Out of the Hole
November 2004
By:
Matt Y.
| Staten Island, New York
There can be no way to erase a crime of the past, but there is recovery
Just How Welcome Are You?
June 1996
By:
Hank S.
| Lafayette, Indiana
This gay AA member found painful intolerance at a meeting "for men only
Honk for "Easy Does It"
April 2014
By:
Tamera K.
| Sacramento, California
Her grandma would signal to pull over for coffee on her way to help a houseful of drunks
A Letter to My Mother
September 2011
By:
Nancy S.
| Dallas, Texas
Years after her mother's death, she was able to reconcile with her through a Ninth Step amends
Game over
September 2009
By:
SARAH B.
| Kingsport, Tenn.
A young woman admits her life is out of control
Step Eight: the Years That the Locust Hath Eaten
August 2005
By:
K.F.
| New York, New York
from the August 1997 Grapevine
Lingering Moments of Truth - Part Two
May 2000
By:
Jim B.
| Pine Hill, New York
(Continued from the April 2000 issue)
The Earlybirds
January 1999
By:
Anonymous
| New York, N.Y.
Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
The Years That the Locust Hath Eaten
August 1997
By:
K. F.
| New York, New York
Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
It's Never Too Early to Carry the Message
August 1983
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
He made his first try at the Twelfth Step when he was sober only two days
When I Was Sixteen, I Was Ready
January 1978
By:
J. I.
| Magnolia, Arkansas
<emphasis type="italic">A nine-page section by and about</emphasis> Young People in AA