Fourth Tradition Checklist
April 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Evaluation by Experienced Officials:
June 1967
By:
Judge Edward D. O'Cleary, Municipal
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
AA's General Service Office has issued this paper on cooperation of AAs with court-managed programs for alcoholics revolving in and out of local jails
The Bill W.--Carl Jung Letters
January 1963
Alcohol Involvement
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John M.
| Ontonagon, Mich.
He decided he’d be the first AA to figure out how to drink and stay sober at the same time. It didn’t quite work out that way
What’s on your mind?
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Members tell us what they think about meetings, fellowship, sobriety and more. What do you think?
Good friends & epic dances
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Hannah M.
| Ashville, N.C.
Once in a lonely basement guzzling vodka, she’s now living a full, active life
Second Tradition Checklist
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
B. L.
| New York, N .Y.
He was going to save AA. Someone had to do it. A member recalls AA’s early days before the Traditions were written
Conversations With The Moon
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Emily C.
| Auburn Hills, Mich.
She’d used up four of her nine lives when a tragedy occurred that propelled her back into AA
Born to Raise Hell
January 2012
By:
Mary B.
| Menominee, Michigan
A drunken mom lost her kids—and herself—until a chance encounter with an old high school chum
Web Exclusive: Fun and Fellowship—Marathon Style
May 2011
By:
Brian K.
| Telford, Pennsylvania
Road-trip running buddies take a challenge to attend an AA meeting in six different states—all in one day!
AA'S 35th Anniversary International Convention July 3-5, 1970, at Miami Beach
October 1970
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
How It Seemed to One Biased Alcoholic Observer
Supermom
July 2012
By:
Sandra M.
| Winnsboro, Texas
She took care of everyone else while alcohol took care of her
Sky High
November 2011
By:
Eileen G.
| St. Paul, Minnesota
An alcoholic's mad search for thrills in sobriety sent her back to the bottle
The Traditions Checklist
April 2011
The Power of Our Common Bond
June 1995
Reprinted from the Fall/Winter 1994 "About AA" newsletter, published by AA's General Service Office
The Smart Set and Survival
July 1972
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist and great friend of AA, said, "Hitting bottom must produce a result, and this result is surrender," In the following articles, three AAs share their thoughts on the surrender experience
11th Tradition
July 1971
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
3rd Step
March 1970
By:
Anonymous
| New Hampshire
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him.</emphasis>
First Tradition Checklist
November 1969
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
The author says: "AA's Twelve Traditions have, in my experience, often proved vital in keeping me sober, and helpful otherwise in all my affairs." This is the first of a series of articles sharing that experience.