AA Around the World
December 1958
By:
Henk S.
| Amsterdam
HE SMOKED DUTCH - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO.
The best I can do
September 2018
By:
Lucy B.
| Swannanoa, North Carolina
A member stays sober through incredible sadness and finds a way to be useful in her grief
The Cab Driver and the Fat Lady
January 1971
By:
G. C.
| Miami, Florida
The dispatcher's voice called him to a meeting with destiny
The Laundromat Lush
November 1969
By:
M. S.
| Cypress, California
She lost so many of her husband's shirts, she almost lost him
The bright side
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Eileen K.
| Springfield, Illinois
She no longer escapes in dark, dingy bars. She’s found her place in the sun
The Practice of a Grateful Heart
October 2014
By:
Denis F.
| Colchester, Connecticut
An AA with over 36 years in the program shares his experience in cultivating gratitude
Talkin' Me off the Ledge
October 2005
By:
Rebecca L.
| Los Angeles, California
It helps if you don't feed the beast
What's the Hurry?
September 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
You've got the rest of your life to work this program
Lighting the way
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Tina W.
| Hobe Sound, Fla.
Though her last day drinking was rudderless and dark, she found a beacon to point the way out
Writing through the fear
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Beth C.
| Duluth, Minn.
After a panicked exit from a Grapevine workshop, she pulled out some paper and went to work. Spot-check inventory to the rescue!
Amends with the ex
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Richelle L.
| Export, Pa.
Luckily, she got another good look in the mirror before meeting an old flame—this time to check her motives
The Moment
November 2018
By:
Nicole W.
| Reno, Nev.
When she found herself behind bars, she decided the only way to happiness and sobriety was complete honesty
Back to the surface
January 2017
By:
Crystal B.
| Sun City, California
Feelings and events may take her down, but she now has the tools to come right back up
The Apple Falls from the Tree
November 2011
By:
Brenda P.
| Orlando, Florida
The science of gravity helped this newcomer believe in a power greater than herself
Be Prepared For An Experience
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Patty M.
| Lakewood, Wash.
A misdirected phone call leads her to a more profound connection to AA
All The Way There
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Karen H.
| Hershey, Pa.
She stopped halfway at everything but getting sober
The great fact is
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
David R.
| Garwood, New Jersey
A member shares a firsthand account of the ceremony to celebrate the first Navajo Big Book
Help on the Line
April 2013
By:
Jim T.
| Ft. Collins, Colorado
How a man named Gery helped keep him from being tossed back into dangerous waters
Down From the Mountaintop
August 2003
By:
Albert L.
| Tucson, Arizona
He had two choices: change, or crash and burn
A prayer in the dark
April 2018
By:
L.D.
| Carbondale, Illionois
A heartbroken newcomer finds comfort one night with a few lifesaving words and some pineapple
The Big Depression
October 1964
By:
D. W.
| Van Nuys
Another AA recommended a special kind of help to this member: it worked
Tools for Today
March 2014
By:
Lindsay M.
| Lanarkshire
The phone has been an important part of AA for decades … but sometimes it's time for an upgrade
AA Around the World
March 1995
How It All Began: AA in South Africa"--From the October 1993 Regmaker, the bimonthly magazine of AA in South Africa
The Will and the Way
February 1967
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
<i>The good or ill of man lies within his own will</i>."--Epictetus