Letting the Power Work
February 1995
By:
Margaret A.
| Seoul
STEP TWO: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Letting Life Unfold
March 1993
By:
Dorothy H.
| Plainfield, New Jersey
Step Three: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
A Beacon in the Dark
September 1991
By:
Nadene S.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The power of our primary purpose
The Light Next to My Heart
February 1989
By:
Bernie B.
| New York, New York
Thirty-three years, a day at time--the first in a series of interviews with some of AA's "old-timers
Living Big
March 2014
By:
Ken A.
| Pender Island, British Columbia
An AA shares his thoughts on sobriety after going to a local Round-up
Dry and on Fire
March 2011
By:
Jerry E.
| Naples, Florida
Not drinking wasn’t enough. Getting a sponsor made his program really take off
SURRENDER IN SAIGON
November 2009
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Exeter, N.H.
A government worker learns to survive sober on foreign assignments
How to Drink With Impunity (Or Anyone Else)
February 1961
By:
J. B. P.
| Irvington, New York
2. THE CENTRIFUGAL DRUNK - The second in a series of satiric instructions on etiquette for the still active alcoholic
Lessons Learned
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Bill B.
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
When he was younger, he relapsed a lot. Now sober, he can see how his experience can help others
18 Wheels & 12 Steps
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Ken H.
| Pearl River, Louisiana
A Loner trucker shares how he stays sober on the road—from L.A. to Maine to Florida
Slowpoke
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Roger S.
| West Bloomfield, Michigan
All he wanted was to enjoy the evening and get to his AA meeting. So why did it all go to hell?
I Just Kept Praying
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
John K.
| Sanford, North Carolina
The more he made coffee, the more he heard the others talk about prayer. Then one day, he tried it himself
At The Jumping-Off Point
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
S.W.
| Weaverville, N.C.
It wasn’t until he started putting his shoes under the bed that he came to believe