From the Streets of L.A.
April 2014
By:
Connie W.
| Fort Bragg, California
Sixteen years later, she has a roof over her head and a sober life
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Greatest Sponsor of Them All?
January 1996
By:
Patricia W.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Veil
August 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Rhode Island
Medication dulled her senses, so she was puzzled when A A. told her, "Don't chew your booze
The Grace of God
April 1973
By:
Laura L.
| Sonoma, California
We can choose to let go and let it happen
The Absent-minded Professor
November 1964
By:
J. C.
| Emporia, Kansas
She had her Ph.D. but needed to add A.A.
Around the World
January 1959
By:
C R. C. P.
| Queensland
THE LIFE OF A LONER - 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.
Humility. . .The Voice of Experience
April 1956
By:
O. J.
| Escondido, California
An old-timer (who waited three years to put down what he believes he learned from his slip that occurred after many years' sobriety) speaks, it seems to us, with both humility and authority
Oscar the Oracle
March 1956
By:
J. B.
| St. John, N.B.
A modern fable wherein the reader makes up his own ending
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
November 1945
By:
M. L.
| Rochester, New York
Answer from Genesee
The Long Walk Up
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
J.J.
| Louisville, Kentucky
All he wanted was some AA literature, so he headed up the stairs. Luckily, Helen met him at the top
When The Moment Came
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Judy K.
| Newport BEach, California
It took a little time, but after watching her son’s and father’s lives change, she realized the truth
They Got To See the Best of Me
September 2015
Because of technology, her wish to go back and help the women at her former prison was about to hit the big screen
The Priest, the Thief and Me
March 2012
By:
Jim C.
| Kansas City, Missouri
How the magic of identification brought this man back from hell
Web Exclusive: White Wine Did the Job
March 2011
By:
Caroline C.
From a childhood of fear to years of heavy drinking, she finally found AA in Paris
On Top of the World
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Bill W.
| Everett, Washington
Drunk and celebrating on the ruins of a Mayan temple, he had no idea his life was crumbling too
The One That Almost Got Ed
September 1997
By:
Ed K.
| Centereach, New York
Shaken by a brush with death, this AA headed for the bar
Time to Smell the Flowers
July 1982
By:
S. B.
| Virginia Beach, Virginia
An expression of gratitude for being sober and being able to help others
The 'Almost' People
December 1981
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
Today, we know that half measures are not enough
AA and the Grapevine. . .The First Ten Years
June 1979
By:
M. M.
Grapvine's 35th Anniversary - One of our early women members reports on... - From the June 1954 Grapvine
Professor Winkley's School for Counselors
June 1975
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
Some of us are just too dumb to fully appreciate the scientific approach
Not the Great Big Things but Rather-a Whole Carload of Little Things
May 1969
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
- make life worthwhile
To the Fog and the Redwoods
May 2015
At the end of his drinking, he went home, thinking it was to die
Two Voices: One Story the Dad
March 2005
By:
Keith B.
| Southhold, New York
When shared genes lead to shared recovery
The Father She Always Wanted
February 2004
By:
Anonymous
| Austin, Texas
The man she loved the most had been what she hated the most!