How Autonomous Can You Be?
November 1988
By:
J. P. L.
| Paterson, New Jersey
From the August 1960 Grapevine
Leadership vs. Dictatorship
March 1961
By:
J. P. L.
| North Haledon, New Jersey
We are all anarchists at hear. Resentment can carry over into the Fellowship itself
A Journey Toward Responsibility
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Annemarie M. Excerpt from Grapevine article, September 1998
| Raynham, Mass.
How Tradition Nine put her on the path to discover the wonderful world of AA beyond the group, and a host of spiritual principles
Put me to Work
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Scott G.
| Kouts, Ind.
When you show up at a district meeting looking for a job, it doesn’t take long before you get one
Alcoholism Gets Worldwide Recognition
March 1951
Without a Higher Power
January 2010
By:
GREG H.
| San Diego, Calif.
One Size does not fit all for this atheist in recovery
Dear Grapevine
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
September 1983
By:
U.S. Journal
Breath Tests Debated
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
August 1978
By:
Family Health
'Third Party' Involvement
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
September 1976
By:
Robert Lindsey
Relationship of Trust
Report from Paris:
October 1961
By:
J. B.
| Paris
in 1960--3 members in 1961--30 members with 100 loner throughout the country
Dealing With Drinking Thinking
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Shawn R.
| Toronto, Ontario
The moment when a passing thought becomes an obsession …
Goodbye to All That
October 2011
By:
Julianne
| New York, New York
A newcomer shares her experiences of giving up a drinking life
Tough enough
October 2017
By:
Coty Q.
| Irvine, California
When the helmet comes off and the Big Book comes out, there’s no such thing as seniority or rank
Way to party
September 2016
A party boy kept going until he found himself all alone. That’s definitely not the case today.
A Christmas Message from Bill
December 1953
Operation: Cooperation
May 2015
By:
M.M. and Y.Y.
| New York, New York
A sponsor and sponsee sign up to help get the AA message to doctors in the field
Belonging
July 1981
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 1 - Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity
Clearer than ever
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Sean C.
| Altadena, Calif.
A private investigator discovers that faith, not sight, would lead him out of the dark
Globe-trotting
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Doug G.
| Fujisawa
When the pandemic caused his AA meeting in Japan to go viral, alcoholics from around the world joined in