A Very Special Club
October 1974
By:
Pat C.
| Augusta, Georgia
When we belong to AA, many doors are open to us
The Fifth Step - a Way to Stay High
June 1974
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
He felt he had found the secret of flying without a machine
Guilt Is a Cunning Weapon
May 1974
By:
H. M.
| Newhall, California
It can destroy us, or it can help us relate to our fellow alcoholic
A Tapestry of Understanding
In sobriety, she learned that while she could only see the various threads, her Higher Power could see the overall design
Akron in England
February 1969
By:
R. H.
| London
London's bridge to alcoholics is stronger now, thanks to a new group which faulted the stiff upper lip approach
After Twenty-nine Years
July 1968
By:
Marty. M.
| Manhattan, New York
Hers was the first woman's story in the Big Book; after three decades, AA is still her spiritual home <lbBig Book Stories--Updated
Around AA Items - Items of AA Information and Experience
July 1968
By:
Jim
The Canadian Navy's Floating Group 22/24
AA and the Drug Addict
October 1965
By:
Rev. Kenneth R. Waldron, D. D.
Suggestion: How AA members have helped--and can help--the recovered drug addict
This Drunk Was Really a Monkey
October 1962
By:
M. V.
| Stillwater, Minnesota
Two zoo stories, similar until now--but the endings may be different
Across the Editor's Desk
December 1960
The Chairman
July 1951
<emphasis type="italic">I'd even go for complacency if it</emphasis> WORKED <emphasis type="italic">for me</emphasis>.
Dear Grapevine
April 2023
| AA & Families
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December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Right in the Middle
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Peggy S.
| Belleville, N.J
In Aruba for her granddaughter’s wedding, a newcomer uses every tool she has to surround herself with AA
The Lake
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kyle F.
| San Antonio, Texas
In the depths of his alcoholism, he found a way back to the place where he’d once been happy….
Halting Words
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Peter A.
| Medford, Ore.
Who knows when contact with something bigger will come? For one man, it was in his morning AA circle
Dear Grapevine
September 2019
| Young & Sober
Being There
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Denise M.
| Concord, Calif.
She was there for her husband during a near-fatal illness—and the program was there for her
Dear Grapevine
October 2018
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September 2016
Drunk Mother
June 2016
Her husband knew something was wrong, but it took a while to find out why she was acting so strange
The Unwritten Chapter
September 2015
A member living with bipolar depression discusses her experiences in AA