Recovery, Romance, and a Pre-nup!
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Steve L.
| Cary, NC
It turned out the only pre-nup the two of them needed was the principles the program provided
Pop Saved Me a Seat
July 2015
A trip home to make an amend results in a wonderful blast from the past
Dear Grapevine
July 2011
Committed
July 2004
By:
Wallace B.
| Sanford, North Carolina
The word took on a whole new meaning in AA
Nothing Short of Our Very Best
June 1985
By:
J. H.
| Transvaal
Five presentations from the Eighth World Service Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous October 21–25, 1984
The Power of the Program
July 1978
By:
C. S.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Continuing work on the Steps will keep us connected with
All This Reading at AA Meetings--isn't It a Bad Trend?
July 1968
By:
Phill P.
| Stanton, California
More and more groups read more and more things at the start of meetings. Why use precious <emphasis type="underline">talking</i> time this way?
Ask an AA If God Is Dead
October 1966
By:
South Carolina
| Columbia,
Recent theological publicity stimulated this AA's review of an important conviction
What Does 'Powerless' Mean?
February 1966
By:
R. D. G.
| Los Angeles
A suggestion that we expand the idea of powerlessness over alcohol so as to attract the not-yet-ruined alcoholic
From three and a Half Feet
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Anonymous
| Sarasota, Fla.
With a little help and love from her AA friends, she heads off to the bus for her 7 a.m. meeting
Cutting Back
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Allan H.
| Williamsville, Va.
Not only has he stopped slurring and weaving all over the yard, but he now has a much nicer lawn
Dear Grapevine
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
Mad Man
October 2018
By:
Anonymous
| New York City, New York
A newcomer gets a job with a boozy ad agency, selling liquor. What could possibly go wrong?
Dear Grapevine
April 2018
Accountability
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Cheryl V.
We face complaints from the minute we make that first pot of coffee for our home group to the day we’re voted GSR. Responding with grace and dignity is what counts
Coming to believe
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Ann S.
| San Marcos, California
A New York woman recalls how a Higher Power helped her survive incredibly tough times
Rear-Ended
September 2017
By:
Paul H.
| Raleigh, N.C.
He was rear-ended on this way to a meeting, but only because his Higher Power really, really had something to tell him
Open-minded
October 2016
A long-time member shares about the challenges of being an unbeliever and helping others along the way
Shoes to Live For
September 2016
A woman in spike heels kept him sober that night. How did she know all his secrets?
Broken Promises
August 2016
She always meant to take her son to the park, but her hangovers kept getting in the way
Like Madison Square Garden
June 2016
Hotdogs, newcomers, guitars, tattoos and plenty of AA coffee. This was no ordinary talent show
Practice, Practice, Practice
November 2015
The Eleventh Tradition helps one member stay out of the pulpit and keep his focus down on the field
We Never Know What God Has Planned
October 2015
How a sober mom just kept showing up and somehow ended up with the keys to Intergroup