Emotional Involvement
November 1984
By:
F. C.
Sometimes Cupid's darts hit the wrong mark - From the January 1962 Grapevine
Thank God for Despair
November 1983
By:
E. M.
. . . the unease that makes us want to do a better job of living - From the June 1965 Grapevine
No Fanfare, No Foofaraw
August 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 11 - Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films
He Was My Favorite Sponsor
March 1982
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
. . . And on the following pages four more AAs tell about sponsoring and being sponsored
Thank God for My Despair
November 1973
By:
Dr. Earle M.
| San Francisco, California
Our struggles with discontent and unrest lead us to ever-higher levels of living and learning - From the June 1965 Grapevine
The Cage
July 1971
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
From the year 1990 comes a horror story for our time
Thank God for Despair
June 1965
By:
Dr. Earle M.
| San Francisco, California
...the un-ease that makes us want to do a better job of living
It's a Teen-aged Affair
July 1964
By:
Anon.
| Manhattan, New York
Some problems the children of Alcoholics encounter, and how they are meeting them
Open-meeting Bores
October 1963
By:
Jackson
| Michigan
Want to know how to handle Drink-by-Drink Dave, Mumbling Myron, Sour Sam or Pollyanna Pete? First, look in any mirror
Coffee: The Great and Glorious Bean
December 1962
By:
T.D.
| Manchester, Massachusetts
Bane or bean, inst. or fresh, the caffeine bean is bountiful in AA--and grounds for a strong brew of intra-group controversy
Dreams and waterfalls
September 2017
By:
Anonymous
He was once so drunk, he couldn’t leave his dorm room. Now he’s seeing the world
Making it Easy for Others to Love Us
January 2017
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
Years of AA have given him sobriety and acceptance and a life with compassion and wonder
Big, Beautiful & Wild
December 2016
By:
Brian M
| Portchester, New York
With grizzly bears and bighorn sheep for neighbors, how was he ever going to stay sober?
A Tale of Two Brothers
August 2015
Separated for 36 years, two alcoholic brothers experience quite a surprising reunion
Dear Grapevine
April 2012
Bottom of the Ninth
June 2011
By:
Susan B.
Recovery from alcoholism brings this father and daughter closer after many years of difficulties
You've got to give to get
June 2009
By:
JOHN L.
| Seabrook, Texas
A loner on the fringes of AA finds the courage to seek out a sponsor
A CHILD OF WOODSTOCK
March 2009
By:
NANCY K.
| Woodstock, New York
Raised on alcohol and excess, an artsy member discovers contentment in her later years
A Talk With One Of AA'S Longest Long-timers
September 2006
A Family Nightmare
April 2006
By:
Laurie R.
| Mayhill, New Mexico
Alcoholism attacked one generation after another
Highland Sobriety
May 2005
By:
Jim B.
| Glasgow
Over the hills and far away, there is still the hand of AA
Sentenced to Sobriety
January 2004
By:
Farris R.
| Springfield, Missouri
It took a lot more than prisons and lockdown wards to persuade him to stop drinking