The Pleasures of Reading
February 1947
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">The Practical Cogitator</emphasis> by Curtis and Greenslet (Houghton Mifflin Company, $3)
Web Exclusive: Fun and Fellowship—Marathon Style
May 2011
By:
Brian K.
| Telford, Pennsylvania
Road-trip running buddies take a challenge to attend an AA meeting in six different states—all in one day!
Self-Support Today
March 1996
My Two Sponsors
July 1973
By:
Lu S.
| Fort Worth, Texas
One was tough and one was patient; each had something to offer
The Day the Movers Came
October 1971
By:
R. C. K.
| Los Angeles, California
This move was to be well organized--even to the half-gallon jug to nip on while packing
AA Afloat
February 1958
Jottings From Old Scotland
January 1952
By:
Jack
| Glasgow
From Scotland comes an exchange of letters which <emphasis type="italic">The Grapevine</emphasis> Editors think will show that geography makes very little difference in the gradual unfolding of the program
Grapevine Daily Quote March 5, 2019
“I still don’t have answers for all the eternal questions, like why bad things happen to good people, or why babies die. But I have found that life works better when I focus more on how I am contributing to God’s world than musing about what he is or is not doing in mine.”
“The Scoop,” Woodinville, Washington, November 2013, AA Grapevine
Listening for 50 years
September 2016
In 1965, an old-timer heard the bartender say last call. Five decades later, he’s still using his ears
Lightening the load
June 2016
With her sponsor showing the way, she unexpectedly becomes a caregiver and learns to take care of herself
Live Easy but Think First
March 2015
By:
Scott W.
| Kearney, Nebraska
When he wonders why his life is so much better now, all he has to do is look up at his meeting wall
Attica's Beacon
June 2014
By:
John L.
| Attica, New York
A prisoner finds his shining light in one of the longest-running prison groups in the nation
Letting Go in Florida
March 2014
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pennsylvania
A sober mom learns all about powerlessness in a partyland by the sea
Trapped
December 2011
By:
Mike T.
| Fort Myers, Florida
After years of morning vodka, he finds a faith he always wanted
Soldier Down
October 2011
By:
David A.
| Kaiserslautern, Germany
German beer taught this sergeant who had the real power
Four Simple Words
October 2011
By:
Jim S.
| New Brighton, Pennsylvania
A cherished AA slogan comforts a newly sober husband after the loss of his wife
As Promised
September 2011
By:
Trey B.
| Macon, Georgia
Sometimes the truest amends are made instinctively
Early AA in the Cariboo Mountains
August 2011
By:
Buster H.
| British Columbia
A big game hunter accepts that he is powerless over alcohol and becomes the first member of AA in a remote area of British Columbia
Alcohol, The Greatest Disability of All
June 2011
By:
Russ K.
| Nampa, Idaho
He realized that living life as an alcoholic was a lot worse than living with the disability of having only one arm
AA Around the World: Island in the Sun
May 2011
By:
Tony H.
| St. Michael
Celebrating a half-century of AA history in Barbados
“Ed the dead” sings songs of gratitude
April 2011
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
This musical jam-master hasn’t bitten anyone’s butt in 25 years!
Stuck in a funk
December 2010
By:
Laura S.
| Coral Springs, Fla.
Without Twelfth Step work, the Promises evaporate as quickly as they came
Pancake king
October 2010
By:
NORM H.
| Cary, N.C.
He guarded his griddle like it was made of gold . . . then his ego got the better of him