What’s On Your Mind: What Do We Stand For?
September 2018
By:
John D.
| Big Lake, Minn
One AA believes strongly that accountability begins in the home group and spreads outward
Unity Disrupted
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Anonymous
| Maui, Hawaii
An awkward incident at a morning meeting enlightens some members about our common welfare
A priceless cut
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Carol P.
| San Francisco, California
You never know when you might save a life between a shampoo and a blow-dry
When All Is Said And Done
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Karen E.
| Puyallup, Wash.
A powerful message of gratitude from one AA who has found her true home
Is “Attraction” Spelled With Four Letters?
October 2016
Does profanity at meetings unite us or divide us? And what does the outside world think? One AA gives his opinion
Necessary work
September 2016
Our co-founder looked for the balance between simplicity and necessity to get the job done
Replay Resentment
February 2016
He had a bunch of tapes he could pop into the player and use to justify more drinking
Something to Ease the Pain
February 2016
By:
Craig H.
| Santa Rosa, Calif.
For his diagnosis, he stayed close to his doctor. To stay sober, he got a new sponsee
A Table's Journey
December 2014
By:
Mike D.
| Spokane, Washington
The things we lose when we drink sometimes return in the most unexpected ways
The Strange Egg
December 2014
By:
Tim M.
| Alford, Massachusetts
Though he didn't grow up feeling out of place, because of alcoholism he would come to know great loneliness
I Kissed My Baby Goodbye
October 2014
By:
Amber M.
| Roseville, California
A mother goes to jail at nine months sober, yet finds a beautiful way to get through it
Life Underground
January 2012
By:
Joey W.
| Palm Springs, California
His life consisted of living and drinking in a sewer until he made it back to AA
Web Exclusive: Running for Joy
May 2011
By:
Jim S.
| Dumont, New Jersey
This member with 49 years sober is not about to slow down.
Design for Living
March 1980
By:
H. R.
| Millbrae, California
AA offers a design for living that really works
Learning to Listen
March 1979
By:
R. O.
| Seattle, Washington
His cry for help was his moment of truth
Thanks for My Recovery
January 1979
By:
R. S.
| Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania
And for always being there to keep me on the beam
Drop From Cloud Nine
September 1978
By:
B. B.
| Naples, Florida
She found that terra firma is a nice place to be
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
June 1978
By:
Thomas Hill
In 'Golden Age' Country
A Twelfth Step Call
May 1978
By:
A. B.
| Huntington Beach, California
It was the newcomer who made it
I Just Don't Like the People
August 1976
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
She wasn't there to judge a charm contest
And Then We Were Five
February 1976
By:
Art C.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The chain begins with one reaching out to another
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
November 1975
By:
Howard W. Haggard, E. M. Jellinek
Two Yale Savants Stress Alcoholism as True Disease
Self-acceptance
June 1975
By:
Dick C.
| Brooklyn, New York
Through the Steps, we can learn to stop putting ourselves down
Me and My Traditions
November 1974
By:
C. L. B.
Sometimes passed over all too lightly, our Twelve Traditions are designed to protect YOU, the individual member of AA - From the October 1969 Grapevine
The Storm Within
July 1974
By:
J. S.
| Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Newcomers - How our own projections can run riot
I Had Hoped That You Could Help. . .
January 1973
By:
B. F. P.
| Manhattan, New York
Dare we tell others that how we recovered is strictly our own business?