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
Rejoice! Rejoice!
June 1968
By:
E. M. K.
| New York
If you've never sung God's praises on a July afternoon because you found you could actually put in a day's work, read this
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
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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.
Slow Boil To Alcoholism
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By:
Caroline BK
| Kirkland, Wash.
It took her a while to become an alcoholic and a while longer to get sober. But her sobriety is a journey she’s grateful to be on
Off course
September 2018
By:
David S.
| Gouverneur, New York
A tragic death woke him to his reckless drinking. Now, with some hope, he’s on the right road
Getting to the Root
August 2014
By:
Katie G.
| Burnsville, Minnesota
Not smart enough, not thin enough, not good enough. The Steps helped her dig up the truth
Stories My Father Told Me
June 2011
By:
David C.
| Costa Mesa, California
After a lifetime of drinking, a man looks back at the lessons his father tried to teach him about alcoholism
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