Chicago's Suggested Program
November 1987
The experience of five AAs from the 1940s through the 1970s illuminates the practice of sponsorship for the 1980s - From the February 1953 Grapevine
Our Primary Purpose
November 1985
By:
Anonymous
A "group within a group" practices Tradition Five - From the November 1956 Grapevine
That Happy, Happy First Meeting
June 1968
By:
D. C.
| Los Angeles, California
She looked it up in the directory and took a bus, alone, not knowing what to expect
Shower Not Required
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Kevin S.
| Hingham, Massachusetts
Only one thing is asked of him to become a member, he learned, and it’s not whether he has clean socks
A Year of Tuesdays
September 2015
Her life used to be punctuated by drinking, now it's measured in meetings
In the Rustle of the Leaves
August 2013
By:
Steve T.
| Burlington, Kansas
His sponsor is gone, but he can still be heard on a crisp fall day
Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
September 2011
By:
Jerry P.
| Hastings, Nebraska
From Section 2, Living History
How Welcome Are Newcomers?
November 1964
By:
B. L.
| Greenwich Village, New York
Has your group been tested for friendliness lately? Maybe you are reported on here
East Coast Or West Coast, A.A.s Always 'At Home'
January 1946
By:
Grace O.
| Manhattan, New York
Traveler Finds Welcome
Cold Morning, Warm Meeting
November 2012
By:
Tom S.
| Ripon, California
As Thanksgiving nears, a group of men who have each others’ backs share their sadness and joy
At the Crossroads of My Alcoholism
July 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Woodstown, New Jersey
He had reached that place where he couldn't imagine life with alcohol, nor life without it
The List-maker
August 2007
By:
David C.
| Springfield, Missouri
HE HAD A GREAT PLAN. IT JUST DIDN'T WORK.
How Much Is Enough?
October 2003
By:
Richard M.
| Golden, Colorado
Never enough money, women, cars, things. And never enough as a person either. --Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
AA + GP = Progress
November 1998
By:
Dr. William W. Bauer
The Director of Health Education for the American Medical Association tells how the physician can help the drunk to seek recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous.