Dear Grapevine
January 2018
| Sponsorship
Dear Grapevine
July 2013
Grapevine Daily Quote July 1
“Today I think I can trace a clear linkage between my guilt and my pride. Both of them were certainly attention-getters. In pride I could say, ‘Look at me, I am wonderful.’ In guilt I would moan, ‘I’m awful.’ Therefore guilt is really the reverse of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960, “Freedom Under God: The Choice Is Ours”, The Language of the Heart
Grapevine Daily Quote June 30
“Today I think I can trace a clear linkage between my guilt and my pride. Both of them were certainly attention-getters. In pride I could say, ‘Look at me, I am wonderful.’ In guilt I would moan, ‘I’m awful.’ Therefore guilt is really the reverse of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960, “Freedom Under God: The Choice Is Ours”, The Language of the Heart
Like a Prayer
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Sherry L.
| Beckley, W.V.
When things got tough, she knew just what to do. Pray, pull over and reach for every tool
Let me off this plane!
September 2018
By:
Lucas C.
| Duncan, British Columbia
His drinking caused him to push everyone away, but now he needed them. This was his final boarding call
From Believer to Non-Believer
November 2014
By:
Bob S.
| Louisville, Kentucky
At around 8 years sober, he redefined his Higher Power
Nine beers away
December 2013
By:
Darryl B.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
He measured his distance in bottles, but help was much closer than he thought
Drifting Away From AA
July 2002
By:
Richard C.
| Des Moines, Iowa
AA in Des Moines just wasn't the same as AA in Chicago
I Needed a Psychiatrist
November 1983
By:
Anonymous
She was sober, divorced, and on the prowl--then she found help in rebuilding her life - From the January 1965 Grapevine
I Needed a Psychiatrist
January 1965
By:
Anon.
| Palm Springs, California
She was sober, divorced and on the prowl--Then she found help in rebuilding her life
AN ANSWER
February 1964
Silent Partners
August 1958
By:
Marian M.
| Springfield, Illinois
The story of one of the pioneer "wives' groups"--now part of the Al-Anon Family Group Set-up--is here chronicled by one of its founders.
Editors Letter
April 2018
A Patron Saint of AA
September 1990
By:
Charles M.
| Columbia, Tennessee
Ninth Tradition - AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
Truly belonging
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
J.B.
| Santa Rosa, California
From her earliest days, the“Twelve and Twelve” helped her feel part of. Who knew even more joy would come?
Confessions of a Spreadsheet-Loving Nerd
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Christina S.
| League City, Texas
She found the service she loves, and it keeps on giving back
Native Understanding
October 2012
By:
Rod B.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
An AA trustee's thoughts on carrying the message to the Native American alcoholic
Home sweet home
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Teresa H.
| Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
The meeting her dad once attended became the place that she could call home
One Sunday Afternoon
January 2016
We can't change the things that happen, we can only change how we respond to them
Secret Lives
She used to tell strangers in bars her life story. Step Five helped her get over the shame of that.
Flung Open
May 2016
With the help of a good sponsor, she looked in every dark cranny and it changed her heart and soul
Real Men Don't Make Amends--Do They?
October 1984
By:
N. D.
| Omaha, Nebraska
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Is That Resentment Necessary?
November 1968
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
Maybe you're hanging on to a few because you feel they're justified. Take another look . . .
Anonymity!
April 1951
By:
H. S.
| Great Neck, Long Island, New York
Gratitude, Humility, Anonymity. . .and the greatest of these is. . .