The happiest boy in the world
June 2013
By:
J.S.
| Grand Marais, Michigan
It wasn't the baseball glove that gave him joy, it was his dad's first anniversary
On the Air
December 2012
By:
Dave W./Terry W.
| Williamsburg, Michigan
Sober ham radio operators carry the message into the clouds
Planting the seed
February 2010
By:
APRIL A.
| Muskegon, Mich.
An AA forgives a badly behaving coworker, then later has an opportunity to help him
The Man Next Door
June 2004
By:
Mary S.
| Orange Park, Florida
She was sure they had nothing in common. He didn't even drink.
Sharing the Pain
July 1996
By:
Carolene B.
| Natchez, Mississippi
The Fourth Step helped open the doorway to the past
The Bridge
February 1969
By:
K. M.
| Webster Groves, Missouri
At one time the group's youngest member was twenty-two and the oldest was eighty. But they had one common goal--sobriety
The Stretched Mind
September 1963
By:
J. W.
| Chicago, Illinois
One member uses the Twelve Steps as an expandable tape-measure
The Big Three!
December 2015
She was excited to get her 30 days, but how was she ever going to face the upcoming holiday season?
Seize the Day
January 2008
By:
Jill W.
| Seattle, Washington
Jumping into life 12,000 feet above the earth
Room For Hope
March 2007
By:
John G.
| El Paso, Texas
A simple list opens the door for a desperate drunk
AA Reaches the Four Corners: A Special Forum in the Navajo Nation
May 2000
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
The Face in the Back-bar Mirror
April 1967
By:
Anon.
Do you remember when the glass talked back? Like this--
A Lost Son's BLESSING
October 2008
By:
Nanci R.
| Floral City, Florida
The painful anniversary of a child's death offers an unexpected gift
AA Philosophy and the Creative Artist
June 1960
Can an alcoholic get too much AA? A noted novelist says yes--and tells you why he thinks so
Too Smart For AA?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lesley G.
| Boston, Mass.
Being in the right place at the right time is more important than all the advanced degrees in the world
The Drink That Saved My Life
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Dan S.
| Salem, N.Y.
He reached for the bottle of cooking wine as a last resort—but it may have kept him alive
The biggest tip I ever got
October 2018
By:
Tom W.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
In 1951, a 15-year-old boy delivered a telegram to a little house in Akron. He hadn’t a clue why he’d one day return
All the Wrong Places
November 2014
By:
Russ G.
| St. Paul, Minnesota
He was always looking for that one magic something. He couldn't have imagined where he'd find it
Shoveling the Snow
March 2014
By:
Teri H.
| Bloomfield, Connecticut
A woman comes to understand the Fourth Step through winter's responsibilities
Stick With The Stickers
August 2006
By:
Nancy S.
| Renton, Washington
They're the ones who stick around