4. Working with professionals
November 1961
By:
M.S.
| Honolulu, Hawaii
How we can best rededicate our lives to the service of the sick alcoholic
I Didn't Want to Want to. . .
June 1960
By:
Warden Clinton Duffy
San Quentin's former warden tells how Prison Groups offer alcoholic inmates a means for recovery from the disease that is often directly responsible for criminal records
Here's Why
April 1959
What AA Meetings Taught a Non-AA Counselor
December 1977
By:
Lee A. Grutchfield, M.Ed.
Personal growth and help for clients come from participating in the AA experience
January 10, 1957
March 1958
By:
H. W.
THE GOLDEN THREAD<lbNews, comments and letters from about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and General Service Headquarters, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSH
When Life Goes Down
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
John D.
| Big Lake, Minnesota
When tough times come, he says God and the Fellowship always seem to show up
Little by Little
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Anonymous
| Tucson, Arizona
Step Three was challenging, but she started small, looked around, saw the change and knew there was something more
A Way to Serve
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
J.M.
| Waldport, Oregon
The member who told his lawyer about AA probably saved his life, he says. Now he gets to return the favor
When The Moment Came
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Judy K.
| Newport BEach, California
It took a little time, but after watching her son’s and father’s lives change, she realized the truth
Back in the Game
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Carl S.
| Littleton, Colorado
His bottom literally began halfway up a mountain. With the love of AA and his family, he made it to the top
Relapse or S.L.I.P.?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J. S.
| Forks, Wash.
She could go for weeks at a time without drinking, so why did she need AA?
Who Would Ever Have Imagined?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lori L.
| Indianapolis, Ind.
She thought she had it all, but without sobriety it meant nothing
I Went from Booze to Pills
February 1968
By:
Anonymous
I was dry for ten months--but 1 was not sober for one minute
Pull 'Em All Out!
November 1965
By:
J. G. T.
| Neguanee, Michigan
Got tooth troubles? Read this; it'll make you feel worse
Easy Does It
January 1961
By:
P.W.
| Jackson Heights, New York
Time can be a helpful friend or a harsh master. Use it wisely and you'll live longer and happier!
P.O. Box 1980
September 1960
By:
L.S.
| Silver Spring, Maryland
SOME ANSWERS TO ''I DON'T GO TO MEETINGS ANY MORE''
The Grateful Group
January 1959
By:
B. L.
| New York City
The following article is actually a letter written to the General Service Office by a member of a group which had appealed to GSO for help in meeting the problem of finding new group leadership and membership.
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
August 1945
