Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
February 1970
A Profound Kinship
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kelsey M.
A visit to a Berlin AA meeting helps her reevaluate an important friendship
Leaning Into The Wind
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Pat B.
| Napa, Calif.
With a DUI-related jail term and a loved one dying, he decided to confront the ill wind blowing through his life head-on
A White-glove Relapse
March 2006
By:
Jim H.
| Woodland, California
Things don't have to be bad to get worse
By the Book
November 2014
By:
Anonymous
| Fresno, California
New to sponsorship, she turned to the Big Book to help her help newcomers
A Night at the Movies
August 2005
By:
Robert P.
| Montreal, Quebec
An AA group invites a special member to speak
Smile for Mickey
November 2013
By:
Larry H.
| Flagstaff, Arizona
From childhood on, he never fit in the picture, until he got to AA
PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION
February 1995
By:
Anonymous
| Wheeling, West Virginia
Politics, fighting, and disunity forced an entire district into taking an in-depth inventory.
Can’t Drink Away Grief
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Tommy G.
| Staten Island, N.Y.
A construction worker shares his journey through terrible loss and how the sobriety he built held
Off to Portland
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Sasha P.
| Seattle, Wash.
She once thought drinking was the only way to have a happy life. Discovering YPAA events changed all that
All Aboard the AA Meeting
January 2012
By:
Kathryn G.
| Bedford Village, New York
Two alcoholics hold an impromptu meeting aboard a cruise ship and help each other stay sober that day
May Our Blessings Never Spoil Us
December 1994
By:
D. S.
| Gresham, Oregon
Tradition 12 - Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Crossing the Threshold
January 1989
By:
Richard K.
| New York, New York
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
May Our Blessings Never Spoil Us
September 1983
By:
D. S.
| Gresham, Oregon
The spirit of anonymity can keep us safe from ourselves
Promises and Principles
January 2016
After ten years in the program, she decided that AA worked for her too