Don't Hide in AA
January 1967
By:
Bobbie G.
| Forest Hills, New York
A member asks: Isn't it AA's job to return us to normal living, not furnish a substitute for it?
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
April 1945
Five Alcoholics Looking for the Perfect Pitch
August 1944
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sobriety
February 2014
By:
Russ H.
| Pleasant Hill, California
An oldtimer looks back on the things that were said to him in his early days
P.O. Box 1980
September 1960
By:
Edna
| Grants Pass, Oregon
SOME ANSWERS TO ''I DON'T GO TO MEETINGS ANY MORE''
The Coffee-maker
June 1975
By:
Anonymous
| New Mexico
Deep down inside it feels real good to know you're a part of AA
Hear Hear!
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Marie S.
A sober woman shares about the challenges hard of hearing members have and some solutions she’s found
PO Box 1980
May 1980
By:
M. O. & G. B.
| North Brunswick, New Jersey
On 'thoughtless comments'
Sobriety Is A Choice
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
M.M.
| Peekskill, N.Y.
Discovering community in AA through the message of “we”
Meeting Closed!
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Sam B.
| London
All of a sudden, we were told to remain in our homes with no access to AA meetings. Was this a cruel joke? Why stop me now? I was starting all over again!
Sometimes very slowly
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Nancy H.
| Laguna Woods, California
It took her 30 years, but General Service made her fall in love with AA all over again
Felt like home
June 2018
By:
Janis L.
| Bangor, Maine
How the warm welcome at a shelter meeting helped her take off a “backpack” of fear and shame