The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks
January 2015
The original article that appeared following the death of Dr. William Duncan Silkworth in 1951
Let Go & Let God
November 1982
By:
M. B.
The anxieties that accompany problems besides drinking often respond to handling the AA way - From the November 1964 Grapevine
Nice Jewish Girls Don't Go to Prison
July 2002
By:
Sherri B.
| Houston, Texas
Unless they find out, as this woman did, that they are also alcoholics who've gotten into trouble
Through the Looking Glass
August 1957
By:
J. P. L.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portions of a talk made last April at the Chicago Annual Meeting of the National Council on Alcoholism. The author, John P. L., recently joined the General Service Board of AA as an alcoholic Trustee.
Grapevine Daily Quote March 27, 2019
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today”, The Best of Bill
Quote March 27 2014
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 “Humility for Today” The Best of Bill
Quote March 27, 2017
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 “Humility for Today” The Best of Bill
Grapevine Daily Quote March 26
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today”, The Best of Bill
Grapevine Daily Quote March 25
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today”, The Best of Bill
One Long Crazy Ride
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Allie A.
| Woodland, California
Four years of hell convinced her she wasn’t going to make it to 20. Luckily, AA changed all that
Hitting Bottom
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
Drunk in a lonely hotel room in 1967, he had a miraculous moment he hopes to never forget
Let there Be Light
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Elsie T.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
An Ohio member expresses her love of our braille literature in a 1957 Grapevine article
I Never Noticed the Rainbows
August 1983
By:
S. S.
| Kailua, Hawaii
A tough job decision showed her that changes bring opportunities
Will or Will Not
May 1983
By:
P. A.
| Excelsior, Minnesota
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly.
Service Fanatic?
August 1981
By:
E. O.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Young people's conferences helped him find new meaning in the program
To Improve Our Conscious Contact
January 1979
By:
N. P.
| Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Four words gave her a key to meditation and opened up a whole new understanding of the Eleventh Step
Louie the Limp
February 1978
By:
C. R.
| Danbury, Connecticut
A lesson from the animal world in how to overcome handicaps
AA Meeting. . .in a Bar?
September 1976
By:
S. H.
| Thousand Oaks, California
Even the active drinkers enjoyed this special Mother's Day program
Happy Sobriety
September 1976
By:
L. H.
| Gatesville, Ohio
Does it come from frantic activity, or letting go of responsibilities?
Inner Story
August 1975
By:
P. M.
| Greenwich, Connecticut
The ravages of alcoholism cannot be measured in pints or quarts
A Plea of 'Not Guilty'
August 1974
By:
Tim S.
| Manhattan, New York
Arguing the case for a "no fault" verdict on past insanities
One Doctor--an AA--TO Another
November 1973
By:
A. S. T., MD
| Seminole, Texas
This letter was published by special permission of Dr. A. S. T. It was written to a doctor in Abilene, Tex., in response to his inquiry concerning the approach to and the treatment of two alcoholic patients under his care. - From the July 1947 Grapevine