Family Groups Have New Post Office Box
June 1951
The Long Walk Up
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
J.J.
| Louisville, Kentucky
All he wanted was some AA literature, so he headed up the stairs. Luckily, Helen met him at the top
End Of My Rope
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dale F.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
A dying man’s heartfelt words
The 13th Meeting
July 2017
By:
Ray W.
After a drunken-driving conviction, the court ordered him to go to 12 meetings. It took him eight years to make the 13th
All Things To All People
March 2012
By:
Mimi M.
| Ridgecrest, California
A member explains why she needs to hear about booze to stay sober
Off with the blinders
March 2011
By:
Robin S.
| Waldport, Oregon
A member finds a way to hold on to the pink cloud
My A.A. Survival Kit
June 2007
By:
Paul J.
| Rouses Point, New York
Equipped for sobriety away from home
Connected In The Combat Zone
February 2006
By:
Floyd Mc.
| Columbus, Mississippi
An AA reports from Iraq
Recovery Begins at the End of the Road
March 2000
By:
Brad C.
| Homer, Alaska
A new opportunity beckoned
A Celebration of AA’s 85 Years
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Michele Grinberg
| Chair of the General Service Board, West Virginia
The chair of the General Service Board shares her love for AA’s language of the heart
Crayons, cookies & kisses
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
D.B.
| Carlsbad, California
With Steps, coffee and baskets of toys, some California mothers stay sober together
What's On Your Mind? : Too Many Meetings?
November 2016
What if “meeting makers” don’t make it? An AA with over 30 years sober suggests that when meetings are substituted for working the Steps and seeking spiritual awakening, sobriety can be endangered.
A VISION FOR US
July 2010
By:
REVEREND WARD B. EWING
A longtime friend of AA shares his thoughts on the Fellowship's future
A Close Shave
July 2008
By:
Jeff G.
| St. Louis, Missouri
When the going gets tough, a sponsor gets going
The Young-timer
February 2005
By:
Darren F.
| New York, New York
The oldest young person at the meeting
Forgiving Louie
May 2003
By:
Jeanne R.
| Coral Springs, Florida
Sometimes a prayer for others is a prayer for yourself
Something at Work in a Human Heart
June 1987
By:
S. M.
| Ottawa, Ontario
From time to time under this heading we will present stories that illuminate the journey some AAs make toward sobriety--often against considerable odds
Is AA's Future Guaranteed?
April 1981
By:
Michael Alexander
Thirty-five years after the long form of the Traditions was printed in the Grapevine, a longtime friend of AA looks at our survival, past and future