Saved by the Bell
December 2014
By:
Ron B.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
An attempt to break his anonymity at a job interview gets sidetracked by divine intervention
A Letter Every Week
December 2014
By:
Robyn W.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
A writing assignment from her sponsor healed years and years of anger
What's the Problem?
July 2014
By:
Daniel H
| Newnan, Georgia
For this AA, drinking was definitely the problem
Me And My Turkey
December 2013
Nearly 35 years into sobriety, he is grateful for some of the particularly bad memories
Simple gifts
December 2013
By:
Colleen P.
| Kerrville, Texas
How a family trip to buy holiday presents opened her heart to forgiveness
A Song in My Heart
October 2013
By:
Peggy S.
| Belleville, New Jersey
Hearing "How It Works" when she was new was music for her soul
School Spirit
February 2013
By:
Deanna S.
| Atlanta, Georgia
Her search for faith took a happy turn on the San Diego freeway
The Motion Fails
January 2013
By:
Linda H.
| Cutler, Ontario
With the guidance of the group conscience, this member gets some well-earned experience on unity
Star of My Own Opera
May 2012
By:
Bill F.
He gave up the lead role and learned to be there for others
A Tool, Not a Club
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
Seeing the Traditions as principles, rather than rules
Built on Rock
September 2011
By:
B.B.
| St. Louis, Missouri
He learned that a strong belief in a higher power was the foundation he needed to stay sober
After the Crash
July 2011
By:
Sheila B.
| Taycheedah, Wisconsin
She confronted her disease head-on after a devastating collision
The angel at the table
March 2011
By:
Bob R.
| Shelburne, Vermont
Twenty-five years later he’s still passing on what a mysterious stranger offered him
Laughter Is Our Best Medicine
July 1980
Excerpts from the new AA book "Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers" show both humorous and serious sides of our co-founder
AA and the Grapevine. . .The First Ten Years
June 1979
By:
M. M.
Grapvine's 35th Anniversary - One of our early women members reports on... - From the June 1954 Grapvine
Spiritual Territory
March 1978
By:
L. C.
| Portsmouth, Rhode Island
We begin to change when first we enter
Male Al-anon
October 1975
By:
R. N. H.
| Levittown, Pennsylvania
I thought it was her problem. . .not mine!
You're in Good Hands with Winkley!
August 1971
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
This time he's come up with a security blanket for drunks
My Waterloo
February 1971
By:
Tibbey
This Hungarian seaman tells, in the language of the heart, how he met defeat and won a victory
Her Name Is Helen
August 1969
By:
Mary C.
| Missouri
When she told her story every woman in the room found new meaning in some old-fashioned words like: valor, courage, fearlessness. . .
Confessions of a Conventionholic
January 1969
By:
G. J.
| Rye, New Hampshire
After all that's been said about convention speakers, pro and con, here's a convention addict who doesn't even mention them