Filling in the Blanks
May 1985
By:
R. F.
| Missouri City, Texas
Steps Four and Five - These vital Steps help us understand our own patterns of behavior
I Didn't Want to Go to Prison
February 1985
By:
Anonymous
| Metuchen, New Jersey
But today, working with AAs in prisons strengthens his sobriety
Steps Toward Good Relationships
January 1985
By:
K. O.
| Los Angeles, California
Before AA, he couldn't get along with God, himself, or anyone else
I Didn't Join AA
October 1982
By:
J. M.
| Middle Village, New York
But 32 years ago, by the grace of God, he went to his first meeting
Me, Powerless?
April 1981
By:
S. S.
| Dorchester, Massachusetts
She discovered that the power never really had been in her hands
Atheist
January 1980
By:
J. L.
| Oakland, California
She made personal translations of the Steps and applied them to her living
Generation Gap Revisited
November 1979
By:
F. M.
Looking back over a quarter century of AA, this member finds it changing and changeless. . .and has an Rx for indolent old-timers <lbFrom the February 1969 Grapevine
Coming Full Circle
January 1979
By:
P. A.
| Belmont, California
Anger and resentment kept him on a disaster course--until he made amends
Compassion
September 1975
By:
L. H.
| Gates Mills, Ohio
Love really can conquer all, if we will only let it
Self-Support Today
March 1996
The Day the Movers Came
October 1971
By:
R. C. K.
| Los Angeles, California
This move was to be well organized--even to the half-gallon jug to nip on while packing
AA Afloat
February 1958
Jottings From Old Scotland
January 1952
By:
Jack
| Glasgow
From Scotland comes an exchange of letters which <emphasis type="italic">The Grapevine</emphasis> Editors think will show that geography makes very little difference in the gradual unfolding of the program
“Would a friend of Bill W. please pick up a white courtesy phone.”
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Cameron D.
| Las Vegas, Nevada
A super busy flight attendant has an important meeting he definitely hadn’t expected
I Should Have Known
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jenn D.
| Houston, Texas
Fighting to become the person her Higher Power wanted her to be
Two Lives, One Lifetime
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan K.
| Great Meadows., N.J.
One of the great benefits of sobriety? Being able to look yourself in the eye
Journey To Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Nicki C.
| Kansas City, Mo.
She called the AA hotline one desperate night, praying for someone to pick up
Dear Grapevine
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
Dear Grapevine
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
Talking to Air
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Jay M.
| Carlsba, California
Grief, resentment and liquor soured him with God, but a new perspective on prayer changed his mind
A Mother’s Day Wish
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Mary Ann G.
| Dundalk, Maryland
After years of heartache and regret, she found the son her drinking took away
Leap of Faith
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
T.R.
| Roseville, California
A frightening race to get down the mountain took every Step he had in him. Turns out he wasn’t alone