
Discussion Topic
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays