A Power Greater Than Compulsion
May 1992
By:
Norm W.
| Magalia, California
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The Logician
After trying to fix his drinking with his own problem solving abilities, he realized that AA was the answer
First Steps Out of Agnosticism
April 1968
By:
D. B.
| Texas
He had failed himself as his own god; now where should he look for meaning?
Online Sobriety
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Barb C.
| Endicott, N.Y.
She hated computers, but finding AA online forums gave her the courage to return to the program after a long relapse
Why Be Organized?
September 2017
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Oregon
A conversation with the coffee crew reminds this “elder statesman” why AA is set up the way it is
Another Human Being
May 2012
By:
J.M.
| Oceanside, New York
Metal bars couldn't stop the Fifth Step from freeing this man's new friend
Room Service
March 2012
By:
W.F.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A lonely, drunken night in a hotel sends a woman onto her laptop—and a new life
The Cpc Desk
May 2006
A staff member at the General Service Office talks about working with professionals
We Keep Going
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Tom M.
| Belvidere, Illinois
A string of major losses gave him the challenge of a lifetime, but his sobriety never wavered. AA was always there
I Drank Like I Rode
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
David W.
After years of riding and hard liquor, he was worn and torn like his old jacket. Time for something new
Embracing Change
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Paula C.
| Georgetown, Texas
Sobriety prepared her to step out of her comfort zone and take on a new adventure
Pleasures of Reading
May 1948
By:
F.G.
| Manhattan
<emphasis type="italic">If A Man Be Mad</emphasis> by Harold Maine (Doubleday, $3)
Striving to Fail
March 1977
By:
W. M.
| North Manchester
Have you ever tried to wrest defeat from the jaws of victory?
Built on Rock
September 2011
By:
B.B.
| St. Louis, Missouri
He learned that a strong belief in a higher power was the foundation he needed to stay sober
A Certain Book
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Connie Y.
| Venice, Fla.
It was not AA-approved literature, but it helped her find a Higher Power that kept her sober
The Quick and the Dead
August 1998
By:
V. G.
| Edmonton, Alberta
A memorable celebration of sobriety