Lookin’ Good
December 2017
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By:
Carol S.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
She kept up a good front as she drank down the liquor and ran from her emotional past
Back in My Heart
October 2015
She keeps her father's boyhood photo to remind her of how far her healing has come
The Pendant
June 2015
By:
Anonymous
After just one week sober, a newcomer treats herself—but little does she know she has already won the prize
Now I get it
February 2015
By:
Ricky D.
| Rochester, New York
Shaking and scared, a newcomer recalls his mom's early days in AA.
Good Things Come
September 2014
By:
Kathy B.
| Kaneohe, Hawaii
With AA, a member in Hawaii weathers some storms and cruises into calmer waters
Short Fuse
July 2014
By:
Jeremy B.
| Abilene, Texas
A drive for liquor made him do something he thought he’d never do
The intersection
March 2014
By:
Jo P.
| Pocatello, Idaho
Drink/no drink, God/no God—the light was turning and it was decision time
My Own Private Hell
February 2014
By:
Anonymous
He couldn't stop and he was drinking mouthwash, until AA gave him the key to get free
The Walls Will Come Down
July 2013
By:
Dave A.
| Moncton, New Brunswick
In trying to break through and carry the message to Jake, he was able to free himself
Dear Grapevine
June 2013
12-Step Turtle
February 2013
By:
Dawn M.
| Cleburne, Texas
How a backyard red-eared slider showed her the way to Step Two
Stars, Not Bars
July 2012
By:
Perry G.
| Delmar, Delaware
Thirty-three years ago, AA gave him a new way to dream
Face Value
May 2012
By:
Jude H.
| Graton, California
How she got off her dirty carpet, found self-worth and learned to help others
Fathers and Sons
June 2011
By:
Anthony, R.
A man reflects upon both his own alcoholism and that of a father, who never made it to the rooms of AA
Is 'Promotion' Really a Dirty Word?
November 1991
By:
W. R.
| South Norwalk, Connecticut
Was it 'promotion when Bill called on Dr. Bob? Are we being too 'aggressively anonymous' as a Fellowship? - From the May 1968 Grapevine
Crayons, Cookies, and Kisses
September 1987
By:
D. B.
| Carlsbad, California
A meeting for mothers, and others
Those Stupid Slogans!
November 1978
By:
R. D.
They may never win the annual Pulitzer Prize for literature, but every year our slogans help thousands of AAs to win sobriety - From the July 1969 Grapevine
Those Stupid Slogans!
July 1969
By:
R. D.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
They may never win the annual Pulitzer Prize for literature, but every year our slogans help thousands of AAs win sobriety
Is 'Promotion' Really a Dirty Word?
May 1968
By:
W. R.
| South Norwalk, Connecticut
Was it 'promotion' when Bill called on Dr. Bob? Are we being too 'aggressively anonymous' as a fellowship?
Life Really Did Begin at 40
April 1968
By:
C. J. M., Jr.
| Manhattan, New York
It has been twenty years since that birthday and his life "slowly and surely has become richer