Twelve Steps and the Older Member
February 1955
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Grapevine and La Viña Celebrate Founders' Day with Free Access from May 26 through June 10, 2021
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Chris C., Acting Publisher, AA Grapevine, Inc.
At Wit’s End
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
Unstable alcoholics? Sobriety can help
April 2010
Sixteen Years In the Making
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By:
L.C.
| Apopka, Fla.
It’s takes practice—but self-pity can be vanquished
Our Special Wrenches
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By:
T.R.
| Queensbury, N.Y.
Just coming into AA, she found friends who accepted her without judgement
Meetings on Wheels
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Greg S.
| Hartford, Mich.
They hit the road to help carry the message, and instead of having one meeting they had four!
The Richness Of This Moment
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By:
Donie W.
Appreciating the clarity sobriety brings, the second time around
Turning Down the Volume
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Kiko M.
| West Chester, Pa.
Not everybody is going to like me or like what I have to offer. What matters is that I like myself enough to continue to take my inventory and be of maximum service.
Better than I deserve?
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Anonymous
| Brighton, Colo.
Does maintaining my sobriety and working the Steps “earn” me respect, even happiness? Am I expected to “man up and put up” with whatever circumstances arise?
Meeting on the yard
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Andi F.
| Goodyear, Ariz.
When outside volunteers can’t make it in, these women know just what to do
One Primary Purpose
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Debbie D.
| Concord, Calif.
Their group has hot coffee, donuts, comfy seats and all three shades.
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
Sharing Everything
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Julian S.
| Huntington Beach, Calif.
Who knew he’d have a spiritual experience telling his secrets one morning to
a man he barely knew?
a man he barely knew?
One Day They GROW UP
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Chuck C.
| Austin, Texas
Love, intimacy, acceptance and joy. A member shares his thoughts about sponsorship
Butterflies at the Alcathon
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
K.W.
| Tucson, Ariz.
No better way to get out of ourselves and anchor our nerves than to pick up dirty cups and welcome people
Bright Spot in a Crisis
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Jim B.
| San Marcos, Texas
How the new world of virtual meetings gave one member a more powerful connection to the Fellowship
Where’s the newcomer?
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Aaron F.
| Cork, Ireland
Feeling ugly and broken, he warmed up to his first meeting, even though it seemed really weird
As We Understood Whatever
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By:
Albert L.
| Tucson, Ariz.
It didn’t have to be “his” God or “her” God or some church’s God
