All Things to All People? No!
August 1982
By:
D. B.
| Northfield, Minnesota
Sponsoring a nonalcoholic drug addict didn't work out
The Serenity Prayer
August 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
The beginner's third question: What <emphasis type="underline">is</i> this thing called AA?
It's Not Necessary to Hate Your Job
February 1966
By:
Milt W.
| Van Nuys, California
A PR writer finds that AA principles help him keep and improve a career he once thought a racket
A Settled Heart
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By:
W.H.
| Snohomish, Wash.
She was an alcoholic—and a mental health counselor
Sweet Surrender
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Jeff B.
| Nashville, Tennessee
He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step three to find a peace and purpose he never knew
Accepting Dad
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Caitlyn
| Ga.
Making peace with the past can be rocky, but one thing she can count on—in AA she found home
Surfside Beach
September 2017
By:
Leslie P.
| Lake Jackson, Texas
The water at her hometown beach was brown, the sand covered with tar, but, like her alcoholism, it was “normal.” Sobriety gave her a different perspective
Dear Grapevine
May 2016
Dear Grapevine
October 2015
Dear Grapevine
September 2015
A Father's Legacy
December 2013
Through the 12 Steps, she was able to forgive her father at the end of his life
The Start of a Lifelong Journey
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Ashley K.
| Pompano, Fla.
Fresh out of jail, and options, she rode her bike to an AA meeting
The Moment
November 2018
By:
Nicole W.
| Reno, Nev.
When she found herself behind bars, she decided the only way to happiness and sobriety was complete honesty
Troublemaker
June 2017
By:
Art H.
| Mount Prospect, Illinois
How a ministry student turned into an alcoholic bad boy, then found spirituality in AA
Stronger & Brighter
November 2015
Meditation and prayer has kept him connected and become an essential light in his life
To the Fog and the Redwoods
May 2015
At the end of his drinking, he went home, thinking it was to die
Fourth and Vine
January 2014
By:
David W.
He had spent 20 years of his life at the bar on the corner until one winter day
Don't Hug Me!
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
Sometimes it takes a while to warm up to AA's cheery ways
The Deep End
May 2011
By:
Linda I.
| El Granada, California
A former swimmer shares lessons learned through a life of financial ups and downs
The Road Gets Narrower
June 1991
By:
Dorothy H.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One alcoholic sharing his or her experience, strength, and hope with another is the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous. This month, six more AAs share their thoughts on this topic, so vital to AA's future.