Keeping it going
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Kay H.
| Happy Valley, Oregon
The Hopeful Side of Grief
December 2011
By:
Pat L.
| Astoria, Oregon
By sharing his sorrow a member helps others
AA Around the World
November 1995
By:
Naoto O.
Adapted from the Final Report of the 13th World Service Meeting, held in Cartagena, Colombia, October 1994
We Feel the Same Pain
January 1984
By:
M. H.
| Lockport, New York
No one is too young to be an alcoholic--or to get sober
The Writing on the Wall
Scared and in a detox for the first time, he got the exact message he needed
Free of Charge
An AA considers how service and self-support help to keep AA free for anyone who needs it
Across the Editor's Desk
May 1955
The Anecdote Bin
February 1963
A 'Real Bad' Alcoholic
September 1979
By:
J. M.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
At the age of forty he knew he was
In silent wonderment
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Tom T.
| New Britain, Connecticut
He hoped his anniversary would pass by unnoticed, but he was in for a surprise
Grave danger
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Rick P.
| Vernon, Connecticut
Bored with the same old meeting routine, he had become a “sober fossil.” Time to dust himself off
Thanks, I See the Light
November 2018
By:
Brian D.
| Richmond, Ind.
He’d quit drinking before, without a problem. Why not now?
Too Chinese Too Jewish Too Young
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
She felt AA was not for her—but she kept coming
Our primary purpose
May 2009
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Hartsdale-Ardsley, New York
From the November 1956 Grapevine
Professionalism and AA
August 2004
By:
Gabriela R.
| Lynnwood, Washington
The Line Between Twelfth-stepping and Counseling
Elder Statesman Without a Country
February 1983
By:
B. B.
| Santa Rosa, California
When he stopped working the Steps, he was an