A Long Way Back
August 1951
By:
D. H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
It's a short haul from cornbread to hoe cake. . .
The Maritimes
May 1951
Eastward to Price Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Islands of great harbors...and harbor now for fifty-one AA groups. AA jutting out into the storms of the sea...
How Did A.A. Begin?
September 1948
Jack Alexander Of Saturday Evening Post Fame Thought A.A.s Were Pulling His Leg
May 1945
By:
Jack Alexander
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Serenity Prayer
December 1972
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
How one member applies it to his daily living
The scroll given to Sister may now be seen at Rosary Hall. This is the inscription:
August 1966
By:
Bill W.
our everlasting gratitude
To Finland, With LOVE. . .
December 1965
By:
Dr. Earle M.
| San Francisco, California
The snow is deep, the sun shines at midnight, and AA is zestful and bright
Short Fuse
July 2014
By:
Jeremy B.
| Abilene, Texas
A drive for liquor made him do something he thought he’d never do
Where I Go, It Goes
June 2014
By:
Terry F.
| Lexington, Kentucky
On a plane or at the doctor's, she's never without her constant companion
The intersection
March 2014
By:
Jo P.
| Pocatello, Idaho
Drink/no drink, God/no God—the light was turning and it was decision time
My Own Private Hell
February 2014
By:
Anonymous
He couldn't stop and he was drinking mouthwash, until AA gave him the key to get free
The Walls Will Come Down
July 2013
By:
Dave A.
| Moncton, New Brunswick
In trying to break through and carry the message to Jake, he was able to free himself
Dear Grapevine
June 2013
A Grand Hike
May 2013
By:
Elizabeth P.
At one year, a member gathers a sober posse for an adventure they’ll never forget
12-Step Turtle
February 2013
By:
Dawn M.
| Cleburne, Texas
How a backyard red-eared slider showed her the way to Step Two
Stars, Not Bars
July 2012
By:
Perry G.
| Delmar, Delaware
Thirty-three years ago, AA gave him a new way to dream
Face Value
May 2012
By:
Jude H.
| Graton, California
How she got off her dirty carpet, found self-worth and learned to help others
Meeting at Shivaji Market
April 2012
By:
Deborah D.
| Montclair, New Jersey
She gave back to a city that took her under its wing
Screen Saver
March 2012
By:
Ollie O.
| Canberra
A meeting in Australia uses technology to bring the world of AA into their room
A River Runs Through It
September 2011
By:
M.J.
| Boise, Idaho
After getting sober, a man returns to the valley of his childhood in his imagination and finds his Higher Power
Web Exclusive: Sobriety, A Road of Miracles
August 2011
By:
Mike
| New Hampshire
A sober man recalls how AA got him through all of life's ups and downs