Letters Ask for Bottle of "Cure
May 1948
Landon
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Landon C.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
This trans member drank to feel OK. Then one day, with outside help and AA, he discovered a whole new life
The Solitary
June 2017
By:
Fred C.
| Ogden, Utah
All his drinking buddies had died or drifted away, and he was left sipping pint bottles in secret in his car. But then AA brought him a new and better way of life
Down and Out in Palm Springs
July 2014
By:
Gerard K.
| Palm Springs, California
He ran as far away from his feelings as he could, until they caught up with him the Calfornia desert
Dear Grapevine
September 2013
Bang Bam Boom!
June 2013
By:
Jeanne E.
| Blaine, Minnesota
After 68 years of trips and falls, she finally tumbled into AA
Help
April 2011
By:
Marcia J.
| Phoenix, Arizona
It can feel like the dirtiest four-letter word in the English language
NO ACCIDENT
January 2010
By:
MIKE T.
| Prince George, British Columbia
A teenager calls AA for help and is twelfth-stepped by his friend's father
What's The Worst That Could Happen?
February 2007
By:
John A.
| Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
And is it worth a drink?
As Different As We Choose to Be
May 1984
By:
D.G.
| Huntington Beach, California
Four presentations from the 33rd General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous, April 1983
Ask an AA If God Is Dead
October 1966
By:
South Carolina
| Columbia,
Recent theological publicity stimulated this AA's review of an important conviction
11th Steppers
December 1961
By:
E. B.
| Miami, Florida
Second of a series reporting on special AA meetings
The Periodical Souse, the Never-again Feeling and the Ride on the Sprinkling Cart
August 1961
George Ade, one of America's great humorists, wrote this Fable in Slang sixty years ago, but the subject is as timeless as man and alcohol. You will undoubtedly recognize . . .
Keeping It Simple
May 1960
Our Everlasting Freshness
February 1960
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
When I finish, I begin! Goethe
Tradition Six
October 1952
By:
Bill W.
The sixth of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions. . . <lbAn AA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our prim
Down Beat
September 1951
All Right, So I'm Hooked!
December 1968
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
It's an insidious disease and self-deception will get you nowhere. The best thing is to come right out and admit it. . .
One Wave at a Time
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Randy T.
| Harkers Island, North Carolina
After a near drowning, he came to believe. Now at 65, he’s surfing and learning to meditate
Why I Get Involved
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Jimmy W.
| Soddy Daisy, Tennessee
He used to think area service was a waste of time. Boy, did he change his mind!
One Banana at a Time
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Kelli S.B.
| Seattle, Washington
To connect with God better, her sponsor suggested she help others. What finally worked may surprise you
The Best Little Step Meeting in New York
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Brian L.
| Sunnyside, New York
Since 1978, this AA group has kept up that old Irish feeling with humor, fellowship and yes, shepherd’s pie
Freedom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jack W.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Owning a restaurant meant never having to run out of alcohol