Our Primary Purpose and the Special-purpose Group
November 1989
By:
John L. Norris, MD
From the October 1977 Grapevine
A Slug From the Jug of Patience
February 1984
By:
K. D.
| Jacksonville, Florida
Learning to be comfortable in sobriety takes time
Whole Measures
October 1982
By:
K. W.
| Fairborn, Ohio
Working each Step is more than a one-shot deal
. . .As the Result of These Steps. . .
April 1980
By:
P. M.
| Riverside, Illinois
He found that there are solid benefits in reworking all the Steps
Our Primary Purpose and the Special-purpose Group
October 1977
By:
John L. Norris, MD
A 13-page section in which five individuals express their opinions on an issue of moment in AA
Epilogue
March 1970
By:
J. A. B.
| Las Vegas, Nevada
A flop for years, she rewrote the last act and ended on a note of triumph
The Fourth Concept
February 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
Crash landing
April 2018
By:
Eric P.
| Monroe, Wisconsin
For this beer-drinking Wisconsin man, the journey to AA was definitely no smooth ride
Six-pack and Back
October 2011
By:
Daniel T.
| Davenport, Iowa
After 34 years in and out, a man finally finds his HP and gets sober
Happy to be alive
June 2009
By:
JEANNIE
| Toronto, Ontario
An alcoholic finds hope after a lifetime of struggles
Three Times I've Come Here
April 1973
By:
Don N.
| Bronx, New York
Now shall we try for lasting recovery?
Crisis in Mexico
October 1969
By:
M. H.
| Oaxaca
There was no AA in the Mexican state where she had gone. . .and her sobriety was saved only when she acted out her responsibility to others
I Walked Alone
September 1952
By:
H. N. M.
| Sedalia, Missouri
A wife finds hope and comfort in experience shared
Radical Reformation
November 1997
By:
Dr. Dave
| Naples, Florida
A Professor of Religious Studies Finds AA
For Men Only?
June 1960
One of AA's first woman members describes her pioneering struggle to gain acceptance of her sex in what was exclusively a man's world of sobriety
What It’s Worth
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Heather K.
| Holbrook, New York
How do we decide the amount of money we put in the basket each meeting? One member shares what she does