Does AA Have a Future?
September 1993
By:
John N. Chappel, M.D.
From the Fellowship's earliest hours, nonalcoholics have played a major role in the development of AA. Here, two nonalcoholic Class A Trustees share their individual perspectives on AA and their sense of what challenges lie ahead.
Educated Agnostic
April 1992
Keeping on Going
December 1989
By:
Elizabeth E.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
A Program of Action
March 1989
By:
J. L.
| El Granada, California
Step Three - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
A Word to the Wise
May 1987
By:
J. C.
| West Henrietta, New York
The difference between acceptance and change
The Eighth Concept
June 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
The Cab Driver and the Fat Lady
January 1971
By:
G. C.
| Miami, Florida
The dispatcher's voice called him to a meeting with destiny
Fifth Tradition Checklist
June 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Each group has but one primary purpose. . .to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
Truly Blessed
Web Exclusives
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By:
Ed M.
| Bloomsburg, Pa.
Reflecting on the changes wrought by nearly 40 years of sobriety
Orange is the new insanity
December 2017
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By:
Vicki M.
| Huntsville, Alabama
A newcomer scrubs her way through the first three Steps. And scrubs and scrubs and scrubs
From Saloon to Salon
March 2016
Getting sober was tough for a woman in 1949. But she had a knack for fixing hair
Martinis in a Mayo Jar
August 2015
This mom had a super-sized craving—and she didn’t even like martinis
Lost in the Outer Banks
May 2015
By:
Elise F.
| South Lake Tahoe, California
A married couple crossed the country to follow a dream—but the bottle led the way.
Recalulating
February 2015
By:
J.B.
| Leicester, North Carolina
In the mountains, a woman faces big changes after a breakup and a move.
My Bulldog Brain
September 2014
By:
Susan W.
| Alameda, California
When she was able to let go of intellectual pride, she began to identify in the rooms
Cuts and Broken Noses
October 2012
By:
Samantha D.
| Tucson, Arizona
And all the time she thought high heels were the problem!
Dear Grapevine
March 2012
A Mother and Her Son
July 2011
By:
Connie S.
| Colorado Springs, Colorado
After getting sober herself, she learnt that she was powerless over the alcoholism of others
Death in the mirror
March 2011
By:
Beverly W.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her fast track to the morgue is averted by a spiritual experience
God Never Gave Up on Me
March 2011
By:
Tom D.
A member tells how he found his way back to the religion of his childhood
End of the road
April 2010
By:
CHRIS M.
| Buffalo, N.Y.
When his wife threatens to walk out, he goes to his first AA meeting
Lost and Found
May 2009
By:
KATHLEEN C.
| San Francisco, California
A mother faces the truth about raising her children while drinking