"Dr. Bob? One minute please"
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Rose Gracie S.
| Monroe, Michigan
Answering late night calls at St. Thomas Hospital, she was helping alcoholics way before she knew she was one
AA News
September 2018
Basic training
April 2017
By:
Glenn P.
| Florissant, Missouri
Five weeks of outpatient were the building blocks to AA and a sober life
Ticket to Ride
February 2013
By:
Bob S.
| Marquette, Michigan
AA buddies fly to the rescue when a member’s son reaches out
Trouble brewing
December 2009
By:
JOE B.
| Memphis, Tenn.
At a beer-soaked event, a member gets a chance to pass it on
Living Life Forward
October 2005
By:
Pam C.
| Vail, Arizona
Sometimes, desperation can be a saving grace
Which Ones Will Land Among the Lushes?
November 1971
By:
J. T., D.D.S.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Some people just drink. Others will be driven to drink
Anatomy of a Slip
November 1970
By:
Jim McL.
| Goshen, New York
Things might have been different if I had said the exact words I wished said to me
It Ain't Necessarily So. . .
May 1969
By:
I. F.
| Cape Cod, Massachusetts
A long-time member speaks up about certain generalizations she hears at meetings
I Went from Booze to Pills
February 1968
By:
Anonymous
I was dry for ten months--but 1 was not sober for one minute
Believing
January 1980
By:
C. B.
| Santa Maria, California
He isn't sure how much he understands but he accepts a Higher Power
Where Two or More Are Gathered. . .
March 1954
By:
R. M.
| Cambridge City, Indiana
From the Groupvine
The Pleasures of Reading
December 1946
By:
H.A.D.
| Manhattan, New York
<emphasis type="italic">Breakdown</emphasis> by Louis Paul (Crown publishing Co., $2.75)
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
June 1946
By:
C.W.
| Stony Creek, Connecticut
No More Competition
The Pleasures of Reading
July 1944
Dear Grapevine
March 2012
Senior Seeks Serenity
February 2005
By:
Al J.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
The plus-side of getting sober after sixty
Some Writers I Have Known
May 1963
By:
Upton Sinclair
How a top writer of his day views John Barleycorn's merciless plunder of literary talent