Crash course
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Sandy B.
| Aurora, Colorado
Furious with her ex, she headed out to toss a brick through his window. Luckily, she stopped to buy paint first
Many steps to prayer
November 2018
By:
Anonymous
A longtime agnostic member shares about his wonderful journey with Step Eleven and how he meditates while walking with his dog
A prayer in the dark
April 2018
By:
L.D.
| Carbondale, Illionois
A heartbroken newcomer finds comfort one night with a few lifesaving words and some pineapple
Dear Grapevine
February 2018
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Oliver & me
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
James L.
| Pegram, Tennessee
A man in Tennesse shares about a sponsee he once had who struggled with mental illness
One woman’s journey
November 2017
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By:
L. B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
She learned to get honest, take care of herself and to her surprise, have friendships with other women
Dying to be loved
November 2016
At age 20, liquor had done its job. It made her believe she had nothing to live for
Time to punt
October 2016
This high school coach was losing the drinking game. Then one day a fellow teacher handed him a winning play
Study Buddies
October 2016
Her daily dose of AA literature for a wonderful sobriety boost was just a call away
In the Eye of the Storm
April 2015
By:
Kari O.
| Greenfield, Indiana
With nowhere to go and unable to make it home, she had to depend on the kindness of strangers
A Tale of Two Saturdays
August 2014
By:
Dick L.
| Meridian, Idaho
The difference between the two was the world--and one drink
In Black and White
March 2013
By:
Erin S.
| Olathe, Kansas
Just when her life was falling apart, a mom reads good news in the Sunday paper
The Eleventh Step. . .It's One of the Twelve
December 1973
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
When worked in combination with the other Steps, Step Eleven can teach us to live by God's will
No Dues Or Fees, but. . .
October 1972
By:
F. F.
| Bethesda, Maryland
Just because we're sober, do we have to get tight?
Twelfth Tradition Checklist
September 1971
By:
B.L.
| Manhattan, New York
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Pointers for Beginners for Right Now
June 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
It's your first sober day and your first AA meeting . . .
A Psychiatrist's Appreciation of Alcoholics Anonymous
June 1960
By:
Adele E. Streeseman, M.D.
The AA program enables the withdrawn alcoholic to trust the mental therapist, thus hastening a return to sobriety--and sanity
Problems Other Than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them?
February 1958
By:
Bill W.
Any time is a good time to review our relations with each other and with the world outside. In the following article Bill has done this with the accent on special groups which seek to handle drug addiction. At the moment this problem is under a great amou