AA TALKS. . .How Do You Make Them?
March 1967
By:
R. T.
| Manhattan, New York
It seems remarkable to me that. . .nothing much has been written on this all-important subject of how one goes about making an A A talk.
Leadership vs. Dictatorship
March 1961
By:
J. P. L.
| North Haledon, New Jersey
We are all anarchists at hear. Resentment can carry over into the Fellowship itself
I Stayed for the Sake of the Children
August 1953
By:
Mrs. E.
| Hill city, Minnesota
A family story of shipwreck and rescue
Grapevine Daily Quote October 17, 2019
“AA is more than a set of principles; it is a Society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth will die.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1955, “What Is the Third Legacy?”, The Language of the Heart
Quote October 17 2014
"AA is more than a set of principles; it is a Society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth will die."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1955 "What Is the Third Legacy?" The Language of the Heart
Grapevine Daily Quote October 17, 2017
“AA is more than a set of principles; it is a Society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth will die.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1955“What Is the Third Legacy?”The Language of the Heart
Los Angeles
January 1952
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE "BIG BOOK" AND OPEN MINDED AS A BARN DOOR--THAT'S L.A.'s AA
But a Little Word of One syllable... such a Word Is This Word God Or This Word Love
August 1968
By:
Anonymous
| Buenos Aires
An AA who started his sober life as an atheist shares notes on his continuing spiritual search
I Won the Boxing Gloves (And the Big Book)
May 1967
By:
C. D.
| El Monte, California
An ex-delegate's story of 20 years' AA service
Out of the Desert
June 1965
By:
M. P.
| Binghamton, New York
... I cried: .. . let me get back home.
The Poker Game
April 2003
By:
Marty W.
| Toluca Lake, California
His friends talked about spirituality. He talked about cards.
Serenade
October 2002
By:
Tony S.
| Naples, Florida
Friends singing the old AA refrains brought him through his darkest hours
Drifting Away From AA
July 2002
By:
Richard C.
| Des Moines, Iowa
AA in Des Moines just wasn't the same as AA in Chicago
AA Reaches the Four Corners: A Special Forum in the Navajo Nation
May 2000
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
A 3-way Hug
May 1998
By:
Owen C.
| Rochester, New York
This AA was able to reconcile long-buried resentments toward family members who had died.
My Life With an Alcoholic
April 1998
By:
J. C. W.
| Calgary, Alberta
From time to time, the Grapevine publishes articles by nonalcoholic friends of AA. We wanted to print this story, written by the husband of an alcoholic woman, because it is a testimony to the destructive force of alcohol--"cunning, baffling, powerful!
You and Me Against the World
August 1996
By:
Abbie P.
| Greenwood, Indiana
A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AA MEMBERS HAVE ENDURED--AND STAYED SOBER THROUGHOUT
Wreckage of the Past
April 1996
By:
Norman R.
| Granite City, Illinois
When a powerful family secret finally came to the surface, this sober alcoholic learned he didn't have to drink