12 steps to gate 7
August 2016
A newcomer learns it’s never too early to reach out and help a fellow frequent flyer
Grey Gardens
March 2016
A bout of loneliness on a cold, rainy day is met with hot coffee, action and a little laughter
The Quantum Physics of AA
January 2016
Amongst the subatomic particles of life, he found a higher power
Stronger & Brighter
November 2015
Meditation and prayer has kept him connected and become an essential light in his life
8 Days
September 2015
By:
Irving M.
| Washington, D.C.
The vital role his home group plays in his sobriety was brought home to him
The Ex-Mother-In-Law
July 2015
In her mind, she needed to punish the awful woman who took her kids, but her Higher Power had a better idea
New Meetings, New Friends
September 2014
By:
Monica L.
| Wichita, Kansas
By finding a new group, she was able to have the kind of sobriety she wanted
Look for the Gems
April 2014
By:
Skitch F.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
How old-timers taught him to mine his Big Book for the jewels that really shine
Signing for Sobriety
February 2014
By:
Kelly W.
| SeaTac, Washington
A deaf woman in Washington gets sober and passes it on
Fourth and Vine
January 2014
By:
David W.
He had spent 20 years of his life at the bar on the corner until one winter day
Let’s Get to Work
May 2013
By:
Bill H. and Alec H.
| Pueblo, Colorado
Remembering its primary purpose, one group rolls up its sleeves
Morning Never Came
September 2012
By:
Rachel S.
| Brooklyn, New York
A sponsor's tragic tale reveals the cunning power of alcohol
We Seek Through Meditation
November 1996
By:
C.C.
| North Hollywood, California
Reprinted from the March 1985 Grapevine
In All Our Affairs?
May 1996
By:
Anonymous
This AA had to come to terms with his own marital infidelity
Don't Drink, and Change the Rest of Your Life
December 1995
By:
Anonymous
| York Harbor, Maine
STEP 12: Having bad a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Like a Hangnail in a Pickle Factory
April 1995
By:
Bill J.
| Temple, Texas
STEP FOUR: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Letting the Shadows Lift
June 1994
By:
Sue F.
| Seymour, Indiana
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others