A Thinking Problem
September 2014
By:
Dave M.
| Oshawa, Ontario
AA helped him with more than his drinking and he learned how to be happy
Pesky Little Defects
June 2014
By:
John Y.
| Russell, Pennsylvania
A tense evening in a local bookstore reminds him that we’re not really ever done with Step Six
Rolling to Acceptance
May 2014
By:
Theresa H.
| Edina, Minnesota
Going to meetings in a wheelchair was really hard until one day she got a great big idea
Dive In, the Water's Fine
April 2014
By:
Danny S.
| Georgia
A member takes the leap and shares his love of the Step that changed his life
Leap of Faith
November 2013
By:
Anonymous
He was about to jump, but could he? His answer was a piece of cake
The Little Group on Hapalmach Street
April 2012
By:
Charley W.
| Jerusalem
In Jerusalem, an old meeting room disappears, but not the years of love
Pause Before You Send
March 2012
By:
Joanna W.
| Denver, Colorado
She found that her computer was not the best place to do a Ninth Step
Lights Out
June 2011
By:
Paul McQ.
| Long Beach, New York
Even without electricity, a struggling alcoholic plugs in to a group’s sober energy
Strawberry pie ambush
May 2010
By:
MARY S.
| Overland Park, Kan.
A home group and two 'mother hens' keep a new AA on track and active
Step Two: I Didn't Drink And I Didn't Run
February 2007
By:
Nancy C.
| Coral Gables, Florida
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Time for AA?
December 1993
By:
Laura W.
| San Diego, California
This sober member decides to stay close to meetings and not to compare her recovery to other's
Time, Please
July 1950
Rye Birthday
December 1947
It Can Happen to Anybody!
September 1946
A.A'.s Country-wide News Circuit
June 1945
Carrying the Message in 'Fifty-five
July 1980
By:
Bill W.
From a talk at a New York AA meeting during the twenty-first year of AA's existence - Part 1 of a two-part article
The Trouble Was, I Wasn't Ornamental
September 1965
By:
G. N. G.
| Manhattan,, New York
An AA comments on a recent sociological study of the different social and personal motives people have for drinking
Help Yourself to Self-help
July 1965
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
On the merits of reading for personal enlightenment, with some examples from the author's own experience
The True Confessions of a Man on a Pink Cloud
August 1952
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
Wherein a man retakes his inventory
The New Me
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
John S.
| Newark, New Jersey
After 20 years of AA in prison, he’s not the same guy. With a sponsor’s help and a good foundation, he’s ready to get out and live
Not Needed: My Opinion
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Barbara H.
| Pennington, New Jersey
Our Tenth Tradition helps her group sidestep controversies. It’s also great for family and home
A Promise Come True
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Becky B.
| Allen, Texas
When emotional sobriety kicks in, true serenity follows
Just The Movement of the Hand
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By:
Susan C.
| St. Louis, Mo.
Sometimes the physical connects us to the spiritual