Jumpstart
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Steve S.
| Manhasset, N.Y.
She came right up to me. “How many years do you have sober?” she asked. “Almost 17,” I replied. Without missing a beat, she said, “Well, how would you like to be our Intergroup Rep?”
Dying to be loved
November 2016
At age 20, liquor had done its job. It made her believe she had nothing to live for
Breaking new ground
February 2015
By:
Dan C.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Digging up experience on trusted servants and the many ways they form our group conscience.
The Pleasures of Reading
February 1946
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">The Perennial Philosophy</emphasis> <lbby Aldous Huxley (Harper & Brothers, $3)
The 12 Steps Revisited
March 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable. --First in a series of searching articles
Work buddies
October 2018
By:
Jeff W.
| Maplewood, New Jersey
A member involved in CPC work tells how his drunken past helps him to be useful on the job
God Speaks to Us in Silence
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
M.B.
| Columbus, Michigan
With AA’s help and prayer, a mother puts down the bottle, lets go of the past and reconnects with her family in a new way
Testing the Waters
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
V.K.
| Casa Grande, Arizona
He had vowed never to attend a meeting in a church. Then one day he decided to challenge himself
Relying On A Higher Power
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Michale K.
| Denver, CO
Her most important sobriety and life lesson? When needed, her Higher Power was always there
A Now-forty Face
October 1981
By:
B. M.
| Charleston, West Virginia
It turned out to be a wonderful birthday
Get Busy!
Without the AA program, she would not have been able to handle some of the lessons life has handed down to her.
Washingtonian Plus AA
September 1951
One Primary Purpose
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Debbie D.
| Concord, Calif.
Their group has hot coffee, donuts, comfy seats and all three shades.
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
Home Group at Rio Rancho
July 2014
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico
For years, he jumped from meeting to meeting until he learned the value of a place called home