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Glossary of Golfing Terms

September 1965
By: J. F. G. Jr. | Shaker Heights, Ohio
Did drinking affect your golf? Or vice versa?

Dry But Not Sober

October 1963
By: A. G. | Chappaqua, New York
For seven years I went to meetings as a nonalcoholic and then one day the truth popped out

Phobias and Other Phoolishness

December 1962
By: J.R.B. | North Hollywood, California
Fearless Fosdick hear this: dentist, barber, airplane, elevator and work desk hold no terrors for this sober head

No Kidding

January 1961
By: R.M. | Toronto, Ontario
One man's opinion: AA is a Fellowship not a Friendship Club

The Other Side

February 1959
By: P. T. | Salem, Oregon

Closed Meeting

November 1957
The Recurring Closed Mind

Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends. . . The Clergymen

September 1957
By: Bill W.
Third in a Series

An Accumulation of Unhappy Events

July 1954
By: B. T. | Santa Monica, California
A Women's Story

The Second Best Thing I've Ever Done

February 2006
By: Ames S. | New York, New York
It opened the door to a whole new world

Bill W. Speech, Texas State Convention,

Grapevine Daily Quote June 1, 2019

"“This issue of the Grapevine marks the anniversary of its founding exactly fifteen [now seventy] years ago. 

 

“The memory of some of those first editorial meetings will linger with me always. Seated around a table in a tiny cheerless room some place downtown, the founders pored over their freshly written copy for the first issues. In those days the enthusiastic founders did everything. Not only did they do the art work, write the bulk of the stories, they kept the books, they paid the printing bill, they typed the address on each copy and finally licked all the stamps. So went the happy monthly paroxysm of creating what was to become the principal monthly journal of our whole society.

“Today 35,000 readers [now over 100,000 across multiple media platforms] see mirrored in each issue of the AA Grapevine a monthly vision of the worldwide thought, feeling and activity of our whole fellowship. It is our great means of inter-communication; a magic carpet on which each of you can ride to the more distant reaches and watch new brothers and sisters emerge from darkness into light.

“On this happy occasion I send my warmest affection to Grapevine readers and staff alike. May God prosper the Grapevine always.”"

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1959, “An Anniversary Letter”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote June 1, 2017

“This issue of the Grapevine marks the anniversary of its founding exactly fifteen [now seventy three] years ago. 

 

“The memory of some of those first editorial meetings will linger with me always. Seated around a table in a tiny cheerless room some place downtown, the founders pored over their freshly written copy for the first issues. In those days the enthusiastic founders did everything. Not only did they do the art work, write the bulk of the stories, they kept the books, they paid the printing bill, they typed the address on each copy and finally licked all the stamps. So went the happy monthly paroxysm of creating what was to become the principal monthly journal of our whole society.

“Today 35,000 readers [now over 100,000 across multiple media platforms] see mirrored in each issue of the AA Grapevine a monthly vision of the worldwide thought, feeling and activity of our whole fellowship. It is our great means of inter-communication; a magic carpet on which each of you can ride to the more distant reaches and watch new brothers and sisters emerge from darkness into light.

“On this happy occasion I send my warmest affection to Grapevine readers and staff alike. May God prosper the Grapevine always.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1959 “An Anniversary Letter” The Language of the Heart
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Quote June 1, 2014

"This issue of the Grapevine marks the anniversary of its founding exactly fifteen [now seventy] years ago. “The memory of some of those first editorial meetings will linger with me always. Seated around a table in a tiny cheerless room some place downtown, the founders pored over their freshly written copy for the first issues. In those days the enthusiastic founders did everything. Not only did they do the art work, write the bulk of the stories, they kept the books, they paid the printing bill, they typed the address on each copy and finally licked all the stamps. So went the happy monthly paroxysm of creating what was to become the principal monthly journal of our whole society. “Today 35,000 readers [now over 100,000 across multiple media platforms] see mirrored in each issue of the AA Grapevine a monthly vision of the worldwide thought, feeling and activity of our whole fellowship. It is our great means of inter-communication; a magic carpet on which each of you can ride to the more distant reaches and watch new brothers and sisters emerge from darkness into light. “On this happy occasion I send my warmest affection to Grapevine readers and staff alike. May God prosper the Grapevine always.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1959 “An Anniversary Letter” The Language of the Heart

Safe Landing

May 2026 | How the steps changed my life
By: Melissa L. | Mount Clare, West Virginia
A family intervention got her to the right place, and waiting for her there was a gift she’ll never forget

No Opinion

October 2024 | CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By: Jimmy C. | Peculiar, Missouri
Thanks to Tradition Ten, he learned that it was OK not to let everyone know what he thought about everything

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A Mother's Reprieve

January 2012
By: Lori Y. | Augusta, Michigan
After nearly losing custody of her only child, she was able to come back to AA and get sober again

The Program at Work

January 2012
By: Marc D.
He turned the loss of his job into a new opportunity with the tools of AA

Web Exclusive: My Brother, My Keeper

September 2011
By: Milton C. | Ripley, Tennessee
A story of two brothers who helped each other get sober

The Professional

August 2011
By: W.H. | New York, New York
A sober "expert" takes on Tradition Eight with the bluster of a politician

To be (or not to be) gay in AA

February 2011
By: Mike H. | Seattle, Washington

PROFESSIONALISM AND AA

August 2010
By: GABRIELA R. | Lynnwood, Wash.

Recovery is a Wonderland

July 2010
By: EVE MARIE | BROOKLYN, N.Y.
A story of redemption, rebirth and filling the void within

LIFE WITH NO LIMITS

August 2009
By: KALYN G. | Deming, Wash
Pain didn't have to be an obstacle to having fun

JUST SAY YES

January 2009
By: James H. | Corpus Christi, Texas
Taking the Friday night commitment kept this newcomer out of the bars

Young People Smash the Delusion

October 2008
Oklahoma City plays host to ICYPAA's 50th birthday bash

Report on the East Central Regional Forum

March 2008
Sharing ideas to carry the AA message in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Tip From A Bartender

December 2007
By: Bill S. | Roswell, Georgia
The right message in the wrong place

Not My Choice

November 2007
By: Susan K. | Asheville, North Carolina
The elementary schoolteacher and the biker babe

Prom Night

May 2007
By: Carol O. | Pensacola, Florida
A member recalls her teenage days with the old-timers

Traditions Ten: Question Of Tolerance

October 2006
By: Jack L. | Ludwigs Corner, Pennsylvania
Keeping the door of AA open to all

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