Tale of Wino
October 1951
SOMETIMES I CRAWLED
November 2009
By:
LESLIE M.
| Pickerington, Ohio
A difficult life in early sobriety has a newcomer doubting her recovery
I Had to Quit Fighting
September 1970
By:
B. R.
| Hope, Arkansas
And then, in the act of surrender, fear turned into fearlessness
The Merry-go-round Drunk
June 1971
By:
G. A.
| Bordentown, New Jersey
Whatever we did, however we did it, this sums it up for all of us
Bottoms Up!
September 1947
Letter From an Editor
October 1954
By:
Sig H.
| Upper Montclair, New Jersey
The last of three "visits" with grapevine editors, closing our tenth Anniversary celebration (June 1944-June 1954)
The Long Voyage Home. . .to Finland
October 1969
By:
Sailor
| Jakobstad
Tempest-tossed on a sea of alcohol, this sailor finally found a peaceful harbor in AA - This Is AA Around the World. . .
From AA's Scrapbooks: 1942
November 1957
Bottoms Up!
February 1948
Carrying the Message
December 1969
By:
A.K.C.
| Washington, D.C.
Response to "Is Agnostic a Nasty Word?
No Matter Where I Go, There I Am
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Gregg C.
| Hennepin, Ill.
Traveling around the world, he finds AA ready and waiting for him.
Last Chances
May 2015
By:
Kathy F.
| Cranberry Twp., Pennsylvania
Landing in the emergency room with heart troubles was her bottom
You and Me and the DTs
June 2011
By:
Lee B.
| Guelph, Ontario
Twenty years after seeing her mom die of the DTs, this woman got sober after experiencing her own alcoholic seizures and DTs
The Great Expanse
April 2004
By:
R. W.
| Bishop, California
It's the long stretch of freedom on the other side of fear
The Wraparound Mirror
May 2001
By:
Ken D.
| Lynnwood, Washington
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
The Secret of "Easy Does It
July 1963
By:
Smiley Blanton M.D.
How can a "don't try" philosophy deal with seemingly insurmountable obstacles?