Life's little lessons
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Susanne B.
| Georgetown, Texas
More and more each day, her pre-kindergarten students remind her of the wonder of sobriety
Bill's wife remembers...
November 2018
By:
Lois W.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Desperate attempts to quit liquor, fistfights in the house and flying shoes. Early AA had it all
Coming to believe
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Ann S.
| San Marcos, California
A New York woman recalls how a Higher Power helped her survive incredibly tough times
Loving It!
August 2015
After being rendered homeless by alcoholism, his life in sobriety was pretty good
Christmas in a bar
December 2013
By:
Mike H.
| El Cajon, California
The call to come home pierced his empty soul. It was from his 12-year-old son
You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass
December 2013
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years
Dear Grapevine
December 2013
I was going through a rough spot when I first walked down the stairs of that church
Enjoy the Ride
May 2013
By:
George F.
| Drums, Pennsylvania
Learning to have fun again was a trip of its own
Let the Ball Drop!
December 2012
By:
Bill D.
| Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
How one sober alcoholic learned to have a blast on the final night of the year
Lucky Punch
December 2011
By:
P.T.
| New Britain, Connecticut
A wild roundhouse blow literally socks him into sobriety
At the Crossroads of My Alcoholism
July 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Woodstown, New Jersey
He had reached that place where he couldn't imagine life with alcohol, nor life without it
A Solitary Swimmer
June 2011
By:
Nancy L.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
After a childhood of solitary pursuits, she became a secret drinker
MY DAUGHTER THE ALCOHOLIC
August 2010
By:
DAN H.
| Arlington Heights, Ill.
A young woman hits bottom and leads her father to recognize his own alcoholism
LOIS REMEMBERS
November 2009
By:
Lois W.
Bill's wife recalls when he and she and the first AAs were very young
Dad Works His Program and I Work Mine
April 1972
By:
K. K.
| Lubbock, Texas
AA will work for parent and child alike
Can Success Boil Rock Hunter?
March 1963
By:
T. K.
| Hollywood, California
In show business, star status may dim to darkness until AA status gets top billing
The Problems of a "Teen-aged" AA
September 1954
By:
A. T.
| New York City, New York
TO START THE BALL ROLLING ON A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF "AFTER SOBRIETY--WHAT?" (SEE AUGUST GRAPEVINE, "THE TWELVE STEPS AND THE OLDER MEMBER") WE ASKED AN OLD TIMER TO WRITE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AS WE GROW OLDER IN AA.
Bill's Wife Remembers When He and She and the First A. A.s Were Very Young
December 1944
By:
Bill W.'s wife, Lois Wilson
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
July 1944