Is the AA Program a Selfish One?
December 1965
By:
Anonymous
| East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Do we confuse the shaky newcomer?
Is the AA Program a Selfish One?
December 1965
By:
Anonymous
| East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Do we confuse the shaky newcomer?
Are We Carrying the Message. . .to the Public at Large?
April 1962
By:
B. L.
| Greenwich Village, New York
(45 per cent of the nation still thinks of alcoholism as a "moral weakness")
Light Strikes in the Land of the Midnight Sun
April 1962
By:
V. K.
| Helsinki
a Finnish member valiantly breaks the language barrier to tell us what saved his life
Meditation in an English Garden
June 1961
By:
Jack, in London Newsletter
The family serene, the garden a tapestry of sun and shade. . .but the peace depends on Dad's sobriety
Why Wasn't I Like Other Drunks?
January 1961
By:
Anon.
| Palo Alto, California
The things that happened to me were all so piddly--
AA Around the World
September 1959
By:
G. R. M.
| Edmonton, Alberta
FROM THE "POLAR MEMBER" - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published by the General Service Office.
My Curious Journey Into Service
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Patchogue, N.Y.
Once he understood the true meaning of service, “beyond my wildest dreams” was no just a phrase to him
Safe landing
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Jeremy S.
| Baltimore, Md.
If ever there was a time for that pink parachute those AAs kept talking about to open, it was right now
One night in London
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rose M.
| Jersey, Channel Islands
After 50 years, she’s curious to find the man who kept the doors open so she could find us
Free to explore
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
John M.
| Laguna Niguel, California
A lifelong spiritual seeker gets sober and continues his search for a Higher Power
Even if the truth hurts
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Kevin M.
| Winchester, Virginia
At his daughter’s school one day, a sober dad learns a valuable lesson about telling lies
"Dr. Bob? One minute please"
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Rose Gracie S.
| Monroe, Michigan
Answering late night calls at St. Thomas Hospital, she was helping alcoholics way before she knew she was one
The Invisible Life Raft
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tim M.
| Venice, Calif.
After more than twenty years sobriety, he continues to be grateful to the program that saved him
Back on track
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Andy L.
| Hoosick Falls, New York
After a sudden layoff, a guy with one year puts his wheels in motion, stays sober and keeps on going
Relapse after 11 years
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Ahmed J.
| Coral Springs, Florida
From a Florida jail, a dad warns how pain meds and a weak program woke his sleeping lion
Home again
March 2018
By:
Ames S.
| New York, New York
Each year he takes flight, sometimes gracefully, and returns to the room where it all began
Any lengths?
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Russ K.
| Tampa, Florida
A sponsee in Florida shares valuable lessons he’s learned from his sponsor—including how to survive in a hurricane
Basic training
April 2017
By:
Glenn P.
| Florissant, Missouri
Five weeks of outpatient were the building blocks to AA and a sober life
86ed
April 2017
By:
Debra S.
| Fort Worth, Texas
She completely changed the menu. The liquor had to go
13th-Stepping And The Damage Done
October 2016
When does a warm greeting go too far? One AA woman writes of how meetings need to be a safe haven, but can’t be when members engage in practices that many consider predatory.
Believe It or Not
March 2016
By:
I.K.,
| New York,, N.Y.
Tradition Three makes it clear. We don't have to conform to belong