Pity the Poor Pink Elephant
September 1973
By:
L. H.
| Denver, Colorado
A victim of today's ecology, or something, he's in danger of becoming extinct
Digging my bottom
March 2010
By:
ABBIE T.
| Hurricane, Utah
Afraid to die, afraid to live, a teen can't stop drinking
Silver Lining
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Andrew M.
| Delmar, New York
A tragedy when he was 19 set in motion a series of events that helped land him and others in his family into recovery
Start with a Prayer
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Lamy, N.M.
With love and lots of determination, a member tries to carry the AA message to a remote community in New Mexico
One Block East of Wornall
June 2015
By:
Michael A. Sr.
| Kansas City, Missouri
A little meeting in Kansas City has been giving back since AA was six years old
Tuned In
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
D.K.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
His Higher Power’s voice found its way through all the static of early sobriety
Refresher Course at 23
August 1967
By:
B. R.
| Ontario
He came into AA at 19 and has stayed on the program all but six days
On the Road to WACYPAA
January 2013
By:
Niamh E.
| Dublin
An Irish visitor and her newcomer friend take off on a sober West Coast adventure
How and Why AA Grows
August 1978
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
A presentation to the 28th General Service Conference of trends and developments in our ever-expanding Fellowship
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
March 1948
By:
J.A.L.
| Quincy, Florida
Advice on the Younger Set
Golden Days--Jours D'or--dÃÂÂÂas De Oro
December 1984
Area Convention: A Beginner’s View
August 2017
By:
Anissa S.
| Marlboro, N.J.
For this newcomer, going to her area convention was like attending a big party where all the guests were happy, friendly and sober
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
October 2004
If you know someone who is deaf or hard of hearing and sober--or who would like to stop drinking--the following information may help you to communicate AA's message of recovery more effectively.
That Monumental Thirst
May 2004
By:
Judith N.
| Marysville, Washington
She was afraid she would crave a drink for the rest of her life
Sidelined by remorse
September 2010
By:
J.M.
| Kansas City, Mo.
After his brother's suicide, he blames himself and drops out of AA
Encounter With Old Age
November 1962
By:
Reverend Mounir Sa'adah
Facing ahead makes the past seem richer and the future more welcome
The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 4
September 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
June 1947
By:
I.A.G.
| St. Louis, Missouri
For the Young A.A.