Digest of Advisory Actions
September 2001
A Time-tested Program of Recovery
October 1981
By:
P. M.
| Riverside, Illinois
The Twelve Steps are the best treatment for our disease
Cosmic Consciousness
May 1976
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
An examination of the profound spiritual experience that illuminates and changes many lives
Lo-hoc-la
January 1969
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
The science-fiction editor rejected the story--it was too absurd--and then went out for a liquid lunch
No Longer Alone
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
David S.
| New York, N.Y.
With a sponsor’s tough love and unconditional acceptance, he finished his Fifth Step and got back into life
What Matters Most
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Julia F.
| Monterey, Ind.
Sharon had lost her driver’s license after her most recent arrest. After the meeting I would drive her home. All this time in the car was sponsorship time
People, places and soup
February 2017
By:
Mary Ann R.
People, places and soup After an earlier close call with liquor, a newcomer orders food that couldn’t possibly get her drunk
The Message in Far-off Places
August 1962
By:
T. D.
| Massachusetts
In Singapore, Hong Kong, New Delhi, and Ceylon, this traveller found AA at work
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
April 1969
By:
Sunday Star-Ledger
| Newark, New Jersey
On-Job Treatment for the Alcoholic
AA Around the World
July 1959
By:
B. W.
| Melbourne
A Late Report from Australia - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published by the General Service Offic
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
May 1948
By:
B.S.
| New York, New York
There Is A.A. on Vacation, Too
On The Road—This Time With AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mara S.
| Orangevale, Calif.
Five years on the road—and she finally makes it home again
Priceless
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
David O.
| New York, N.Y.
A member in New York fondly recalls a sponsorship relationship that became a work of art
Living in a human world
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Linda B.
| Calif.
When loss and grief come, we pray and reach out for help. The beauty happens when we share it with others