Unlocking the Gates of Hell
July 1966
By:
T. P. Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Discussion<lbStep Two: Came to believe that a Power greater<lbthan ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Shore Leave
March 1966
By:
C. C.
| Santa Cruz, California
An ex-sailor calculates the cost of twenty-five years of drinking - What price AA membership?
When Love Is Not Enough
April 1962
By:
F. D.
| Montebello
in desperation, the non-alcoholic looks for a magic key to the alcoholic's prison
How AA Ruined My Life!
December 1960
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
EDITOR'S NOTE: Friends of the author may notice a slight swelling on his face, but it's only his tongue in his cheek.
Canned Alcoholics
July 1955
By:
M. C.
| Jackson, Michigan
Find the straight and narrow path of Truth. . .Brotherhood. . .and Understanding.
Listening to the Wind
December 2001
It took an "angel" to introduce this Native American woman to AA and recovery.
That Almighty First Year
March 1969
By:
E. M. K.
| South Pasadena, California
A two-coast story of profound despair and a new life
Grapevine Daily Quote June 22, 2018
“Sound policy can only be made by rubbing the conservatives and the promoters together. Their discussions, if free from personal ambitions and resentment, can be depended upon to produce the right answers. For us, there is no other way.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1945, “The Book Is Born”, The Language of the Heart
Quote June 22, 2016
“Sound policy can only be made by rubbing the conservatives and the promoters together. Their discussions, if free from personal ambitions and resentment, can be depended upon to produce the right answers. For us, there is no other way.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1945 “The Book Is Born” The Language of the Heart
Quote June 22 2013
"Sound policy can only be made by rubbing the conservatives and the promoters together. Their discussions, if free from personal ambitions and resentment, can be depended upon to produce the right answers. For us, there is no other way."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1945 "The Book Is Born" The Language of the Heart
Scene of the Crime
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Laura B.
| San Francisco, California
In 1968 a drunken college student passed out in a big house in San Francisco. Years later she discovered how important that building was
I’m Just Like Everyone Else
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
The longer he’s sober, the less he knows everything.
He just tries to stay grateful and remain a beginner
He just tries to stay grateful and remain a beginner
A Friend of the Fellowship
July 1990
Psst! Hey, Buddy!
October 1985
By:
N. A.
| Wenonah, New Jersey
Traditions" isn't really a dirty word
Ho Hum, It's Wonderful!
February 1977
By:
R. P.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
There is something of joy in every boring moment--if we're willing to find it
Sober for Thirty Years
November 1976
By:
J. B.
One of the earliest members of the first New York AA group, he was also its first "self-proclaimed atheist" - From the May 1968 Grapevine
A Little Thought and a Lot of Heart
October 1972
By:
G. S. W.
| Cleveland, Tennessee
It's the message that counts
The Best Group
July 1970
By:
W. B.
| Lexington, Kentucky
With AA groups, as with everything else, home is where the heart is