Dear Grapevine
June 2011
I, Agnostic
April 2011
By:
Anonymous
The journey toward a Higher Power comes quickly for some, slower for others
Pride and prejudice
February 2011
By:
Jon S.
| Sacramento, California
Ignorance and unwelcoming insult spur a gay man’s resolve
Dear Grapevine
January 2011
In the game
March 2010
By:
JILL S
| San Diego, Calif
A star athlete and straight A student relies on alcohol to fit in
Rocky Mountain HIGH
January 2009
By:
Dale W.
| Santa Clarita, California
A starry night in the thin mountain air provided answers for an AA on the verge of drinking
Tradition 11: Put the Coffee On
November 2008
By:
Lisa R.
| Aberdeen, South Dakota
A cheerful group in her diner draws in a young alcoholic
Breathe In Faith, Breathe Out Fear
September 2007
By:
Helen C.
| Rockwood, Tennessee
A family comes together
Step Seven: Food For The Journey
July 2007
By:
Jamie C.
| West Henrietta, New York
Humility lends an AA new strength
AA In A New Town
September 2006
By:
John G.
| Plattsburgh, New York
It's not the where--it's the how
Garden-variety Sobriety
December 2004
By:
Don G.
| Little Rock, Arkansas
It was an unusual way to cultivate the AA way of life, but it bore fruit
The Perfect Curve
November 2004
By:
Gerald R. (as told to Carolyn C.)
| Austin, Texas
An AA pioneer talks about the old days
Getting Along with Yourself and Others
May 1970
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
You can make yourself miserable stewing over real or fancied wrongs--but there's a better way
Lo-hoc-la
January 1969
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
The science-fiction editor rejected the story--it was too absurd--and then went out for a liquid lunch
Past / Present / Future
July 1968
By:
G. N. G.
| Forest Hills, New York
. . . <emphasis type="italic">Thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool; and time, that takes survey of all the world, must have a Stop.</emphasis>"--Shakespeare
The Search for Self-approval
October 1967
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
How the AA program deals with our need for self-approval and recognition by others
Who Do You Think You Are?
July 1962
By:
L. C.
| Detroit
Through practicing the Steps we learn that our ego-image is not fixed or static
The Twelve Steps Revisited/step 6
February 1962
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
The 12 Steps Revisited
March 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable. --First in a series of searching articles
Problems Other Than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them?
February 1958
By:
Bill W.
Any time is a good time to review our relations with each other and with the world outside. In the following article Bill has done this with the accent on special groups which seek to handle drug addiction. At the moment this problem is under a great amou
What We Were Like
August 1991
By:
David L.
Fragments of AA History - AA in Hong Kong--The First Twenty-One Years
Bronzed Moccasins
May 1975
By:
A physician
| California
This doctor was his own worst patient until he accepted AA