Happy to be alive
June 2009
By:
JEANNIE
| Toronto, Ontario
An alcoholic finds hope after a lifetime of struggles
Second Tradition Checklist
December 1969
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
AA's Twelve Traditions have, in my experience, often proved vital in keeping me shober, and helpful otherwise in all my affairs." - This is the second of a series of articles sharing that experience
All Right, So I'm Hooked!
December 1968
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
It's an insidious disease and self-deception will get you nowhere. The best thing is to come right out and admit it. . .
Case History of Someone You Know
April 1951
One Wave at a Time
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Randy T.
| Harkers Island, North Carolina
After a near drowning, he came to believe. Now at 65, he’s surfing and learning to meditate
The Best Little Step Meeting in New York
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Brian L.
| Sunnyside, New York
Since 1978, this AA group has kept up that old Irish feeling with humor, fellowship and yes, shepherd’s pie
Freedom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jack W.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Owning a restaurant meant never having to run out of alcohol
An Amends to Remember
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Carol V.
| Pensacola, Florida
She waited 40 years to make this right, and what she got in return was a friend and a big surprise
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
July 1975
By:
Journal of the American Medical Association
Therapy, Education, Transportation
With Everything to Lose
Upon a sponsor's suggestion, he made a list of what drinking would take from him
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
August 1969
By:
Edward Cowan
Equal Justice" for Drunks
