How AA Started in Brazil
October 1996
The following is an exchange of letters between the wife of an early AA member (she and her husband were Americans living in Rio de Janiero, Brazil), and the associate secretary of the AA Headquarters in New York.
Only a Glass of Champagne
November 1983
By:
W. K.
Anyway, no one would ever know - From the September 1973 Grapevine
Over 40 Billion Problems Served
October 1983
By:
F. L.
| Bangor, Maine
Are we losing sight of our primary purpose?
Return to Sanity
May 1983
By:
R. W.
| Bangkok
A desire to drink and the time-tested remedy--a meeting
Why Study AA History?
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By:
Tim B’s son
| Raleigh, N.C.
Following the path to personal history, one AA to another
Rescue Dogs Need Sponsors, Too
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By:
Ron B.
| Centennial, CO
Being sober for a long time doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a sponsor
I Want What She Has
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Terri T.
| Billings, Montana
The joy outside volunteers brought in and the support her sober roommate got was the thing that got her attention
Tuned In
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By:
D.K.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
His Higher Power’s voice found its way through all the static of early sobriety
One Seder at a Time
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tennessee
A newcomer navigates his first real social test. Thank goodness for helpful oldtimers and grape juice!
Window of Opportunity
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
T.R.
| Isleton, California
At six months sober, his view of the world was getting much better. Well...not this day
The Day I Unmuted
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Tracy L.
| Ottawa, Ontario
Every day she kept logging in—often drunk. Then finally she spoke up and said those magic words
Hope, After All
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By:
M.P.
Her losses mounted even after escaping an abusive marriage, but today she is sober and a “woman of valor”
When truth stares at you
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Peter B.
| Petaluma, Calif.
It was the look that changed his life, from someone whose words he’ll never forge
A Whole New World
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Cathleen G.
| Dallas, Texas
A daughter returning home for the holidays shares her joy about how AA has transformed her family
The Hard and Stubborn Lot
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By:
M.C.
| Belchertown, Mass
Fearful at first, he helped an inmate find a life outside of prison—and discovered they shared more than he had thought possible
The Outside Members
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By:
Lisa S.
| Nashville, Tenn.
Inside or outside of prison, the common denominator is one alcoholic helping another
Journey home
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Diane C.
| Guelph, Ontario
Though her father and brother didn’t make it, she and her sister knew exactly where to go
My way out
March 2018
By:
Karen A.
| New York, New York
On a sad hike through the English woods, she found the path back to gratitude