What all does AA give us? A member in Kentucky attempts to answer A newcomer recently asked me what AA taught me. I thought, how on earth can I possibly summarize my time in the Fellowship? First off, it taught me how to be a decent person and how to live a life inconceivablyContinue reading “It’s What We Do – Grapevine Article May 2024 By Alex M”
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Make Me A Channel – Grapevine Article November 2020 By Michael J.
How a sponsor’s suggestion to meditate on a prayer led him on a path to peace, love and a sense of belonging I remember when my sponsor gave me an assignment for Step Eleven. After we reviewed the Step in our book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, he told me to read the Eleventh StepContinue reading “Make Me A Channel – Grapevine Article November 2020 By Michael J.”
Sweet Surrender – Grapevine Article March 2024 By Jeff B.
He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step 3 to find a peace and purpose he never knew The first time I got drunk I remember thinking that I was going to make feeling that way my No. 1 priority until the day I died. For the next 13 years I kept my word, minimallyContinue reading “Sweet Surrender – Grapevine Article March 2024 By Jeff B.”
A Reciprocal Dynamic – Grapevine Article April 1992 By Anonymous
When we practice Tradition Four while remembering Step Three, everybody wins TRADITION FOUR: Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole. What does Tradition Four mean to me? This Tradition reminds me of Tradition One. Tradition One deal’s with the relationship between the value of personal recoveryContinue reading “A Reciprocal Dynamic – Grapevine Article April 1992 By Anonymous”
Toward Partnership – As Bill Sees It #292
When the distortion of family life through alcohol has been great, a long period of patient striving may be necessary. After the husband joins A.A., the wife may become discontented, even highly resentful that A.A. has done the very thing that all her years of devotion had failed to do. Her husband may become soContinue reading “Toward Partnership – As Bill Sees It #292”
Rules Without Reason – Grapevine Article February 1987 By E.E.
It was hard to hear the voice on the telephone over the rain pelting outside my window. “Is that you, Joan? You don’t sound like yourself. Is something wrong?” It was “Joan,” six weeks sober, checking in with her sponsor on the coldest, wettest night of the year, in a voice I hardly recognized. “IContinue reading “Rules Without Reason – Grapevine Article February 1987 By E.E.”
Losing Financial Fears – As Bill Sees It #75
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were the victims of unreasonable fears. And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, atContinue reading “Losing Financial Fears – As Bill Sees It #75”
Lois Looks Back On Early Days With Bill W – Grapevine Article December 1944 By Lois W. (Bill’s Wife)
AS the wife of an early AA, some of our experiences and my reactions to my husband’s changed life may be interesting to other wives. Bill was an alcoholic, I believe, from the first drink he ever took, just a few months before our marriage. From then on, for seventeen years, I did everything IContinue reading “Lois Looks Back On Early Days With Bill W – Grapevine Article December 1944 By Lois W. (Bill’s Wife)”
Love – Grapevine Article September 1988 By C.C.
The longer he stays sober, the more he learns the value of passing on that inner glow I really never knew what true love was until I began my recovery in AA. My schooling in that emotion began early and led me to the conclusion that love is what creates in the attitude of aContinue reading “Love – Grapevine Article September 1988 By C.C.”
Alchemy Of Pain – Grapevine Article December 2003 By Mary J.
When I first encountered the promises on pages 83-84 of the Big Book, I wasn’t very impressed because I didn’t believe them. Members with long-term sobriety talked of them lovingly and with expressions bordering on awe. From time to time, an entire meeting centered on that reading. I got stuck on “We will not regretContinue reading “Alchemy Of Pain – Grapevine Article December 2003 By Mary J.”
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