Z-fects of Character
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
Manuel P.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
I find that I’m getting distracted looking at the computer screen. And really...do I have to make that sandwich onscreen during the meeting?
Service in A Battered Suitcase
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Phillip H.
| Indianapolis, Ind.
A clear-eyed look at the beauty (and difficulty) of service
Loving arms
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Cam A.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
One of the things I enjoy about AA is going to meetings when I travel or visit a new place.
When My Butt Falls Off
February 2016
Seat Of Life
June 2006
By:
Mary C.
| Eagle River, Alaska
A newcomer reflects on her first year of sobriety
Alchemy Of Pain
December 2003
By:
Mary J.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
It was hard to believe that anything could heal her wounds
Lessons in Life
May 1998
By:
Jack J.
| Sheridan, Wyoming
Learning from the ups and downs of an AA group
How It Feels to Join AA
November 1987
By:
Beatrice
She didn't believe she needed to stop drinking - From the November 1944 Grapevine
Ashamed, Afraid, Nervous--And Sober
December 1982
By:
C. B.
| Winter Park, Florida
It's never too late to get back to the program
Sobriety-by-mail
June 1967
By:
Murray M.
In a New Zealand prison: Four walls enclose him day and night, but they don't keep out the AA message
What Good Does AA Do in Prison?
March 1962
By:
Henry Max Heilig
a noted prison official tells why your AA visits to penal institutions aren't wasted work
I LIKED THE MEDICINE
March 1953
By:
D. A. S.
| Frederickton, New Brunswick
You have to live it, feel it, suffer it before you know it. . .and you have to admit it before you can recover.
That Almighty First Year
March 1969
By:
E. M. K.
| South Pasadena, California
A two-coast story of profound despair and a new life