Better Late Than Never?
January 2017
It isn’t your age that counts when you come into the program, it’s your willingness, as one older newcomer discovers
Can’t Stop
December 2016
By:
Coleen F.
| Jacksonville, Alabama
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway
Paradise not lost
October 2016
How a return to the scene of her darkest drinking became a beautiful experience
St. Louis Blues
August 2016
Too much booze and a nasty fistfight got this 20-year-old mother a one-way ticket to a psych ward
Dear Grapevine
June 2016
Dear Grapevine
May 2016
One Main Road
November 2015
Early in sobriety, she took a trip that confirmed for her that the path of AA was the right one
Dear Grapevine
September 2015
Dear Grapevine
August 2015
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
The Road from Reno
September 2014
By:
Don A.
| Germantown, Tennessee
On a cross-country trip with his parents, a son learns a valuable lesson while making amends to his mom
Dear Grapevine
August 2014
Rowing Up the River
June 2014
By:
Jim
| Tasmania
After he started feeling worse sober, he realized that he needed to do things differently
20 reasons
December 2013
By:
Debi E.
| Springfield, Illinois
After 20 glorious sober years, a woman expresses her gratitude
Confrontation
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
An old-timer learns a valuable lesson about the need to "discipline" her group
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Service But Were Afraid to Ask
December 1984
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Secret society? Politics in AA? Elite group? Well, not quite . . .
Generalizations Can Be Dangerous
September 1984
By:
N. D.
| New Providence, New Jersey
AA is about alcohol and sobriety. Yet when prescribed or over-the-counter medications might lead directly to a drink; they become a serious issue for many AAs. What to do when the need to take, or refuse, medication arises? How to help others? On these pages, two members do all that any AA can do: share their own experiences with facing those questions and staying sober.
Don't Tell Us What to Do!
June 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 9 - AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve
Our Right to Be Responsible
December 1981
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 4 - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole
A New Group of One
October 1977
By:
D. P.
| Bristol, Virginia
We usually say it takes a minimum of two to start a group, but for a long while Jim belonged to
The Pink Cloud Didn't Come Back
March 1976
By:
A college professor
| North Carolina
A nine-page section of sharing from five AAs who are finding their way
The Nipping Nimrods
December 1974
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Hunters who drink or drinkers who hunt oft lead a merry chase
An Alcoholic's Day
February 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Experiences may differ, but the inner story is the same for all of us
Responsible Sponsorship
January 1973
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
As AA grows, let's not lose that joyous one-to-one relationship
The Oldest Clubhouse in the World
After making the local news, this former son of a preacher found himself at a meeting in Ohio