Something Kept Me Sober
November 1989
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
From the November 1958 Grapevine
No Dues Or Fees, but. . .
October 1972
By:
F. F.
| Bethesda, Maryland
Just because we're sober, do we have to get tight?
People
March 1971
. . . many streams of influence and many people, some of them nonalcoholics, had helped, by the Grace of God, to achieve AA's purpose." Bill in <emphasis type="italic">AA Comes of Age</emphasis>
Hello. This Is AA. . .
December 1969
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
All the world's a stage, and the telephone in any AA Intergroup or Central Office is a lifeline to human drama
Dangers in Linking AA to Other Projects
October 1957
By:
Bill W.
Reprinted from The Grapevine, October 1944
God Is Not Yourself
November 1973
By:
Paul de Kruif
Paul de Kruif, author of "The Microbe Hunters," "Life Among the Doctors," and other writings, helped greatly in carrying word of AA to the public - From the July 1951 Grapevine
Groups Form World-wide Chain of A.A. Philosophy; Group Has Come-back System
July 1948
Members Draw Wages from Finance Committee until Confidence Returns
The Power of Our Common Bond
June 1995
Reprinted from the Fall/Winter 1994 "About AA" newsletter, published by AA's General Service Office
One of Those Bad Cons Nobody Can Reach
July 1975
By:
Anonymous
In this 14-page section, the Grapevine shares the experience, hope--and success--of some whose alcoholism brought them to a prison cell
Some Never Make It
April 1996
By:
L.S.
| Bowie, Maryland
A child lives with the pain of a father who couldn't stop drinking
The Long Haul
May 1993
By:
Don P.
| Aurora, Colorado
Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
The Lost Commandments, the Dictionary, and AA
November 1986
By:
Bernard B. Smith
An excerpt from his opening address to AA's Fourth General Service Conference - From the June 1954 Grapevine
Care Package
December 1983
By:
J. V.
| Alexandria, Minnesota
His Christmas gift--the grace to accept help gladly
The Root of Our Troubles
December 1979
By:
B. S.
| Dallas, Texas
He had created a whole universe centered around himself