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Dear Grapevine

September 2012
Letters from readers to the editor

Web Exclusive: Finding God in AA

November 2011
By: Stacy G. | Evanston, Illinois
She came into AA as an atheist. Or so she thought.

King of excuses

January 2011
By: Scott M. | Bronx, New York
Biking to a service commitment was not his idea of how to spend a Sunday night

Tradition 9: Don't Tell Us What to Do!

September 2008
By: W.H. | Manhattan, New York
From June 1982

TAX RETURNS

September 2008
It's not easy making amends to the government, but the payoff can be huge

Three Graces

December 2005
By: Melody V. | Boulder, Colorado
A family in the throes of this deadly disease

Does Daddy Know?

September 2005
By: Megan K. | Destin, Florida
Her father was a military policeman. He'd be furious if he found out what she was doing.

Fun and Frolic in the Garden of Sobriety

June 2005
By: Jay R. | Glendale, California

Turning Points

March 2004
By: Sunny H. | Bald Knob, Arkansas

Hataman

September 2003
By: Tony P. | Woodstock, New York
Battling the dry season in Sierra Leone

I Knew Joe

July 2003
By: David P. | Beverly Hills, California
Death and despair take a down-and-out rocker to the door of AA. A moment of grace brings him in

I'm Not a Thief--Or Am I?

January 2003
By: Jack M. | Omak, Washington

You'll Drive, Honey

July 2002
By: Carol P. | Brookline, Massachusetts
Almost anything is possible with a fellow alcoholic by your side

The Brothers Barleycorn

September 2001
By: Ernest S. | York Harbor, Maine

The Key to Belonging

September 2000
By: Karen S. | Manchester, New Hampshire
The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA

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Above the World's Battles

April 1977
By: B. L. | Manhattan, New York
AA has but one primary purpose. To indulge in public controversy is to threaten our unity and impede that purpose

The Pink Cloud Didn't Come Back

March 1976
By: A college professor | North Carolina
A nine-page section of sharing from five AAs who are finding their way

Spectators in AA

November 1973
There are those who really try to work the program and still have trouble. Then there are others who stand on the sidelines waving a flag - From the October 1951 Grapevine

A Day at Disney

A mother learns a lesson about honesty on a trip with her children

Return from Skid Row

A member recalls the fateful meeting with the man who became his sponsor

The Name-droppers

April 1969
By: T. W. (Robbie) | Alexandria, Va.
After twenty years, he recalls 'a condition of panic' and how AA found a roundabout way to deliver the message

My Name Is Mary

November 1968
By: M. T. L. | Chicago, Illinois
An alcoholic's own story . . .

Boats and Booze

August 1965
By: P. S. | Bronxville, New York
How to stay dry in a very wet sport

Slips and Human Nature

October 1963
By: William Duncan Silkworth, M.D.

How the Twelve Steps Were Born

September 1962
By: Bill W.

The Antidote for Fear - Prudence, Trust, and Faith

November 1959
By: Bill W.
Each year during the season of giving thanks we try to bring you a few new and meaningful words on an old but ever deepening subject: the Twelve Traditions of AA. We heard none better in the past year than Bill W.'s closing words to the General Service Co

Doctor Calls "Slip" More Normal Than Alcoholic

June 1959
By: William D. Silkworth, M.D.
January 1947

Love Story

November 1958
By: J. G. D. | Saugerties, New York

Tradition Five

September 1952
By: Bill W.
The fifth of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions. . . - Each group has but one primary purpose. . .to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

The Twelve Traditions

November 1951
By which we live. . .

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