Dear Grapevine
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
That Wonderful Sense of Belonging
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Scotty K.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
A motorcycle trip was what he loved most in life. But why could he not enjoy it? Ninth Step to the rescue
A Grapevine Follow-Up
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Gabriela R.
| Lynnwood, Wash.
Whatever happens to the authors of past Grapevine articles? Here, one returns to tell her story
When Things Happen
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Keith H.
| McMinnville, Ore.
A longtime member ponders what to do when home group conflicts arise
It takes a village
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
“Definitely Steve”
| Nashville, Tenn.
A longtime member in Tennessee gleefully remembers the wonderful oldtimers who gave him his start
Welcome to Key West
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Brent H.
| Reading, Pa.
He knew it was time to stop drinking. He had really reached the end. But first he’d fly to see his old drinking buddy for one last hurrah
Dear Grapevine
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
Together in Recovery
September 2017
They share the same sobriety date and are sisters in recovery—helping each other, helping their loved ones, and helping their fellow AAs
Better Late Than Never?
January 2017
It isn’t your age that counts when you come into the program, it’s your willingness, as one older newcomer discovers
Night Owl Gets Diploma
March 1968
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
A 1941 high-school dropout makes it at last--and has some fun into the bargain
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
December 1973
By:
Richard D. Lyons
Alcohol and the Congress
If You Must Move. . .
June 1970
By:
E. C. McG.
| Alexandria, Virginia
Here are twelve suggestions to help you adjust to new people and new surroundings. Wherever you go, you'll find our AA principles in practice
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sobriety
February 2014
By:
Russ H.
| Pleasant Hill, California
An oldtimer looks back on the things that were said to him in his early days