Mexico--Overcoming Barriers
June 1985
By:
J. B.
| Mexico City, Mexico
Presentations from two countries where AA flourished when literature became available
Group Meetings Grow, and So Do Expenses
November 1982
By:
H. W.
Amounts of money may differ, but the principle of group self-support hasn't changed in 35 years - From the November 1947 Grapevine
A Chance to See Things With Sober Eyes
January 1980
By:
H. D.
| Hovland, Minnesota
His Higher Power enabled him to see reality for the first time
A 'Real Bad' Alcoholic
September 1979
By:
J. M.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
At the age of forty he knew he was
Staying Half-green
October 1976
By:
R. W.
| Van Nuys, California
By remaining willing to listen and to share with others, we avoid becoming sour or overripe
Be Still and Listen
December 1975
By:
Henry A.
| Lompoc, California
Out of the silences of starlit nights came messages of strength, hope, and sobriety
Professor Winkley and the Aversion Treatment
October 1975
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
In pure science, results are often something other than we looked for
Moving
August 1974
By:
P. P.
| Arnold, Maryland
AA may differ in different places but the program is the same--if you make it work
Women pioneers
June 1994
By:
Marty M.
| New York, New York
From the special Grapevine publication AA Today--first published in June 1960 to celebrate AA's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
Return to Riverside
June 2018
By:
Fred H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
How a blissful sunny day in 1970 turned into a long drunken hell... and then became a love story to remember
High-flying mom
April 2018
By:
Melani B.
| Pleasanton, California
As her plane took off, so did her drinking, drama and unmanageable life
The Greatest Gift
September 2017
By:
Ethel D.
| Hudson, Fla.
The greatest possible gift is the return of something treasured that was lost. In her case, that meant God
A Surprise in the Cemetery
June 2011
By:
Sandra K.
| Alma, Arkansas
A uncanny visit to Doctor Bob’s grave site helps this member stay sober many years later
Bottom of the Ninth
June 2011
By:
Susan B.
Recovery from alcoholism brings this father and daughter closer after many years of difficulties
I'll handle this myself
May 2010
By:
WENDI V.
| Crystal Lake, Ill.
A traveler badly craving a drink finds a symbol of recovery in an odd place
Britain--On Twenty-four Hours a Day
June 1966
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
The program includes the pleasure of anticipation, and the pleasures of new AA meetings and friends
Two-fisted Drinker
March 2013
By:
Ken L.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
After years of pounding back beers, a good soldier becomes a hopeless closet drunk
You've got to give to get
June 2009
By:
JOHN L.
| Seabrook, Texas
A loner on the fringes of AA finds the courage to seek out a sponsor
A CHILD OF WOODSTOCK
March 2009
By:
NANCY K.
| Woodstock, New York
Raised on alcohol and excess, an artsy member discovers contentment in her later years
Highland Sobriety
May 2005
By:
Jim B.
| Glasgow
Over the hills and far away, there is still the hand of AA
The Wonder of It All
February 2005
By:
Jo P.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Life never runs out of surprises