The Car Thief
January 2014
By:
Gym C.
| Los Angeles, California
Panic set in as he called the police. Someone had stolen his car—and everyone at work had to know
Protecting Us from Ourselves
September 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
An ex-committee member learns how our structure is maintained to ensure Twelve-Step work is always available
A Mother and Her Son
July 2011
By:
Connie S.
| Colorado Springs, Colorado
After getting sober herself, she learnt that she was powerless over the alcoholism of others
The only one he's got
November 2010
By:
RICH B.
| Davenport, Iowa
A drunk realizes the most important thing he has is his story
End of the road
April 2010
By:
CHRIS M.
| Buffalo, N.Y.
When his wife threatens to walk out, he goes to his first AA meeting
The Sanest I've Ever Been
July 2008
By:
Erin H.
| Concord, California
An alcoholic's daughter finds her own program
How About A Group Inventory?
October 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Scarsdale, New York
From the August 1956 Grapevine
So What
July 2006
By:
Steven H.
| Aurora, Colorado
Yeah, I drink too much. But what's wrong with me?
Denial: A Story In Three Parts
May 2006
By:
Victoria P.
| Los Angeles, California
The thick wall finally cracks for this hard-drinking lawyer
Problems Other than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them?
May 2004
From the AA Grapevine, February 1958, Bill W.'s classic essay looks back on the Fellowship's early experiences with addicts and special-interest group factions and outlines what they learned.
The Fugitives
May 2004
By:
Dennis W.
| Tucson, Arizona
They just kept running until they came to the end of their long, painful rope
Experience, Strength & Hope
October 2003
By:
District 5, Area 52 Literature Work
The Big Book and Beyond
The Puzzle of AA
April 1965
By:
Griffith Edwards, M.D.
An English psychiatrist finds that AA "continues to grow and to puzzle psychiatrists by breaking all rules of psychotherapy. . .
Tenth Step Thoughts
October 1962
By:
CHARLES D. ARING, M.D.
Would AA's Fourth Step have changed the ending of the famous old horror story? A famous doctor thinks it might
I Married an Alcoholic--on Purpose
July 1962
By:
M. T. E.
| New Haven, Connecticut
Rx for a Happy Marriage: The 12 Steps and the AA group<lb The 12 Steps and the Alanon group mix well in the mortar of life and take in daily doses
AA Philosophy and the Creative Artist
June 1960
Can an alcoholic get too much AA? A noted novelist says yes--and tells you why he thinks so
I Didn't Think You Could Do Him Much Good
December 1957
CHRISTMAS 1944 IN THE GRAPEVINE - The fifth in a series of highlights
Like Unraveling Yarn
July 1947
By:
Ned A.
(Second of a series of articles presenting an intimate and detailed discussion of 12th Step work from the newcomer's viewpoint).
East Coast Or West Coast, A.A.s Always 'At Home'
January 1946
By:
Grace O.
| Manhattan, New York
Traveler Finds Welcome
Web Exclusive: Lesson in the Wild
March 2011
By:
Danl L.
Scotch on a camping trip sent this boy down the wrong path.