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
Who Carries the Message?
February 1985
By:
G. T.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
We all do, in a surprising variety of ways
Around the World in One-day-at-a-time
February 1970
By:
A. M.
| Los Angeles, California
AA sobriety made every minute of this trip a joyful adventure, with loving friends in whatever faraway places he chose to visit
And Then We Were Five
February 1976
By:
Art C.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The chain begins with one reaching out to another
Recovery is a Wonderland
July 2010
By:
EVE MARIE
| BROOKLYN, N.Y.
A story of redemption, rebirth and filling the void within
Not the Great Big Things but Rather-a Whole Carload of Little Things
May 1969
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
- make life worthwhile
It Doesn't Apply To Me
April 2007
By:
Anonymous
| Pennsylvania
The difference between defiance and defeat
The Nearest Meeting: One Hundred Miles
December 1979
By:
W. M.
| Midland, Ontario
Back in 1945 it was a long drive to
Home group heartbreaker
February 2011
By:
Anonymous
Sometimes following group conscience is the hardest thing in the world
Chicken Breasts 99¢!
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Neil N.
| Douglas, Ariz.
Being a “wise acre,” I started making announcements.
I hoped folks would see that non-AA announcements didn’t belong in a meeting.
I hoped folks would see that non-AA announcements didn’t belong in a meeting.
Alcoholism At Large
October 2013