Here's Why
October 1968
By:
Dr. Earie M.
| San Francisco, California
A doctor in AA looks at some physical aspects of alcoholism
The Puzzle of AA
April 1965
By:
Griffith Edwards, M.D.
An English psychiatrist finds that AA "continues to grow and to puzzle psychiatrists by breaking all rules of psychotherapy. . .
Here's Why
April 1959
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, N.J.
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
Strike Out
April 2012
By:
Megan B.
| Naperville, Illinois
We often don't plan our last drink. She had hers at a baseball game.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
March 1987
By:
Melvyn Bowler
It's the Same in Australia
Before I act
November 2016
Though we might not be famous, one member thinks it’s important to be careful about what we say—and post—in public
And now, a note of sanity on the subject. . .Bill W.As Bill Sees It--the AA Way of Life
August 1972
Our English cousins, it seems, are struggling to understand anonymity just as we are here. The following items are from Newsletter, English equivalent of the Grapevine. With tongue in cheek, they project into the future two extreme positions on anonymity.
The Clip Sheet
June 1946
Interrupt the Rehearsal
January 2012
By:
David
| Cape Coral, Florida
A member realizes that constant ruminations may bring him closer to a drink
MY TURNING POINT
January 2010
By:
RICK S.
| Indian Wells, Calif.
Declaring his alcoholism at a meeting, a solitary, blackout drinker begins a new life
On His Way
October 1991
A Thing Called Hope
July 1985
By:
W. H.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Four AAs write about the "inside," and a nonalcoholic trustee sounds a call to action
The End of Innocence
October 1983
By:
R. K.
| Manhattan, New York
A new twist on what we all know--AA spoils our drinking
Reflections of Sobriety
March 1978
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
Our new selves are mirrored in the eyes of our loved ones
This Sobriety Business
September 1976
By:
Harry C.
| Houston, Texas
After eighteen years of failure in AA a salesman discovers a secret
The Fear of Feeling Rejected
October 1973
By:
V. W. C.
| Venice, California
Ordinary setbacks. . .would throw me into seething anger and resentment.
Three Weeks into Sanity
July 1972
By:
C. B.
| Houston, Texas
A sudden awakening brought her to an acceptance of reality
I'm Glad I'm an Alcoholic!
January 1961
By:
P. M.
| Manchester, Connecticut
In AA my wife and I have found the happiness and serenity that we believe few "civilians" ever achieve.