Worn out
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
R.A.
| Columbia, Missouri
Ripped and stained, it’s a precious memory of his last drunk. It’s not just any shirt
Anything Wrong With AA?
November 1997
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
(From the March 1964 Grapevine)
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1985
By:
Joseph F. Sullivan
Liquor Servers Grow Wary
Dear Grapevine
February 2012
Wild in Hong Kong
January 2015
By:
Lexi M.
| Dallas, Texas
A teen lets loose in the bar district and finds it’s much harder to stop than she thought
We Pay Our Own Way
July 1990
By:
Merl M.
| Los Angeles, California
Seventh Tradition - Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions
Dear Grapevine
March 2013
How I Stayed Sober Till New Year’s
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Amber S.
| Mt. Clemens, Michigan
At a few months sober, she was dreading the upcoming holidays. Luckily, her sponsor had a festive solution
Singleness of Purpose
August 1984
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
When people with other addictions became a problem at AA meetings in this district, Traditions-minded AAs got together and planned a workshop on AA's singleness of purpose. Has your group, district, or area found a workable approach to this or any other A
A Tradition Born of Our Anonymity
November 1975
By:
Bill W.
AA's Traditions, Bill wrote, were "hammered out on the anvil of experience." Here, from an early Grapevine, Bill shares some of the experience that led to the adoption of our two anonymity Traditions - From the January 1946 Grapevine
At Wit’s End
January 2018
| Sponsorship
A Profound Faith in AA
August 1994
Shared Experience
October 1993
Some time ago, a letter was received at the US/Canada AA General Service Office from a dually addicted AA member who had already contacted the GSO where she was living, but wanted some additional information about starting a dual addiction meeting. Here i
How Things Get Done
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Amazingly, much of AA happens through willing volunteers, but some workers we need to pay for
Awakening Into A New Way of Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Joan B.
| Arvada, CO
Freed to live a different way, she is grateful for all the days of her sobriety
Shalom
September 2003
Finding a Voice
September 2004
By:
Danny S.
| Centerville, Massachusetts
Sometimes the group conscience gets lodged in the group's throat
When Other Activities Fail
December 1991
By:
Jamie C.
| W. Henrietta, New York
Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Fired up!
September 2010
By:
JOSE G.
| Port Orchard, Wash.
Turning to the Big Book helps when a sponsee is laid off
Tradition Two
May 1952
By:
BILL W.
The second of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions. . . <lbFor our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as he may express himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants--they do not go
Locked Up, But Finally Free
April 2017
He committed the crime while sober, and now had to do the time. How would he face it without drinking?