Jumpstart
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Steve S.
| Manhasset, N.Y.
She came right up to me. “How many years do you have sober?” she asked. “Almost 17,” I replied. Without missing a beat, she said, “Well, how would you like to be our Intergroup Rep?”
Dear Grapevine
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
Tradition Nine
January 1953
By:
Bill W.
The ninth of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions <lb<emphasis type="italic">"AA, AS SUCH, OUGHT NEVER BE ORGANIZED; BUT WE MAY CREATE SERVICE BOARDS OR COMMITTEES DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO THOSE THEY SERVE."</emphasis>
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
August 1974
By:
Post
| Wiesbaden
Air Force Progress Report
Toper's Tale
March 1962
By:
P. G.
| Greenwich Village, New York
The Joke on the Doctor that Left Me in Stitches
Sober Sisters
September 2016
Following in her sister’s footsteps, but finding her own path, she discovers that “one day at a time” is more than just a slogan
Holding my breath
March 2018
By:
Elizabeth J.
| Shrewsbury,, New Jersey
The scene she witnessed at the checkout line was hard to swallow, but it made her grateful she was sober and free
It Was All Worth It
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Donna B.
| Pompton Lakes, N.J.
Being a single mom and a beginner wasn’t easy. But it was worth every Step
My Name is..." Miles
January 1963
By:
M. E.
| Dayton, Ohio
Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die." Shakespeare
Powerlessness
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Catherine F.
A classic Big Book story, often re-read, leads the way to her continued sobriety
Digest of Advisory Actions
September 2001
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
July 1980
By:
Michele Kogstad
Asian Americans in Danger
Outside AA
November 1959
By:
The Des Moines Register And Tribune
ALCOHOL AND THE DIVORCE RATE - Activities and developments outside AA in the Field of alcoholism. . .an international news report
They Can Recover
March 2018
By:
Bob P.
Stigmatized by mental illness, he discovered in AA that the right doses of both medication and sobriety keep him leading a happy and productive life
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1986
By:
The Columbus Dispatch
Landmark Designated
It Takes a Home Group to Raise a Delegate
March 1999
By:
Eric D.
| Kalispell, Montana
In the summer of 1998, the Grapevine announced a plan to publish articles from all eight regions in the United States and Canada, one by one, This is the first installment of that plan, and we hope it will give readers a sense of how AA works in the West