On Adolescence Avenue
March 2011
By:
William G.
| El Cajon, California
Getting sober gave him the chance to mature emotionally
King of excuses
January 2011
By:
Scott M.
| Bronx, New York
Biking to a service commitment was not his idea of how to spend a Sunday night
Prison politics
December 2010
By:
WAYNE D.
| Edgefield, S.C.
If you think your group's business meetings are tense, try having one behind bars
Six-Pack Lucky
May 2009
By:
LUCKY R.
| Parksville, British Columbia
After several relapses, a former sailor gets honest and asks for help
The Second Step Challenge
November 2007
By:
Anonymous
Talking about the God stuff with skeptical beginners
Three Graces
December 2005
By:
Melody V.
| Boulder, Colorado
A family in the throes of this deadly disease
Saying Good-bye to Lee
December 2005
By:
Hoppy H.
| Burns Harbor, Indiana
One more gift of the program
Just Another Bozo on the Bus
August 2004
By:
Anonymous
Celebrating the ways we are all exactly alike
Does AA Have Hidden Membership Rules?
June 2004
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
You don't have to be a sheep to stay sober
Boogeying Without Booze
August 2003
By:
Susan C.
| Woodland, California
It was better sober. Imagine that.
I Knew Joe
July 2003
By:
David P.
| Beverly Hills, California
Death and despair take a down-and-out rocker to the door of AA. A moment of grace brings him in
Step Seven and the 'Older' Member
November 2001
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
CLASSIC GRAPEVINE--August 1955
Let Free Will Work Its Wonders
January 1970
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
The most important things we say to a new person are often the words we say casually
Slips and Human Nature
June 1969
By:
Willliam Duncan Silkworth, MD
Originally published in the Grapevine for January 1947, this work has become a classic in AA literature
Report from an Unemployed Monkey
March 1969
By:
R. W. D.
| California
Learn where the monkey shines and how to dim his activity. Here are full directions, as dictated by Moe the Monk himself
Don't Take Our Word for It
January 1969
By:
S. B. S.
| Sarasota, Florida
An early Chicago member writes the sequel to her story (page 304 in "Alcoholics Anonymous") and clearly spells out the progression of sobriety - Big Book Stories--Updated
Divided I Stand
November 1968
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
Many a spouse joins AA only to find that the search for sobriety brings new problems in family relations. Here, three members share their experience in making necessary adjustments
How It Goes with AA in Calcutta
November 1967
By:
Reginald Maher
A nonalcoholic newspaperman reports on his firsthand experience of the Fellowship
Homing Device for the Inner Man
March 1967
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
<emphasis type="italic">The author suggests taking this "continuing" Step in three ways </emphasis> <lbStep Discussion<lbStep Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Don't Hide in AA
January 1967
By:
Bobbie G.
| Forest Hills, New York
A member asks: Isn't it AA's job to return us to normal living, not furnish a substitute for it?
In the Place for Drunks
December 1964