The Pleasures of Reading
January 1945
By:
Felicia G.
| Manhattan, New York
<emphasis type="italic">The Glass Crutch; the Biographical Novel of William Wynne Wister</emphasis> <lbBy Jim Bishop (Doubleday, Doran & Co., $2.50)
Somewhere to be
November 2018
By:
Aundry B.
| San Francisco, California
His marriage just ended and last night he slept in his car. He was sure happy to see his sponsee
French Dis-Connection
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
Far from home and suddenly sponsorless, he learned the meaning of Don’t Drink No Matter What
Love on the Rocks
August 2011
By:
Jay K.
| South Carolina
An AA relationship is put to the ultimate test when a wife's affair with his sponsee is revealed
Tradition One: You Call This Unity?
January 2006
By:
Dorothy H.
| Piscataway, New Jersey
from the January 1992 Grapevine
A Profound Faith in AA
August 1994
I Slipped Back to Prison
July 1964
By:
Anonymous
| San Quentin
It has been about a month now since you went to your last AA meeting. . .you think you have it all figured out.
How to Drink With Impunity (or Anyone Else)
April 1961
By:
K. V.
| Glenview, Illinois
4. A DRUNK AND HIS MONEY
The adventures of SERF 7
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Lisa W.
| Jackson, Mississippi
They drove, ate, stayed and prayed together, doing service all the way. She found what she’d been missing
God Speaks to Us in Silence
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
M.B.
| Columbus, Michigan
With AA’s help and prayer, a mother puts down the bottle, lets go of the past and reconnects with her family in a new way
Truth works
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Joe S.
| Oakland, Calif.
Unsure of sponsoring a member inside San Quentin, he decided that honesty would be the way to go
Just Be Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Joel C.
| San Diego, Calif.
A long-time member and past trustee shares about his journey serving beyond the group as a gay man
Walkin’ Funny
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Gary K.
| Hoover, Ala.
Stranger things have happened at an AA home group, but this Sunday morning’s was pretty good
God, My Family and Myself
April 2018
By:
Rich G.
| Urbana, Ill.
Although he got sober far away from his family, AA and his Higher Power were there for him during his mother’s final illness
The Chop Shop
July 2013
By:
Michael W.
| Monroe, Washington
Welcome to the inmates' "meeting after the meeting," where sobriety comes first
Second chance at life
October 2009
By:
SUSAN B.
| Alexandria, Va.
Sober, she remembers the insanity of her past as she moves forward
A note about this article:
June 1963
Told he had cancer, this AA found an inner peace that amazed everybody
AA Is Not for Sale
August 1998
By:
B.L.
| New York, New York
We may be paid for our special skills but not for doing what keeps us sober. - Tradition Eight - Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
AA Is Not for Sale
February 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
We may be paid for our special skills but not for doing what keeps us sober