The Responsibility Lies in Ourselves
April 1966
By:
V. W.
| Boulder Creek, California
An AA reflects on a long-remembered line from Shakespeare, which points a moral
The Lonely Road
April 1961
By:
J. Y.
| Walla Walla, Washington
He found AA in prison but had to learn that action without faith led him always back to "the pit
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
February 1947
By:
F.W.
| Scranton, Pennsylvania
A Newcomer Looks at A.A.
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
April 1946
By:
A.J.S.
| Denver, Colorado
Premiums Must Be Paid
Down the Wrong Road
June 1965
By:
T. B.
| Marquette, Michigan
But there can be a change of direction even in a prison cell
The Unbeliever
September 1996
<emphasis type="italic">One of the original twenty-nine stories printed in the First Edition of the Big Book,</emphasis> Alcoholics Anonymous, <emphasis type="italic">published in 1935, this story was taken out when the Second Edition was published in 195
The Gift of Gratitude
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
One way to keep a grateful heart is to remember what AA has given us. The following passages were selected from our vast Grapevine Story Archives, which goes back to 1944. Thank you for sharing your stories with us
The First Hospital Group
June 1977
By:
L. H.
| Manhattan, New York
How an understanding psychiatrist came to give Bill W. and five other AAs the "run of the ward
Sharing the Experience at Wiesbaden
January 1974
By:
Raleigh B.
| Wiesbaden
Presenting three articles on drinking in the armed services and what is being done about it
A Tip From The Grapevine
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jeffrey C.
| Big Canoe, Ga.
Just because we think it doesn’t make it so
An Ace In the Hole
February 1988
By:
Terry T.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
These reassuring words have started many a desperate alcoholic on the road to recovery. This two-part section (Part Two will follow in March) takes a special look at the work of AA intergroups and central offices.
At War With the World
December 1984
By:
A. L.
| Gentry, Arkansas
In this "season to be jolly," three AAs remind us of a common character defect
Treating the Causes of Alcoholism
November 1979
By:
Harry M. Tiebout, MD
From the November 1963 Grapevine
Help the Young People Identify!
August 1975
By:
Woodie" L.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
They don't have to keep on drinking
A Grateful AA Gives One Cheer for Psychiatry
December 1953
By:
P. K.
| Pueblo, California
with a bow to "Two Cheers for Democracy
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
April 1947
By:
Howard H.
| Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Letters Help Clear Up Doubts
The Second Best Thing I've Ever Done
February 2006
By:
Ames S.
| New York, New York
It opened the door to a whole new world