When We See Ourselves Clearly
March 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Indianapolis, Indiana
Self-acceptance and a desire to become what we could be are vital steps on the road to recovery
Thy Will, Not Mine
October 1978
By:
C. C.
| Arlington, Virginia
Her father's death taught her the true meaning of acceptance
Action Is Service
May 1977
By:
W. C.
| Jalisco
He served alone for eleven weeks and on the twelfth a new group was born
That Fabulous Convention!
October 1975
By:
J.G
| Manhattan, New York
AA's 40th Anniversary Denver, Colorado July 4--6,1975
Trials of a Group Secretary
July 1975
By:
J. K.
| San Bernardino, California
. . .and some have greatness thrust upon them.
We Made Our Own Fun
April 1975
By:
Four sober alcoholics
| California
Carrying the message turned a vacation into something very special
Honeymoon
January 1975
By:
G. P.
| Elbert, Colorado
When that first glorious realization of what it's like to be sober comes over us
The Revolution from Within
March 1973
By:
Jim H.
| Doniphan, Missouri
Was the world we rebelled against wrong, or were we?
Watch Those Commercials!
February 1973
By:
J. W. R.
| Millard, Nebraska
They fascinate, hypnotize, and make you slightly ill as they lead the unsuspecting down the garden path
Comfortable with God
August 1972
By:
W. O. P.
| Meadville, Pennsylvania
He was rebelling against "religiosity" until he realized that the spiritual and the earthly are governed by the same laws
Three Weeks into Sanity
July 1972
By:
C. B.
| Houston, Texas
A sudden awakening brought her to an acceptance of reality
A daily reprieve
May 2001
By:
Philip T.
| New Hope, Pennsylvania
Reprinted from the July 1994 Grapevine
A Journey Toward Responsibility
September 1998
By:
Annemarie M.
| Raynham, Massachusetts
Tradition Nine
My Life With an Alcoholic
April 1998
By:
J. C. W.
| Calgary, Alberta
From time to time, the Grapevine publishes articles by nonalcoholic friends of AA. We wanted to print this story, written by the husband of an alcoholic woman, because it is a testimony to the destructive force of alcohol--"cunning, baffling, powerful!
You and Me Against the World
August 1996
By:
Abbie P.
| Greenwood, Indiana
A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AA MEMBERS HAVE ENDURED--AND STAYED SOBER THROUGHOUT
Interview With the Author of "Stars Don't Fall
August 1995
By:
FELICIA M.
Second in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories