Close Encounter
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
David S.
| San Francisco, California
Drunk and desperate, he had reached the end of the line. Luckily, a nearby passenger knew just where to go
AA must change
March 1974
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
The growth of agencies working in the field of alcoholism presents new challenges to AAs. Here are three articles discussing the problems and the opportunities we face
Helping Hands
April 1958
By:
Inventory
OUTSIDE AA <lbActivities and developments outside AA in the field of alcoholism. . .a news report.<lbHERE AND THERE
Joy on a Full Moon
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Paul L.
| Whitefish, Montana
A sober bike ride with his home group in Glacier National Park was just the adventure he was looking for
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
March 2000
By:
Debbie H.
| Moscow, Idaho
Finding solace in nature
The Desperate Wife
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Bill W.
| Montreal, Quebec
I received a call that really brought me down to earth. It was a call from a wife on behalf of her husband, who was a serious drinker.
Online Sobriety
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Barb C.
| Endicott, N.Y.
She hated computers, but finding AA online forums gave her the courage to return to the program after a long relapse
Why Be Organized?
September 2017
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Oregon
A conversation with the coffee crew reminds this “elder statesman” why AA is set up the way it is
Bottoms Up!
January 1948
ABC Commentator Gives Outsider's View of Our Activities
December 1945
Lucky Shot
June 2003
By:
Lonny W.
| Cornwall, Ontario
It took an attempted murder charge for him to change
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
July 1944
Through the Starting Gate
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
Twenty-six Miles Across the Sea
March 2000
By:
Bill W.
| Fountain Valley, California
Sobriety on Catalina Island
Ham on Wry
April 1997
Ham on Wry
May 1995
9TH STEP RIDE
September 2008
By:
Scotty K.
| Lake Arrowhead, California
A biker calculates the price of peace
EPILOGUE
October 1969
By:
S. B.
| Palma de Mallorca
He proved to himself that the program works--with or without people - This Is AA Around the World. . .