To Lift his Spirits
July 2014
By:
V,J.
| Chandler, Arizona
After an AA mom’s son lands in jail for drunken driving, she learns to stay sober and let go
Like a Duckling
June 2014
By:
Matt S.
| Buffalo Grove, Illinois
At his first meeting, he was just about to leave before going in, when someone stopped him
The Wild Adventure
February 2014
By:
Bridget R.
| Des Moines, Iowa
Life was a lot fuller when she began living in the solution and not the problem
Not Too Early
November 2013
A court order got him into AA but the young people he met helped him stay
Doc Talk
November 2013
By:
Terry L.
| Minnesota
Hoping to educate doctors about AA is one man’s medicine
To Catch a Thief
July 2013
By:
P.N.
| Toronto, Ontario
A group shows how they deal with missing money—lovingly
Web Exclusive: Self-Supporting
February 2012
By:
Mike S.
| Morgantown, Indiana
A member discusses the spiritual significance of supporting ourselves
Web Exclusive: A Coffee Pot and a Resentment
October 2011
By:
Mike S.
| Morgantown, Indiana
A group splinters over debates about singleness of purpose
Hello? White Light?
September 2011
By:
Charlie S.
| West Sacramento, California
Spiritual awakenings come in many forms and endless varieties
Web Exclusive: It's Never Too Late
August 2011
By:
Matt S.
| Buffalo Grove, Illinois
It look him thirty years to realize that it's never to late to ask for help
I need answers!
October 2010
By:
LISA E.
| Vail, Colo.
A newcomer reads the Big Book in rehab, but a sponsor helps her understand it
Making her meeting
September 2010
By:
DAWN G.
| Kenosha, Wis.
After a tragic accident in the Middle East, an officer finds her courage at a base camp group
DON'T CRY FOR ME: SMILE!
September 2010
By:
STEVE C.
| Tulsa, Okla.
Blindness was a sad state of affairs until he changed on the inside
RAILROADED
July 2010
By:
SHAUN G.
| Manteca, Calif.
Talked into service, a reluctant teen meets the AAs who convince him to stick around
Don't Skip Over Six
December 1993
By:
Ralph B.
| New York, New York
My sponsor has been sober, quite contentedly, for eleven years and I respect his experience. So when he talks, I listen.
Steps to Serenity
November 1992
By:
S. M.
| Joliet, Illinois
Continuing work with the Steps has given this AA increased periods of serenity - From the August 1979 Grapevine
Chicago's Suggested Program
November 1987
The experience of five AAs from the 1940s through the 1970s illuminates the practice of sponsorship for the 1980s - From the February 1953 Grapevine