Night Life Columnist Hears of Brighter Day
August 1945
Dear Grapevine
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
Letter from Puerto Rico
November 2014
By:
Ela F.
| San Juan, Puerto Rico
A 24-year-old woman living in San Juan learns that you're never too young to be an alcoholic
Lingering Moments of Truth - Part Two
May 2000
By:
Jim B.
| Pine Hill, New York
(Continued from the April 2000 issue)
Come On! Be Happy, Too
November 1999
By:
E.B.R.
| Manhattan, New York
The author of "He Who Loses His Life" looked back over twenty plus years of sobriety. - From the September 1967 Grapevine
The First Hospital Group
June 1977
By:
L. H.
| Manhattan, New York
How an understanding psychiatrist came to give Bill W. and five other AAs the "run of the ward
The Trouble Was, I Wasn't Ornamental
September 1965
By:
G. N. G.
| Manhattan,, New York
An AA comments on a recent sociological study of the different social and personal motives people have for drinking
Heartbreak
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
M. T. H.
| Crownsville, Maryland
Devastated after her partner and best friend fell in love with another woman, she reached for all the AA tools she had
Ticket to Ride
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Heidi V.
| Torrevieja, Spain
Gin and tonic used to get her through the stress of an airport. But this time she just made a friend
Baby Zoomer
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Taylor K.
| Carson City, Nev.
In the early days of the pandemic, he moved, lost a beloved spouse and experienced a serious illness. He also discovered that AA works
At One With the Group
April 1985
By:
K. F.
| Parry Sound, Ontario
Her "side" didn't "win," but her bond with the group was strengthened
My Good Sponsor
July 1973
By:
Joe H.
| Rocky Hill, Connecticut
A good sponsor is one who believes you can make it some day
Canada on a dime a day
December 1969
By:
Eddie F.
| West Springfield, Massachusetts
Roving AA Reporters
I Needed Psychiatry Before and After AA
November 1966
By:
M. W.
| Norwalk, Connecticut
An AA member says<lb A doctor sent him to AA in the first place; and another helped him work the program