From Booze to Shaving Cream
August 2014
By:
Tom K.
| Bellevue, Washington
Even though he was at his bottom, at 33 years old, he had a hard time imagining staying sober forever
Home Group at Rio Rancho
July 2014
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico
For years, he jumped from meeting to meeting until he learned the value of a place called home
A Different River
February 2014
By:
Russ K.
| New Oxford, Pennsylvania
An AA describes how he keeps his mind open to stay sober in an ever-changing life
Fear and the Fourth Step
April 2001
By:
Ted D.
| Teaneck, New Jersey
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
November 1996
By:
G.M.
| Kaneohe, Hawaii
An AA Magnet
Around AA
May 1988
It Starts With the People
July 1987
By:
L. M.
| Springfield, Massachusetts
There was security and warmth in the room
Who Carries the Message?
February 1985
By:
G. T.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
We all do, in a surprising variety of ways
Suggestions from a Temporary Sponsor
September 1975
By:
F. C.
| Scottdale, Arizona
A good start on the AA way of sober living
The Image Scrimmage
July 1965
By:
Anonymous
| Tuscon, Arizona
An AA old-timer reflects on self-knowledge
Death in the mirror
March 2011
By:
Beverly W.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her fast track to the morgue is averted by a spiritual experience
Doctors On Call
September 2003
By:
Omar M.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
This time, the patient emergency was the doctor on call
Dear Grapevine
December 2016
Lucky Turns
October 2015
By:
Bruce M.
| Indiana, PA
Just when a sober trucker decides to switch gears, his HP sends him on a most unexpected route
Dear Grapevine
February 2023
| Making Amends
Jumpstart
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Steve S.
| Manhasset, N.Y.
She came right up to me. “How many years do you have sober?” she asked. “Almost 17,” I replied. Without missing a beat, she said, “Well, how would you like to be our Intergroup Rep?”
Breaking new ground
February 2015
By:
Dan C.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Digging up experience on trusted servants and the many ways they form our group conscience.
The Pleasures of Reading
February 1946
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">The Perennial Philosophy</emphasis> <lbby Aldous Huxley (Harper & Brothers, $3)