Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Service But Were Afraid to Ask
December 1984
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Secret society? Politics in AA? Elite group? Well, not quite . . .
Sobriety Is an Inside Job
July 1984
By:
L. P.
| Huntsville, Texas
In this section, an inside AA and his outside sponsor share the rewards of their correspondence
I Needed a Job
December 1983
By:
D. T.
| Costa Mesa, California
Unemployed (and unemployable?), scared and uncertain--in sobriety he found and kept the right job for him
Good Ol' Higher Power
July 1983
By:
J. S.
| Warren, New Jersey
Belief came slowly, but today he finally has a
Don't Take Our Word for It
November 1981
By:
S. S.
An early Chicago member writes a sequel to her story (page 304 in the Big Book) - From the January 1969 Grapevine
Slips and Human Nature
November 1978
By:
William Duncan Silkworth, MD
This work, by one of the earliest friends of AA, has become a classic of AA literature - From the January 1947 Grapevine
Fault-finding
September 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
When we cannot suffer others, we are the ones who suffer
Here and Now
September 1973
By:
D. H. R.
| Ridgefield, Connecticut
In fantasies of wonders to come, we often lose the joy of this moment's reality
Let Us Be Willing
June 1972
By:
Bob F.
| Pinellas Park, Florida
A plea for an open mind and an open heart in the total struggle against our dreaded disease
Dear Grapevine
March 2023
| Get Into Service
The Fruit of the Spirit
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By:
Anne H.
| Cammack Village, Ark
She tilled her garden as carefully as her sobriety—and both have come to fruition
Dear Grapevine
October 2022
| Relapse
With The Big Book As His GPS
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By:
Jared M.
After nearly a decade and a half, he headed in the right direction
Dear Grapevine
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
Dear Grapevine
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
The Only Requirement
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By:
Robert M.
At his first meeting, Tradition Three spoke his name loud and clear
AA Etiquette
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By:
Jack M.
| Libertyville, Ill.
The finer points of meeting behavior from an AA with half a century’s sobriety
The Spiritual Life Is Not A Theory
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By:
Matt M.
| San Antonio, Texas
AA reconnected him “to the world, the infinite and to other people”
The Collective Protective
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By:
Chris D.
| Austin, Texas
His Higher Power is a collective force of all those who have loved and watched over him
Dear Grapevine
March 2020
| Puzzled
The stranger
October 2018
By:
Gerry R.
| Clancy, Montana
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
Wherever I go
June 2018
By:
Karla S.
| San Francisco, California
With a job that keeps her on the road, she comes up with a plan to keep AA No. 1 in her life
Dear Grapevine
March 2018