Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
July 1971
By:
J. W. S.
| Greenfield, New Hampshire
How the Message Spreads
Generation Gap
September 1993
By:
Karen L.
| Chapel Hill, North Carolina
one member looks for ways to bridge it
Up, Up & Away
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Sara B.
| Newton Square, Pennsylvania
At 69, with 28 years sober, a brave, determined member discovers rock climbing is remarkably like doing the Steps
An Overwhelming Feeling of Peace
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Marie Y.
Growing up in a mob neighborhood in Brooklyn, it took a lot—including a horse’s unsubtle nudge—to get her sober
Just the Right Moment
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
David P.
| Prescott, Ariz.
How soon do you tell your date you’re an alcoholic? Do you tell your friends, coworkers, neighbors? One member has some thoughts
End Of A Drinking Journey
May 2017
She drank her way from Massachusetts to Miami and her mother prayed every day that she would be safe.
Band of Angels
February 2013
By:
Ralph B.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An old-timer remembers the special “team” who helped him get sober in 1961
It's a Wonderful Life
November 2012
By:
Oliver P./D.M.
| Mondovi, Wisconsin
A World War II vet remembers the woman who saved his life 54 years ago
I'm Too Young
December 2011
By:
Talia C.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
This mom "wasn't old enough" for AA until she heard the stories of two women her age
An Ex-Monk Picks Up the Pieces
October 2008
By:
L.H.
| Reno, Nevada
Alcoholism destroyed everything he believed in; the program gave it back
Bag of donuts
June 2010
By:
DAVE F.
| Hutchinson, Kan.
Sometimes all it takes is a kind gesture to save a life
Beyond the Blues and Back Again
October 2005
By:
Gerald G.
| Tempe, Arizona
The difference between opinion and experience
A Special Haven
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By:
Daniel R.
| Germantown, MD
He got sober young, but he needed a “second surrender” moment in his beloved home group
Ham on Wry
January 1999
Ham on Wry
June 1986
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
March 1976
By:
The Journal (Addiction Research Fou
Youth Problem--Worldwide
One breath at a time
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
David S.
| New York, N.Y.
Acceptance, peace, patience and gratitude... a longtimer shares about the gifts of prayer and meditation
Alcoholism At Large
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!