My Texas pen pal
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Tom Z.
| Coles Point, Va.
For 17 years, they shared everything—all the joys, challenges and pain. Now they’ll get to meet
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1989
By:
Karen Birchard
Hospital Breath Tests
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
November 1987
By:
Associated Press
Underestimating Alcohol
Inside Raymondville
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Helaine D.
| Sudbury, Ontario
During the week of Christmas, we got permission to bring food into the prison for a special celebration. The milk seemed to be their favorite of the treats.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
January 1970
By:
Recovery
Navy Clinic Gets Results
90-day Trial
January 1959
The fourth of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
AA'S Co-founder Asks Fellowship to "Take Over
August 1955
Professionalism and AA
August 2004
By:
Gabriela R.
| Lynnwood, Washington
The Line Between Twelfth-stepping and Counseling
Dr. Bob
June 1974
By:
J. W. S.
| New Hampshire
A journey into the past in search of more intimate knowledge of our co-founder
It Keeps Getting Better
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Paul K.
| Burlington, Ontario
This husband and dad had lots of questions. Good thing his sponsor Dave had lots of suggestions
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1978
Geographical Cure? <emphasis type="italic">Where?</emphasis>
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
July 1977
By:
Craig R. Whitney
Turnaround in the Military
Living With Relations
November 1951
General Service Headquarters, through its group relations activities, tries to live a paradox: To give advice in a paternal way without turning into Papa. . .
My Home Away From Home
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Phil S.
| Ames, Iowa
His home group helped him learn that “We” is a far better place to live than “I”
Home Sweet Home
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
Her eagerness to volunteer at her Central Office led to a job at a place she knew quite well
All This Reading at AA Meetings--isn't It a Bad Trend?
July 1968
By:
Phill P.
| Stanton, California
More and more groups read more and more things at the start of meetings. Why use precious <emphasis type="underline">talking</i> time this way?
First Meeting
June 1963
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
She wondered what to wear and hoped we didn't sing hymns. Then she came to a meeting. Were we all lunatics?
My Bulldog Brain
September 2014
By:
Susan W.
| Alameda, California
When she was able to let go of intellectual pride, she began to identify in the rooms
Dear Grapevine
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
When Pancakes and Spirituality Mix
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mark W.
| St. Louis,, Mo.
Food and fellowship make great companions
Family Circle
August 1953
How One AA Wife Lives the 12 Steps - As non-alcoholic mates and families see the AA program. . .
Return to Riverside
June 2018
By:
Fred H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
How a blissful sunny day in 1970 turned into a long drunken hell... and then became a love story to remember
KICK-BAWL
January 1971
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Identification, anyone?. . .Now that we're sober and honest?
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
October 1979
By:
The Journal (Addiction Research Fou
Self-Help in Alaska