Active duty
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
R.H.
| Bend, Ore.
Returning home from war was tough, and getting sober and busy in AA was just the mission he needed
Out of the Storm
January 2012
By:
Lee T.
| Dawsonville, Georgia
A newcomer explores Step One and the five ways he was definitely powerless and unmanageable
A Firm Foundation
June 1993
By:
Ed K.
| Victoria, British Columbia
One of the five AAs who were present at Newfoundland's first meeting, at the Glynmill Inn in Cornerbrook, October 1949, shares memories of early AA in that province.
No Pie in the Sky God
On a drive one day, she had a revelation about her drinking and connected with a Higher Power
The Dilemma of No Faith
April 1961
By:
Bill W.
First of a series on the workings of AA principles ". . .in all our affairs." God As We Understand Him
Buy the Band a Drink
June 1960
The hard-drinking music maker has no excuse for riding the alcoholic bandwagon, this working composer and musician believes
Quote May 11, 2014
“The AA program does not recognize walls. It is immune to the conditions which break down an individual relationship, the difference in social levels, of intellect, of experience. AA takes no heed of this. It has one primary law, help your fellow man and do it by example rather than by instruction.”
Walla Walla,Wash., February 1955 “Prisoner AA,” AA Grapevine
Dear Grapevine
August 2023
| AA in the Military
Safeguards for Survival
October 1982
By:
E. E.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
AA's Twelve Traditions are a powerful protection for the future
Embracing Change and Tradition Five
A member applies her sense of this tradition to various AA customs
The Serenity Prayer
August 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
The beginner's third question: What <emphasis type="underline">is</i> this thing called AA?
For Beginners
May 1959
By:
Anon.
| Akron, Ohio
The following article, though not Intended by the author for publication under the "For Beginners" heading, was considered by the Editors as appropriate for that Department. As with other signed articles, it represents solely the author's personal opinion
Apartado 1980
September 1999
The Importance of My Sobriety Date
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Debi F.
| Spring, Texas
Remembering the day you got sober reminds you of the day before
The Start of a Lifelong Journey
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Ashley K.
| Pompano, Fla.
Fresh out of jail, and options, she rode her bike to an AA meeting
Note the time
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Ilene M.
| Las Cruces, New Mexico
A member encounters a tricky situation while doing prison service.
A Pioneer in Paris
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Manuel of ParisBarcelona
| Barcelona
Now in his 90s, an old-timer in Europe recalls the early days of AA in France
Here I Am
July 2017
By:
Ann W.
| Lusby, Md.
Broken, lost and scared, she found herself in the back of a police car—which, strangely, was the answer to her prayers
Grey Gardens
March 2016
A bout of loneliness on a cold, rainy day is met with hot coffee, action and a little laughter
Rallying Cry
October 2014
By:
Steve A.
| San José, California
For more than 41 years, a California teacher has found the slogans to be some of his most powerful allies