Compliance
October 1976
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Who wouldn't be resentful? Wasn't everybody else smarter, richer, and more gifted?
Trials of a Group Secretary
July 1975
By:
J. K.
| San Bernardino, California
. . .and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Be a Sponsor? Who, Me?
January 1975
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
If you started in AA as an "orphan," you may shy away from "parenthood
6th Step
September 1970
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
AA in a State Hospital
July 1970
By:
E. A.
| San Rafael, California
Many continue their revolving-door existence. . .but some find a new way of life
Special-speaker Syndrome
August 1968
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
It feels terrible to be up there with the expectation you'll knock 'em dead
Winkley Rides Again
October 1966
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
And manages to move an AA off the bench back onto the Twelfth Step firing line
Breaking the Chains
September 1966
By:
T. P. Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Discussion: Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Stop the Car!
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Anonymous
| High Falls, New York
She loved her dad dearly, but the Steps showed her she owed him an amends. But when? One day on a country road, she knew
The Right Sponsor
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
K.M.
| Bar Nunn, Wyo.
Working with the right person turned her sobriety around
Laundry day
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Ginger R.
| Weymouth, Mass.
When he got out of the detox program, he began going to AA meetings. He soon began to smile more and return to the son I knew. I wanted desperately to stop drinking myself.
Exactly Where I’m Supposed To Be
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By:
Joe M.
| Franklin, Tenn.
One AA finds God in an unexpected discovery at work
Am I Spiritually Fit?
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By:
Anonymous
| Duluth, Minn.
How carrying the message connects to spiritual health
Skydiving
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By:
LaRissa T.
| Grass Valley, CA
After the death of her fiancé, the only answer seemed to be a bottle of whiskey. But her Higher Power intervened
Mission accomplished
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
John Mc.
| Nashville, Tenn.
A trip to help a sick sponsee becomes a powerful reminder of the message and love we get to pass on
Ghosts of Meetings Past
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By:
Bosco B.
| Midvale, Idaho
His program is peopled by those who are no longer with us, but live on in memory
The Message in the Books
February 2016
When he tried to stop people from stealing AA literature from his meeting, he learned a valuable lesson
Finding Bottom
August 2014
By:
Jackie H.
After she had to move out of the motels and onto friends' couches, she reached for the phone book to look up AA
Uprooted
May 2012
By:
Janice H.
| Clayton, California
Struggling through hard economic times, she finds that AA is recession-proof
A Starry Night in June
September 2011
By:
Greg R.
| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Not everyone has a white light experience as described by Bill W., but there's lots of variation on the light spectrum