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A.A. Digest--

October 1946
Excerpts from Group Publications

Why Study AA History?

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Tim B’s son | Raleigh, N.C.
Following the path to personal history, one AA to another

Rescue Dogs Need Sponsors, Too

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Ron B. | Centennial, CO
Being sober for a long time doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a sponsor

A Work of Art!

August 2025 | Atheist & Agnostic Members
By: Pat S. | Stanton, California
A 47-year-old debt over lost artwork became an unexpected gift just in the nick of time

I Want What She Has

June 2025 | Annual Prison Issue
By: Terri T. | Billings, Montana
The joy outside volunteers brought in and the support her sober roommate got was the thing that got her attention

AA News

March 2025 | Sober and Out
Canada Reaches Out

Tuned In

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: D.K. | Pittsburgh, Pa.
His Higher Power’s voice found its way through all the static of early sobriety

Clearing the Air

October 2024 | CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By: Peter A. | West Simsbury, Connecticut
A dad well into sobriety embraces the Tenth Step to come clean and mend his relationship with his daughter

One Seder at a Time

April 2024 | Happy Birthday Big Book!
By: Definitely Steve | Nashville, Tennessee
A newcomer navigates his first real social test. Thank goodness for helpful oldtimers and grape juice!

Window of Opportunity

December 2023 | Remote Communities and sober holidays
By: T.R. | Isleton, California
At six months sober, his view of the world was getting much better. Well...not this day

A Bountiful Higher Power

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Loren S. | South Bend, Ind.
Restored to reality—rather than sanity—he finds his true path

100 Beards

December 2022 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Jack H. | Westminster, Md.
What sobriety lifeline does a Santa turn to when he can’t get to meetings? Grapevine, of course

The Day I Unmuted

October 2022 | Relapse
By: Tracy L. | Ottawa, Ontario
Every day she kept logging in—often drunk. Then finally she spoke up and said those magic words

Hope, After All

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: M.P.
Her losses mounted even after escaping an abusive marriage, but today she is sober and a “woman of valor”

Carried To Carry The Message

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Lisa K. | Pittsford, N.Y.
Slow and steady wins the race

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Tree of a New Life

October 2011
By: Bob M. | Tulsa, Oklahoma
A dreaded ice storm mends a doctor's bruised career

Web Exclusive: An Amends in the Nick of Time

July 2011
By: Philip S. | Carlsbad, California
If he had waited only one more day, he would have lost the opportunity to make amends

"Don't Do It, Mom, He's Not Worth It!"

June 2011
By: Tom | Osseo, Minnesota
An incident of domestic violence and a daughter's rejection was the spark he needed to get sober

Make the Connection

June 2011
By: Carol P. | Clinton, Massachusetts
Even halfway around the world in Australia, the program is there if you seek it

Legacy of resentment

December 2010
By: Tom L. | New Orleans, La.
Chains of bitterness toward his mother are shattered through forgiveness

Turkey day

November 2010
By: R.P. | Yorktown, Va.
A first sober Thanksgiving is spent staying busy and using the AA tools

MY TURNING POINT

January 2010
By: RICK S. | Indian Wells, Calif.
Declaring his alcoholism at a meeting, a solitary, blackout drinker begins a new life

Rare and elusive

January 2010
By: JOE H. | Tucson, Ariz.
Until he takes the First Step, a collector misses the real value of the Big Book

A Kid like me

March 2009
By: PINKY G. | Skaneateles, New York
A troubled teen and a 40-something sponsor have more in common than they think

An Electronic Dream

June 2008
By: Daniel S. | Brooklyn, New York
MAKING VITAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR AAS

The Challenge of Forgiveness

February 2008
By: Anonymous
Hope softens the pain

SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL

January 2008
By: Felix C. | Rockaway, New York
A member learns different survival skills behind the walls

No Quick Fix

September 2007
By: Joe D. | Stratford, Ontario
A story about love, pain, and sharing

Obsession Progression

June 2007
By: Melody R. | Bandon, Oregon
An AA learns that there is more to sobriety than a dry spell

Between A Bartender And A Bad-tempered Boss

December 2006
By: Angela W.
Alone in a bar on her first AA anniversary

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