The Clip Sheet
September 1946
Too Smart
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Esther N.
| Bremerton, Washington
She was a social worker with a master’s degree in human behaviour. Why would she need AA?
Planting My Feet Where They Need To Be
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hannah R.
| Rocky Mount, N.C.
She found her path through her sponsor, the Steps and her Higher Power
AA Words And AA Kindness
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob G.
| Sarasota, Fla.
In a time of great need, AAs come together
It’s A Wonderful Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Snow P.
| Boca Raton, Fla.
More than four decades of sobriety—and life just keeps on getting better
Donut Holes
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Diana L.
| New York, N.Y.
We’ve been out there all year. We’ve had lots of picnics, eaten donuts, worn T-shirts and tried our best to laugh through the pandemic.
Bright Spot in a Crisis
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Jim B.
| San Marcos, Texas
How the new world of virtual meetings gave one member a more powerful connection to the Fellowship
In a roomful of men
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Vera T.
| White Sulphur Springs, Montana
The women were scarce in her neck of Montana, but she got plenty of love nonetheless
Silence Falls
March 2015
By:
Ed P.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
Losing his hearing, he had to recharge his sobriety
Dysfunction Junction
October 2012
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
An alcoholic with a happy upbringing speaks up
Fired up!
September 2010
By:
JOSE G.
| Port Orchard, Wash.
Turning to the Big Book helps when a sponsee is laid off
Leaving home
July 2010
By:
NANCY B.
| Hartland, Wisconsin
Beyond the home group level, AA general service fills different needs
Sober at 63
April 2010
By:
RITA C.
| Wimauma, Fla.
The alcohol stops working and her Higher Power steps in
Running from the program
September 2009
By:
BILL K.
| Dallas, Texas
A relapsing businessman faces a fellow AA in an out-of-town bar
The Beauty of Tradition Ten
July 1991
By:
Matt F.
| Brooklyn, New York
it allows us to concentrate on what we have in common
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1991
By:
Lawrence K. Altman, M.D.
A Question of Ethics: Should Alcoholics Get Transplanted Livers?
Panophobia
April 1976
By:
Jo J.
| Bokeelia, Florida
A fancy word that means you're afraid of everything
The Discipline Factor
January 1974
By:
Tom C.
| Montgomery, Alaska
We don't have to do a lot of things but if we don't. . .
1st Step - Here Are Two Trains of Thought
May 1973
By:
Gil
| Queens, N.Y.
One deals with alcohol. . .but the second opens the door to a new way of life
Sex Takes a Holiday
March 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Another cure for alcoholism that probably won't work
You Told My Story. . .
March 1969
By:
John F.
| Cleveland, Ohio
Can we live through each other's experiences? See through each other's eyes? Yes, says this report from Cleveland--and we can deepen our AA experience by so doing
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
January 1967
By:
B. S. H.
| Monara, California
The Deacon's Bench - II. Bring back Drunk-a-logs
Small World
May 1965
By:
L. H.
| Malaga
A New York AA finds himself conducting meetings in a hospital in Spain