Dear Grapevine
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
It’s Never Too Late
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Everett D.
| Glenview, Ill.
At 92, he’s still working the program and helping others every chance he gets. Now that’s happy, joyous and free
A Time For Acceptance
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
V.T.
| San Diego, Calif.
The mother of an essential worker shares how AA helps her stay sane and grateful during a pandemic
Just Live it
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Craig S.
| Long Branch, N.J.
After years of lies and disappointments, his dad wasn’t interested in talk. He wanted to see the change
Secret Stash
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
Peter G.
| San Antonio, Texas
Even after three years sober, his past behavior kept coming back to surprise him
A Good Cry At The Alcathon
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Lisa Q.
| Bronx, N.Y.
Holding wrinkled tissues stained with mascara, a newly sober mom feels the love of a home group that has embraced her
Dear Grapevine
April 2020
| Home Group
Dear Grapevine
February 2020
| Tough Times
Dear Grapevine
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
Dear Grapevine
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
Card-carrying thumper
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Jim H.
| Largo, Florida
By following the directions in the book, he became a passionate lifetime fan
Worn out
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
R.A.
| Columbia, Missouri
Ripped and stained, it’s a precious memory of his last drunk. It’s not just any shirt
Lying on my resume
October 2018
By:
James L.
| Nashville, Tennessee
The “secrets of success” he heard at meetings taught him a valuable lesson about honesty
Dear Grapevine
August 2018
Trunk full of love
August 2018
By:
Lauri S.
| Spokane, Washington
The stories she read helped her so much she couldn’t wait to hit the road and share the good news
Welcome To 2020
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Carole P.
| San Francisco, Calif.
No meeting rooms? Share on camera? Unmute? How will we do this? COVID-19 kicked this old-timer’s program into high gear
An unexpected call
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
J.D.
| Big Lake, Minn.
My phone rang at 3 in the morning. The voice on the other end was crying.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.
My Monkey Mind
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, Calif.
How right action stops his negative thinking and keeps him from swinging from the same old tree
The Magic and the Miracle
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Santa Monica, Calif.
Gratitude comes with working the program—and finding true belief
Watch Your Aim!
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
E.K.
| Tucson, Ariz.
After a meeting takes a wrong turn, a member has a few thoughts about “principles before personalities”
My guide to the wild west
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Kim S.
| Boise, Idaho
Getting sober can be a wonderful journey with the right someone showing the way
Business is not a bad word
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Billy N.
| Buford, Georgia
One member says that anything less than good business practice in AA is just untreated alcoholism
The Sand Dollar
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Kristen C.
| Tappan, N.Y.
Higher Powers often have interesting ways of revealing themselves, as this young alcoholic discovered one day at the beach
10 years sober
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Mike G.
| Madison, Missouri
There in the basement on his plywood bed, he was going to be OK. Something had changed
Crazy for service
August 2018
By:
Vera F.
| Bend, Oregon
A district Grapevine rep discovers a wonderful world of service, meeting others and carrying the message