Youth in A.A.
June 1960
The average age of today's new AA member is dropping as more and more young people seek help--before they hit bottom
Pro and Con
May 1958
Brief comments end excerpts from letters containing opinions pro and/or con specific items (including the Grapevine itself) will appear in this corner from time to time.
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
April 1956
By:
J.E.
| Bloomington, Indiana
Step Eleven: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="italic">as we understood Him,</emphasis> praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Case History
April 1952
DOE, Tom:<lb26 years-Full of liquor for ideas<lb3 years-Sober; Full of ideas, happy
Silent Night
December 1951
Grapevine Daily Quote February 26
“I’m free to be the person I’ve always wanted to be, but never before had the courage to become.”
Temple, Texas, October 1990, “The Man I’ve Always Wanted to Be,” AA Grapevine
Grapevine Daily Quote July 8
“We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.”
“We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.”
Grapevine Daily Quote July 8
“We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1962, “What Is Acceptance?”, The Language of the Heart
Grapevine Daily Quote February 25
“I’m free to be the person I’ve always wanted to be, but never before had the courage to become.”
Temple, Texas, October 1990, “The Man I’ve Always Wanted to Be,”, AA Grapevine
AA's Responsibility
November 1983
By:
Bill W.
Bill W.'s reflections on AA's thirtieth anniversary are no less timely for the 1980s - From the July 1965 Grapevine
The Day the Movers Came
October 1971
By:
R. C. K.
| Los Angeles, California
This move was to be well organized--even to the half-gallon jug to nip on while packing
Out of the Desert
June 1965
By:
M. P.
| Binghamton, New York
... I cried: .. . let me get back home.
Cold Sober--AA in Alaska
August 1997
In September, AA in Alaska will celebrate fifty years. This article is based on material sent to the Grapevine by Cynthia S., of Anchorage, Alaska.
All Right, So I'm Hooked!
December 1968
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
It's an insidious disease and self-deception will get you nowhere. The best thing is to come right out and admit it. . .
Case 8. Big Book
April 1963
By:
W. M.
| Corsicana, Texas
Eight Texans' recovery as seen through the eyes of their doctor-sponsor