Quote October 28, 2015
“I have no idea how I made it this long, or what has kept me sober. But if I were to guess, I’d say that it has something to do with the slogan, ‘Keep coming back -- no matter what.’”
Salt Lake City, UT, November 2000 “Keep Coming Back -- No Matter What” In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Quote October 28 2012
"I have no idea how I made it this long, or what has kept me sober. But if I were to guess, I'd say that it has something to do with the slogan, 'Keep coming back -- no matter what.'"
Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2000From: "Keep Coming Back -- No Matter What" In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Something Was Wrong
September 2014
By:
Laura F.
| Plantation, Florida
She had always sensed that things weren't right; but she didn't know it was alcoholism
Ebby
September 1999
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
Ebby had been enabled to bring me the gift of grace because he could reach me at depth through the language of the heart. He had pushed ajar that great gate through which all in AA have since passed to find their freedom under God."--Bill W., AA Grapevine
First Meeting
June 1963
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
She wondered what to wear and hoped we didn't sing hymns. Then she came to a meeting. Were we all lunatics?
Living With Relations
November 1951
General Service Headquarters, through its group relations activities, tries to live a paradox: To give advice in a paternal way without turning into Papa. . .
A Real Lifeline
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Scott T.
| Gaithersburg, Maryland
He and his sponsee have written more than 200 letters, and they get to share the love with their groups
When Life Goes Down
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
John D.
| Big Lake, Minnesota
When tough times come, he says God and the Fellowship always seem to show up
A Way to Serve
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
J.M.
| Waldport, Oregon
The member who told his lawyer about AA probably saved his life, he says. Now he gets to return the favor
Microbursts of Joy
November 1999
By:
Jan P.
| Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him</emphasis>, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.
Telling the Truth About Ourselves
January 1997
By:
Dennis B.
| Northfield, Minnesota
Letting newcomers know what AA is all about
Calls for Restatement of AA Purposes
November 1989
By:
J. F. H.
| San Diego, California
From the February 1948 Grapevine