Tradition Six
June 2011
By:
Bill W.
The sixth of a new series of articles explaining the Twelve Traditions ...
Giving It Back
March 2011
By:
Chris M.
| Mahawah, New Jersey
After 20 years, she is finally experiencing the joys of being a sponsor
Web Exclusive: Pass It Down
March 2011
By:
Bob M.
| South Euclid, Ohio
An AA shares how he learned about district service from good service sponsors.
Web Exclusive: Let's Work Together
March 2011
By:
Dave B.
| Guelph, Ontario
An AA member suggests some helpful guidelines to keep in mind while doing service.
The rise and fall of Mr. $
February 2011
By:
Kelly K.
| Newport Beach, California
All the money in Fort Knox couldn’t keep him sober
Tropic of temptation
February 2011
By:
Alan L.
| Stourbridge, West Midlands
A vacation romance with a chronic relapser takes him out of his comfort zone
An air of unity
September 2010
By:
JIM F.
| St. Louis, Mo.
A delegate shares about the 60th General Service Conference
Mentally ill
March 2010
By:
DUANE T.
| Hamilton, Ontario
A sponsor thinks he can't help a troubled member, but decides to try
Half a day at a time
December 2009
By:
COLIN Q.
| Fort Collins, Colo.
Counting sobriety in hours and minutes, a newcomer realizes he'll be all right
God drove me there
July 2009
By:
Mathew B.
| Wyoming
Craving booze, he heads for the liquor store and ends up at an AA meeting instead
This was it
April 2009
By:
Kelly A.
| San Mateo, California
A young woman, desperate to stop drinking, asks her recovering father for help
You are not done yet
March 2009
By:
PATRICK F.
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Accepting life as it came his way was the key to a great adventure
Tradition 2: Our Way, Not My Way
February 2008
By:
Dan B.
| Rochester, New York
Giving group will a try
Self-support
July 2007
By:
Jessica C.
| Los Angeles, California
How AA's Seventh Tradition helped soothe a troubled soul
A Twelfth Step Call In The Wild
May 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Ketchikan, Alaska
An unexpected opportunity to help a drunk
Bill's Wife Remembers When
November 1976
By:
Lois W.
Coping with brawls and kooky behavior was part of keeping house for the early AA members - From the December 1944 Grapevine
Professor Winkley Invents the Pill
November 1976
By:
R. Z.
Winkley's AA friend is supposed to be the first to try it, but he doesn't after all. . . - From the July 1967 Grapevine
Fault-finding
September 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
When we cannot suffer others, we are the ones who suffer
Prayer
April 1974
By:
Father Bill P.
| Seattle, Washington
Persistence in the practice of praying brings serenity, tolerance, less fear, and less anger
Magic Carpet
February 1974
By:
Ron
| Berkeley, California
A voyage of discovery--to find that we have loving friends all over the world
How I Coped with a Deep Depression
October 1973
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Recovery began with the act of doing nothing
The Power and the Glory
July 1973
By:
S. M.
| Safford, Arizona
Presenting a fifteen-page section in which five members share different kinds of experience and offer some observations on sponsorship
Responsible Sponsorship
January 1973
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
As AA grows, let's not lose that joyous one-to-one relationship
The Easier, Softer Way
September 1972
By:
R. W.
| Van Nuys, California
Science may come up with that panacea for alcoholics, but most of us in AA like what we have