Open mouth; insert Trad.Ten
May 2011
By:
Jack L.
| Ludwigs Corner, Pennsylvania
Is blasting a particular religion unwelcoming to newcomers?
GOOD, BAD, or Indifferent
July 2008
By:
Margaret R.
| Stephenville, Texas
How "the deal" works for newcomers, old-timers, and everyone in between
Bill W.'s Letter About Hippies in AA
June 2004
By:
Bill
Excerpted from "The Traditions in Action" by Bernard B. Smith - March 1971
It's Not That Hard
July 2002
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
This writer says he wasn't arrested, he was rescued
It's Not That Hard
July 2002
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
This writer says he wasn't arrested, he was rescued
A Glimpse of History
November 1993
What We Were Like
October 1993
By:
Sean M.
| Santa Monica, California
Fragments of AA History - 1st Dublin Group
A Friend of the Fellowship
July 1990
Are Women the Orphans of AA?
April 1953
By:
B. D.
| Woodside, New York
In my opinion, there are as many, if not more, female problem drinkers as male," writes a Buffalo doctor in a recent issue of GP. Does AA membership reflect this trend? A woman member raises this and other disturbing questions.
Lest Problems of Money, Property and Prestige Divert US. . .
August 1950
By:
A.A.
| Waycross, Georgia
Sunshine & Rainbows
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
James M.
| Leland Grove, Illinois
He was scared of Marty. She was tough. Luckily, he took a suggestion that became a long, wonderful friendship
Prickly Worker
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Sacramento, Calif.
Over decades of sobriety, his work life became a great place to grow and apply the principles of the program
Through the Starting Gate
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
No House, No Dog
February 2016
The tough choices she made in early sobriety paid off in a most beautiful way
Early AA: Still Active After All These Years
March 2007
By:
Mary W.
| Mountain View, California
One of the first female AAs on the San Francisco Peninsula shares her story