Purpose and Meaning
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Stephanie S.
| Bend, Ore.
After a journey through alcoholism that almost killed her, she recovered with the help of the Steps and the Big Book
Sober at ground zero
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
T.Y.
| Olathe, Kan.
A courageous sober doctor fights the good fight in the COVID-19 wards of a hospital near Wuhan
Screen Saver
March 2012
By:
Ollie O.
| Canberra
A meeting in Australia uses technology to bring the world of AA into their room
Dear Grapevine
June 2016
Rendezvous in Buxton
October 1961
By:
M. B.
| New York City, New York
The England-Wales Convention as seen by a visiting AA
A Journey Toward Responsibility
September 1998
By:
Annemarie M.
| Raynham, Massachusetts
Tradition Nine
Dear Grapevine
September 2019
| Young & Sober
Highland Sobriety
May 2005
By:
Jim B.
| Glasgow
Over the hills and far away, there is still the hand of AA
Demolished
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Sonya F-D.
| Eden Mills, Vermont
This driller and blaster always felt different. But the thing that made her the same was her drinking
Miracle Woman Today
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Betts W.
| Evergreen, Colo.
The sign on the door of her first meeting read “Miracle Women.” Could she ever be one of them?
Love in action
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Bobbie S.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
I’m sober 56 years now. Due to my poor health, I’m confined to my home, but that doesn’t stop me. I keep this good life going by doing service by phone, email and virtual meetings.
Roadhouse Ghosts
March 2016
On a long drive through Texas, he learned some strategies for staying sober through difficult things
Sharon, Donna, Patrick and Grace
November 2013
By:
S.A.
| Warwick, New York
She struggled and struggled and didn’t give up. Neither did her home group
Inside an Asl Meeting
October 2004
By:
John W.
| Kihei, Hawaii
A hearing alcoholic gets the message from deaf AAs