That Newcomer in the Corner
January 1984
By:
C. C.
| Aurora, Minnesota
How to carry the message to unwilling or misinformed newcomers? Here's one solution: a special beginners meeting, emphasizing AA basics and guided by the Traditions
But the Glow Remains
January 1971
By:
L. D. S.
| Colusa, California
The tinseled tree is down and Christmas is over. . .
The Secret of "Easy Does It
July 1963
By:
Smiley Blanton M.D.
How can a "don't try" philosophy deal with seemingly insurmountable obstacles?
The Twelve Steps Revisited / Step 8
June 1962
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 5
December 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
Tosspots Are Patsies. . .
September 1961
By:
L. G.
| North Dakota
But learning to be charitable toward chiselers pays dividends in serenity
AA in Norway
January 1958
Closed Doors ----And Open Windows
December 1957
By:
Frank S.
| Perry Point, Maryland
Story of the Birth of a Hospital Group
Double Conviction?
May 1950
By:
A. F.
| Cheyenne, Wyoming
the human story <lbPete was sweating out a bad rap. and running into an old cell-mate didn't make it any easier. . .or did it?
The Pleasures of Reading
September 1946
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
THE IDEA OF CHRIST IN THE GOSPELS OR GOD IN MAN by George Santayana (Charles Scribner's Sons, $2.75)
Riding the Rods
June 1990
Sober Parenting
Web Exclusives
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By:
Sarah M.
| Zürich
A “stunning swell of love” for her children—and for AA
Making Changes
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By:
Carol G.
| Blue Bell, Pa.
The deeper meaning and resonance of her sobriety
Dear Grapevine
October 2023
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Action and More Action
January 1978
By:
H. R.
| Millbrae, California
The Big Book tells us time and again you have to give it away to keep it
Divine Hot Line
December 1977
By:
E. P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She has found an immediate connection for conversation with the God of her understanding
Let the Bum Find Us
October 1976
By:
A California PI chairman
Till we get the message to him, the suffering alcoholic is the public
Son of Tall Man
February 1976
By:
Maynard B.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
An American Indian shares his strength, hope, and experience
Spectators in AA
November 1973
There are those who really try to work the program and still have trouble. Then there are others who stand on the sidelines waving a flag - From the October 1951 Grapevine
Nobody Could Have Kept Me from My Slip
March 1972
By:
C. S.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
Once the decision was made - Now the struggle to come back demands patience, honesty, and humility
Hair-shirt Humility
February 1972
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
Need we be as compulsive about guilt as we were about booze?
I Will Not Return to Prison as a Convict
February 1972
By:
R. E. L.
| Pomona, California
AA people and AA principles are easing the way to a new life
At a Meeting of Doctors' Wives. . .
July 1970
By:
Anonymous
| Southern California
The message she heard lay dormant for years. . .but when the time was right it came alive
A Big Book is Born
In a 1954 speech in Texas, our co-founder Bill W. recalls the early days of our book