Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
December 1969
By:
M. E. S.
Books That Can Help - 'Thirst for Freedom'
Dear Editors:
June 1968
By:
B. B. C.
| Closter, New Jersey
. . .better kept. . .between God and ourselves.
Cunning, Baffling, Sticky
May 1964
By:
M. J.
| Greenwich Village, New York
Anoldcompulsioncancomebackfast--SNAP! POP!
12 Stops to Sobriety
April 1964
By:
B. C.
| Trenton, New Jersey
A prefabricated pattern for perpetuating a perfect purgatory, permanently
P.S. From the Editor
January 1962
Fabulous & the Rockstar
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Tim B.
| Hayward, California
He had no intention of doing Step Four, that is until a beer took him down and a guy with a funny name showed up
A Place to Fit In
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sandy L.
| Douglassville, Pa.
Beginning with her first drunk at the age of eight, she struggled to find the place where she truly belonged
From a Distance
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
As the COVID crisis continues, she’s more determined than ever to help reach out any way she can
More hope than I know what to do with
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tyler A.
| Globe, Arizona
A young man turns his life around in prison and even becomes his AA group’s GSR
Vigilance
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Kevin S,
| Gastonia, North Carolina
At every port, the booze once flowed freely. But now that he’s sober, he’s on full alert
Confessions of an Evolutionist
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Michele K.
| Columbus, Ohio
Her ability to debate was no match for the bottle. Luckily, when she got to Step Two, she had a new language
Blurred ambition
June 2017
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
A drunken writer with dreams of success places two huge bets that change his life
Thirst for adventure
March 2017
By:
Edith F.
| Essex, Massachusetts
A footloose bohemian sobers up and hits the road and discovers things she never imagined
Attica's Beacon
June 2014
By:
John L.
| Attica, New York
A prisoner finds his shining light in one of the longest-running prison groups in the nation
The End of a Sad Soap Opera
February 2012
By:
LaGene W.
| New York, New York
With her life in shambles and knowing nothing of AA, she remembered a sober character on a tv show and picked up the phone
Alcohol, The Greatest Disability of All
June 2011
By:
Russ K.
| Nampa, Idaho
He realized that living life as an alcoholic was a lot worse than living with the disability of having only one arm
PAIN Reliever
February 2009
By:
Jeffrey W.
| Milwaukie, Oregon
A physician who's lost his license finds a doorway to hope
Sober In The Sixties
July 2006
By:
Fairleigh M.
| La Mesa, California
A long-timer talks about getting sober in her teens
Self-reliance: a Skeptic's Story
October 2005
By:
C.M.
| Los Altos, California
An alcoholic tries to "AA her way" through depression