Between A Bartender And A Bad-tempered Boss
December 2006
By:
Angela W.
Alone in a bar on her first AA anniversary
Elder Statesmen
November 1990
By:
Anonymous
| San Fernando, California
From the March 1960 Grapevine
An Illicit Affair
May 1972
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
You don't die of fright or shame. Matter of fact, you feel pretty good about it - Small-Town AA
The Colonel Was a Lush
February 1961
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
No man can change the Army 201 File but the bright record of the sober years goes into it, too
The Patron Saint of AA
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Charles M.
| Columbia, Tenn.
A once bleeding deacon learns to recognize that service to the Fellowship ought to come from a place of love
Dancing on a Pinhead
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Nancy H.
| Laguna Woods, Calif.
Write articles on the Concepts? What on earth had she signed up for? Turns out, it opened her eyes to a whole new world
Are We Ever Home Safe?
July 1975
By:
K. P.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
His group thinks of him as an old-timer, but he wonders. . .
The Pleasures of Reading
October 1946
By:
F.G.
| New York
THE FALL OF VALOR by Charles Jackson (Rinehart and Company, Inc., $2.75)
A New Adventure
December 2015
One letter at a time, she gets to explore sobriety with AAs all over the world
Meeting in Montgomery
December 2012
By:
Tom A.
| Trumbull, Connecticut
He went to the bus stop to right a wrong and left with a beautiful new friend
Saying Good-bye to Lee
December 2005
By:
Hoppy H.
| Burns Harbor, Indiana
One more gift of the program
Service Set Her Free
December 2011
By:
Karen S.
| Appleton, Wisconsin
Incomprehensible demoralization brought a jailed mom to AA, but learning to help others kept her here
Paradox
August 1961
By:
H. W.
| Pleasantville, New York
If we don't "hold lightly" to the ego we can't "hold tightly" to the program
Ham on Wry
May 1986
Dr. Bob - a Tribute to AA'S Beloved Co-founder
November 1975
By:
Bill W.
In an issue of the Grapevine dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bob, Bill writes of the beginnings and of an ending that was not an end - From the January 1951 Grapevine (now out of print)
Lucky Shot
June 2003
By:
Lonny W.
| Cornwall, Ontario
It took an attempted murder charge for him to change
God Didn't Follow Orders
July 1984
By:
V. P.
| Toledo, Ohio
Why a complacent old-timer got back to basics
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
July 1944
Building Unity
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Nadja F.
| Granbury, Texas
A member in Texas learns how to help bring the Spanish and English-speaking AA communities closer together