Bill's Wife Remembers When He and She and the First A. A.s Were Very Young
December 1944
By:
Bill W.'s wife, Lois Wilson
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
July 1944
Uncomfortably numb
May 2011
By:
Margie S.
| Columbus, Georgia
She had to drink to keep running—only AA stopped her.
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
October 2009
By:
RAY A.
| West Palm Beach, Fla.
Struggling for identity, a Puerto Rican-born radical loses himself in the bottle
Nice Jewish Girls Don't Go to Prison
July 2002
By:
Sherri B.
| Houston, Texas
Unless they find out, as this woman did, that they are also alcoholics who've gotten into trouble
Interview With the Author of "AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety
September 1995
By:
BOB P.
Third in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
The Main Taproot of Our Society
January 1993
By:
Lou H.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
A Labor of Love
September 1991
By:
Anonymous
a past trustee looks back over a term on the General Service Board
Guilt
December 1974
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
There really is such a thing as guilt, and we have a specific program for dealing with it
Paradise not lost
October 2016
How a return to the scene of her darkest drinking became a beautiful experience
Dear Grapevine
August 2016
On to the Next Town
July 2016
No matter what city you find yourself in, wonderful service awaits you
1100 Incredible Miles
June 2016
Packed with a lot of gear and a little insanity, a Kansas man hops on his bike and heads to Atlanta for AA’s 80th big year
My Buddy Valdez
December 2015
He lost his sight, but gained a great friend and a program that saved his life
So We Danced
December 2015
After years of dryness he couldn’t listen—until he got in step with the right guy
Lucky Turns
October 2015
By:
Bruce M.
| Indiana, PA
Just when a sober trucker decides to switch gears, his HP sends him on a most unexpected route
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
Dear Grapevine
June 2015
90 days of June
February 2015
By:
Carol P.
| Clinton, Massachusetts
One summer, a woman with a few years sober decided to kick her program into high gear.
Pillow to Pillow
November 2014
By:
Simon H.
| Sag Harbor, New York
A newcomer learns a dream of a concept: If he can make it to bedtime without a drink, he’ll stay sober
A Cold January Night
July 2014
By:
Gary G.
| New Jersey
The night that he tried to end his life would wind up being the night his life began again
Under a Shining Moon
February 2014
By:
Lisa R.
| Aberdeen, South Dakota
A newcomer has a Third Step experience that opens her up to a new life
20 reasons
December 2013
By:
Debi E.
| Springfield, Illinois
After 20 glorious sober years, a woman expresses her gratitude
Dear Grapevine
December 2012