Steering Clear of Negativity
August 1993
By:
Bill B.
| Mount Holly, New Jersey
this AA has learned to take what he needs and leave the rest
Carry the Message
August 1978
By:
D. S.
| Port Lavaca, Texas
This AA tried to carry another alcoholic
Grandiosity
June 1976
By:
B. P.
| Pompano Beach, Florida
This AA pasted fancy labels on her defects of character
Living in Purpose
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Natalie B.
| Palmdale, Calif.
From morning drinking to morning meetings—the pure joy of awakening in sobriety
When Sharing Matters
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Charles H.
| Laguna Woods, California
An oldtimer recalls three powerful stories about the unexpected ways what he said or did changed lives
Trust funds
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
James H.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
A sober accountant gets into General Service and sees how his area spends its money in a totally new light
Woody’s gift
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Richard M.
| Dillon, Montana
Why would a man leave his warm home on Christmas Eve to drive 17 miles in the snow?
I Found God on Madison Avenue
March 2015
By:
Larry M.
| New York, New York
After years of searching, his moment came, somewhere around 58th Street
AA In the Far Reaches Of Canada
September 2003
By:
Allan O.
| Brooks, Alberta
There are all kinds of ways to carry the message--even by speakerphone
Attitude Adjustment
November 1997
By:
Anonymous
| York Harbor, Maine
Step 11 - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him</emphasis>, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
The Rigorous Honesty Group
June 1996
By:
Dave D.
| Palmer, Massachusetts
They met in a trailer on a U.S. Army base
I Didn't Join AA
October 1982
By:
J. M.
| Middle Village, New York
But 32 years ago, by the grace of God, he went to his first meeting
Moving
August 1974
By:
P. P.
| Arnold, Maryland
AA may differ in different places but the program is the same--if you make it work