Just Keep on Going
April 1976
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Nothing works so well as the act of moving toward life
The Green-alligator Mitten
June 1973
By:
Anonymous
| Massachusetts
A happening that brought joy and a moment of wonder
Make Your Immaturity Pay
March 1965
By:
Anonymous
Those defects can keep us alive to the need to change
Hitting Bottom
January 2012
In "The Lowest Bottom," an AA recounts how he had quit drinking many times until one night in a motel turned into a 3-month bender
Turkish Delight
September 1993
Ham on Wry
May 1987
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1977
By:
The Journal (Addiction Research Fou
'Popular Myth' Questioned
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
October 1973
By:
Laurie Johnston
Creative Highs
Half-man
April 1954
Interview with the Author of "The Independent Blonde
March 1996
By:
NANCY F.
Fifth in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
Growing Up in AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Nellie W.
| Acworth, Ga.
She came to A.A. young, lost and angry, but found her true life and calling
Letter from Puerto Rico
November 2014
By:
Ela F.
| San Juan, Puerto Rico
A 24-year-old woman living in San Juan learns that you're never too young to be an alcoholic
A Far Cry From Home
December 2006
By:
Jim M.
| West Park, New York
On his own in China, a member finds AA
Step Eight: the Years That the Locust Hath Eaten
August 2005
By:
K.F.
| New York, New York
from the August 1997 Grapevine
The Years That the Locust Hath Eaten
August 1997
By:
K. F.
| New York, New York
Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
A Place I Call Home
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Sandra H.
| Hooper Bay, Alaska
Staying sober in her tiny Alaska village was tough, until one day the remote community folks’ plane came to town
Here’s what we do
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Tony S.
| Philladelphia, Pa.
He was once drunk and living in his car. Now he’s sober and helps show future health-care professionals what AA is and isn’t
All Things Are Possible
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Pam C.
| Vail, Ariz.
After a mother loses her son, she finds that listening and sharing are beautiful gifts she can give others
Refusing to Pray
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Nancy C.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
At 27 years, she hit a rough patch with her Higher Power, but picked up a pen and found a way to keep talking
Layers of his Life
April 2013
By:
James L.
| Pegram, Tennessee
The Big Book helped him peel back memories that were sweeter than he had remembered
Thirsty Thursday!
June 2011
By:
Jake N.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Every day was cause for a celebratory drink
The Home Group of My Heart
April 2004
By:
H. John R.
| New Martinsville, West Virginia
The light still shines at the Midnight Meeting