Let’s Use Them Wisely
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Susan D.D.
| Plymouth, Mich.
“Nothing can matter more to the future welfare of AA than the manner in which we use this colossus of communication.” —Bill W., 1960
Unconditional Surrender
September 2016
When you lose the people you value the most, putting conditions on sobriety can only lead in one direction—back to a drink
Thought Police
July 2014
By:
Charles J.
| Mission, Texas
An AA looks at the issue of feedback and crosstalk in meetings
An Out-again-in-again Indian
July 1979
By:
B. B.
| Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
An eleven-page section devoted to the AA experience behind prison bars
Sharing my truth
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Pam
| Anaheim, California
Being honest about her mental illness in sobriety gives others hope and lets them know they’re not alone
It’s All Good
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kenneth C.
| Culver City, Calif.
A tragic drinking life, but a solid recovery that puts everything in perspective
Our Own Conception
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Michael F.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
A member raised in the “Bible belt” feels that religious beliefs are better left outside of meetings
Seeing 20-20
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Mark M.
He stood at a doorway, confused, doubtful and hopeless. And then took a single step forward…
A Sketchy Fourth Step
April 2015
By:
Wave P.
| Fresno, California
With help from her sponsor, a member with a learning difficulty did some Step work she thought she’d never be able to do
Mission: Tradition
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
One member's quest to find out more about how our Fellowship lives and grows
Poison Arrow
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
A young woman describes her toxic nine-year love affair with booze
You Are Already Part of a Miracle
January 1973
By:
A. M.
| St. Petersburg, Fla.
Spiritual awakening can be a sudden experience or a slow growing process