New Directions from the World Directory
January 1972
By:
D. W.
| Des Moines, Iowa
This traveling salesman was hopelessly lost until AA put him back on the right road
Nameless Fears
April 1971
By:
Bobbie G.
| Queens, New York
The stark terror of our drinking days sometimes returns as a feeling of impending doom in our sober days
Poor Me' and 'Poor You
September 1970
By:
Jan K.
| Sarasota, Florida
I have to remember that other people suffer just as much as I do
A Bat in Old New York
November 1966
By:
Ronnie H.
| London
An Englishman who hated the city ten years ago looks again
On a November Afternoon
March 1966
By:
J. W. O., Jr.
| Louisville, Kentucky
Our lives are related, one to another, in ways we do not understand
The Threat of the Twelve Steps
October 1965
By:
Anon
| Vermont
We went to extremes in drinking, why not in working the program?
Finding Faith Again
October 1965
By:
S. A.
| Greenville, South Carolina
. . .God as we understand Him
How a Slippee Made the Program
April 1965
By:
Phil W.
| Sioux City, Iowa
What made the difference was a sufficient period of hospitalization
Geography
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Chris A.
| Cape May, N.J.
Sometimes the most sober thing to do is leave
Angels There For Us
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Greg S.
| Anthony, N.M.
The pain was real. His perception of his future was not
What Have You Got To Lose?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mary C.
| Orinda, Calif.
AA was better than nothing before it turned out to be better than everything.
Expectations
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mike C.
| Canastota, N.Y.
Within AA he found true change from the inside out
Hope & a stamp
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Gary D.
| Edgewater, Fla.
If someone had told me 10 years ago that I would be writing and trying to be helpful to men I never met, I would have thought them crazy, but here I am.
Live Or Die
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John M.
| Winnabow, N.C.
Which choice would this alcoholic make?
Shifting Focus
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Ed H.
| Middle Island, N.Y.
My wife and I have done some really fine things in improving our relationship in the past few years. And a love I’ve never experienced before has blossomed as a result.
The Highest form of prayer
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
J. V.
| Aspen, Colo.
Meditation is my new daily “fix.” When I meditate, I ask God questions. I keep it simple, and I listen for his answers. It blows my mind!
Deciding To Take The Steps
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Allan G.
| Puryear, Tenn.
When it came time to stop drinking, he found a meeting right across the street. It had been there for years
Stop Right There!
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Yvon V.
| Welland, Ontario
Marylou had just left when my car was surrounded by no fewer than three police cars. A grim-faced officer ordered me out of the car.
Stuck in the Revolving Door
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Murray H.
| East Moline, Ill.
He found himself spinning in and out of the drinking life, over and over again
Let’s Use Them Wisely
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Susan D.D.
| Plymouth, Mich.
“Nothing can matter more to the future welfare of AA than the manner in which we use this colossus of communication.” —Bill W., 1960