Just Following Suggestions
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Don S.
| Mountain City
Someone wrecked his new car, and boy did they need a good cussing out! Luckily, his sponsor had a better idea
Our Daily Bread
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Carla N.
| Minneapolis, Minn.
A newly sober nun makes a big decision that straps her financially, while keeping the faith that things will work out
"You Are Most Likely An Alcoholic"
November 2018
By:
Sarah W.
A letter she wrote to herself went unheeded, but seven years later, she saved her life in AA
Finding Hope
October 2018
By:
Grace B.
| Lockport, Ill.
A young woman realizes that no matter what your age, you don’t need to let denial get in your way
A million miles away
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Rick C.
| Boonsboro, Maryland
After years of drinking and searching for faith, AA helped him break free and find his place in the world
One s’more at a time
August 2017
By:
Ellen D.
| Auburn, Maine
After a beautiful day on the Saco River, members trade shares and laughs by the fire. How’s that for adventure?
Troublemaker
June 2017
By:
Art H.
| Mount Prospect, Illinois
How a ministry student turned into an alcoholic bad boy, then found spirituality in AA
On My Own Two Feet
July 2012
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
How AA helped a member become self-supporting through his own contributions
Pause Before You Send
March 2012
By:
Joanna W.
| Denver, Colorado
She found that her computer was not the best place to do a Ninth Step
The Deep End
May 2011
By:
Linda I.
| El Granada, California
A former swimmer shares lessons learned through a life of financial ups and downs
Time for AA?
December 1993
By:
Laura W.
| San Diego, California
This sober member decides to stay close to meetings and not to compare her recovery to other's
Where Will Power Comes In
May 1962
By:
Bill
The following is Bill's answer to a letter asking about the role of the will power in staying sober.--ED.
The Voyage of the Golden Rule
May 1960
By:
Albert Bigelow
Excerpted from the book "The Voyage of the Golden Rule--An Experiment with Truth
Every Day's a Holiday for Me
April 1953
By:
L. A.
| Barre, Vermont
She used to find 365 days to "celebrate". . .now she has one--TODAY
“I’m Turning This Stuff Out as Fast as I Can”
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
A timeline of the first year and a half of the making of the Big Book
High Stepping Twelfth Steppers
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sherri R.
| Ontario, Toronto
More than 30 years ago, two young women discovered they had a lot in common—including a deep desire to get sober
Finding His Marbles
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Robert S.
| Glendale Heights, Ill.
Coming to his senses in AA
