Too Smart For AA?
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lesley G.
| Boston, Mass.
Being in the right place at the right time is more important than all the advanced degrees in the world
So Far, So Good
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By:
Sara D.
It took her awhile to learn how to listen in the AA rooms. When she did, it turned out people were telling her story
Skydiving
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By:
LaRissa T.
| Grass Valley, CA
After the death of her fiancé, the only answer seemed to be a bottle of whiskey. But her Higher Power intervened
Invisible
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Fla.
With lots of careful planning, no one would notice her drinking. But then came the day everyone knew
My Rock Bottom
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By:
Luiza M.
| Fargo, N.D
A rough life and a hard recovery checkered with relapses—but she hung in there and has found the Promises coming true
PRO•CRAS•TIN•A•TION
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Nicholas L.
| Paris
When he does the Steps, character defects get lifted. But is today the day to be ready to look at this five-syllable word?
A Great Ex-Wife
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Cathy P.
| South Cairo, N.Y.
She thought her relationship would be happily ever after. With the tools that AA gave her, it kind of was
Ghosts of Meetings Past
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By:
Bosco B.
| Midvale, Idaho
His program is peopled by those who are no longer with us, but live on in memory
Accepting Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Robert G.
| Virginia
I went to the AA meeting, but I felt out of place. I couldn’t “come out” in prison. I didn’t want people to judge me. I didn’t trust anyone.
A Meeting to Remember
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Jenny L.
| St. Louis, Mo.
One day at her home group, a surprising thing happened that opened her eyes to Step Three
Closer Than You Think
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Debbi S.Bellmore
| Bellmore, N.Y.
Service led her to online meetings, where she now gets to help others who can’t reach us
Saying Yes To Service
September 2018
By:
Judi D.
| Alpharetta, Ga.
Finding a need to fit everyone’s talent—reflections on the beauty of doing service
Fault
April 2018
By:
Robert T.
As an active alcoholic, he found fault in others to feel good about himself. His Fourth Step inventory helped change all that
Bridging the gap
April 2018
By:
Terry L.
| Victoria, Minnesota
A member shares a brief history of our wonderful, lifesaving local AA service
Jump start
April 2017
By:
Corey F.
| Soledad, California
The information he got in treatment about the program started this young man’s AA engine and put his sobriety in high gear
In These Rooms. . .
May 1985
By:
L. B.
| San Francisco, California
We carry out our primary purpose in a wide variety of ways
At One With the Group
April 1985
By:
K. F.
| Parry Sound, Ontario
Her "side" didn't "win," but her bond with the group was strengthened
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
August 1983
Action of 1983 Conference Affect AA Publication
Downstairs at the Upstairs
June 1983
By:
K. S.
| Lansdale, Pennsylvania
A clergyman finds sobriety in church basements
Powers of Example
August 1982
By:
Anonymous
| Roanoke, Virginia
They come in all shapes and sizes--newcomers and old-timers, those who make the program come alive, and those who don't make it at all. Everywhere in AA, we discover
It's No Big Thing
February 1981
By:
M. R.
| North Vancouver, British Columbia
Helping out is not all that hard
Drop From Cloud Nine
September 1978
By:
B. B.
| Naples, Florida
She found that terra firma is a nice place to be
Good Is in the Trying
October 1972
By:
W. G.
| West Nyack, New York
If we make an effort to grow, we grow by the effort - The Third Step