Help on the Line
April 2013
By:
Jim T.
| Ft. Collins, Colorado
How a man named Gery helped keep him from being tossed back into dangerous waters
Bobbleheads
November 2012
By:
Dan W.
| Eatonville, Washington
A newcomer learns the heard truth about the men who keep smiling and nodding
Under a Sixty Watt Bulb
November 2012
By:
Tom G.
| Silver Spring, Maryland
A stranger helps a newcomer by shedding a little light on HP
Ed, We Think You Have a Problem
September 2012
By:
Ed P.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
His wife was on his back, and now his boss? Time to take drastic action
Back from Haiti
August 2012
By:
Susan J.
| Iowa City, Iowa
After 18 years, a disaster-relief nurse forgets her primary purpose
Web Exclusive: The Alcoholic Express
January 2012
By:
Paul S.
| New York, New York
A chance encounter on a commuter train introduces a man to the idea of sobriety
Interrupt the Rehearsal
January 2012
By:
David
| Cape Coral, Florida
A member realizes that constant ruminations may bring him closer to a drink
Dear Grapevine
November 2011
Web Exclusive: Growing Up Drunk
September 2011
By:
Suzette C.
| Santa Cruz, California
Her drinking career began at girl's slumber party at age 12 and ended 23 years later
Web Exclusive: Sometimes To Carry The Message is to Carry the Messenger
March 2011
By:
Tom C.
| Evanston, Illinois
How a World War II vet taught this member about unconditional love.
Order in the court!
January 2011
By:
Adrian B.
| Melbourne, Australia
A group adjusts when the police force occupies its courtroom meeting place
Puppet of Destruction
January 2011
By:
Kelly S.
| West Hempstead, NY
A promising young woman drinks herself past the point of no return
Close Shave
November 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Fairfax, Va.
A shaving bottle, a gun, and a trip to the hospital over the Christmas holidays led him straight to the first three Steps
A mother's nightmare
November 2010
By:
JENNIFER S.
| Huntley, Ill.
She never wanted a drink more than when doctors said her son might have a brain tumor
CONCERNING RESPONSIBILITY OF PSYCHIATRISTS AND OTHER PHYSICIANS FOR ALCOHOL PROBLEMS
December 1965
By:
The Editors
Medical Notes
Make Your Immaturity Pay
March 1965
By:
Anonymous
Those defects can keep us alive to the need to change
Different Kinds of Alcoholism
November 1963
By:
B. L.
| Greenwich village, New York
New ideas may explain why some who come to AA have trouble
How Do I Get a Job?
August 1963
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Asked the man in the prison meeting
Is My Gratitude Grateful?
June 1963
By:
R.W.
| Van Nuys, California
A strictly amateur psychologist discovers that gratitude is scientifically okay
Return to an Old Inn
June 1962
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
Could it be," I asked myself smugly, "that these normal drinkers could not appreciate the beauty around them as I did?
Report from Paris:
October 1961
By:
J. B.
| Paris
in 1960--3 members in 1961--30 members with 100 loner throughout the country
No Refuge from the Law
September 1961
By:
R. K.
| Traverse City, Michigan
Good AA and good citizenship go together
Give a Lot, Get a Lot!
April 1961
By:
B. S.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
A former General Service Delegate describes the spiritual returns from working with "the most anonymous
The Mountains Shall Bring Peace. . ."--Psalms 72:3
February 1961
By:
H. G.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Booze and song-plugging went hand in hand for this veteran tunesmith until the merry-go-round broke down