Unhappy memorial day
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Porter T.
| San Diego, California
After a bellyfull of beer, a sober Vietnam vet’s celebration takes a very nasty turn
Never saw it coming
June 2017
By:
Kelly A.
| Champaign, Illinois
Once she gave up desperately trying to find love, that’s when it finally appeared
Attraction vs. Promotion
May 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our job is to make the AA way of life so highly attractive that others will want it
Breakthrough
September 1969
By:
H. R. S.
| Lisle, Illinois
He failed in AA and now there was nowhere to go. . .until a fellow AA showed him the way
Why nonalcoholic trustees?
July 2009
Sig H. and Dick S.
January 1958
Soldier on
July 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Mission, British Columbia
A Korean War vet who shot a man while drunk begins to repair his past
A High Class Drunk
January 1994
By:
Cornelius B.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
I learned not to judge others by appearances
In Gratitude
July 2018
By:
Rebecca K.
| Saginaw, Mich.
Unable to count on anyone, she became her own higher power—and lived a life of alcoholism, depression and homelessness. Then she found the rooms of AA, and a Power greater than herself
Hope
April 2017
During the course of her drinking career, she thought she was “not your typical alcoholic,” but one last relapse finally breaks through her denial
Next Time. . .
May 1998
By:
Jim N.
| West Springfield, Massachusetts
It took this AA member a long time to see what was right under his nose.
Hope Springs Eternal
December 1997
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
In the June Grapevine, we issued a call for articles on working with wet drunks. We received a number of good stories, not only on doing this important Twelfth Step work, but also on the experience of being a wet drunk. You'll find one such story below an
Elder Statesman Without a Country
February 1983
By:
B. B.
| Santa Rosa, California
When he stopped working the Steps, he was an
Murder in a Blackout
April 1966
By:
J. H. E.
| Kansas City, Kansas
A reporter covers a trial that might have been his own
In Our Opinion. . .
August 1953
GSO Archives
January 2000
Too Much AA?
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Jaime M.
| Flowery Branch, Georgia
A married active member wonders about the right amount of time they give to the program
Half A Life in AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Andy F.
| Lindenhurst, N.Y.
A life well-lived in recovery
