Slogans
February 1964
By:
M. S.
| Harrison, New York
Passé? Cliché? Cornball? War Cry?
Twelfth Step Encounter
December 1961
By:
C. C. A.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
An adventure of twenty years ago
The Periodical Souse, the Never-again Feeling and the Ride on the Sprinkling Cart
August 1961
George Ade, one of America's great humorists, wrote this Fable in Slang sixty years ago, but the subject is as timeless as man and alcohol. You will undoubtedly recognize . . .
How to Act at a Party
June 1960
Not even your glassy-eyed hostess cares when you tell her that you and Gin Barleycorn aren't on speaking terms
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
June 1955
By:
J.E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
A Victim of Circumstances
August 1954
By:
S. L. K.
| Southern Minnesota
There were days in my life that were total blanks. . .
The Pleasures of Reading
December 1947
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">The Meeting of East and West</emphasis> by F. S. C. Northrup (Macmillan, $6)
What We Were Like
August 1991
By:
David L.
Fragments of AA History - AA in Hong Kong--The First Twenty-One Years
Carrying the Message in 'Fifty-five
July 1980
By:
Bill W.
From a talk at a New York AA meeting during the twenty-first year of AA's existence - Part 1 of a two-part article
Dreams of My Mother
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Carl A.
| Minneapolis, Minn.
His mother’s appearance in his dreams was no coincidence
In all our affairs
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tenn.
A month later I was in a prostate cancer survivor group. It became clear to me that by using what I learned in my AA program, I was able to help other cancer patients as well as myself.
I Heard, I Saw, I Felt, I Knew
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Guy H.
| Sonora, Calif.
Half a century later, a young people’s meeting brings back his first moment in AA
Keeping This Thing Afloat
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
MARY O.
| GRASS VALLEY, CALIF.
For nearly 40 years, the faith that AA gave her got her through some impossibly lean times. Now it’s time to give back
Serendipitous Jewel
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Craig J.
| Bristol, Conn.
The “Society of Second Chances” saved his life the third time around
Closer Than You Think
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Debbi S.Bellmore
| Bellmore, N.Y.
Service led her to online meetings, where she now gets to help others who can’t reach us
Gifts of the Heart
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Jennifer B.
| Daly City, Calif.
Service at a holiday alkathon brought her closer to the program and her family
Suit-Up and Show-Up!
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, N.M.
Just “not drinking” turns this AA into a dry drunk. It takes the Steps and Service to bring him back to life
Send Me An Angel
April 2018
By:
Jodi T.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
She was on an extended relapse—and a journey into hell—when an angel showed up at the jail
Thank You, Dr. Paul
September 2017
By:
Heather B.
| Yankton,, South Dakota
She found direction and strength in the words of another alcoholic
Preacher in my truck
March 2017
By:
Frank L.
| Santee, California
Desperate for a drink, a newcomer reaches out to a stranger who ends up saving the day
Drama Queen
July 2016
It took a run-in with his daughter and wife to see he had a little more Step work to do
On the Way to Work
July 2015
By:
Susan M.
| Columbus, Ohio
She didn’t know yet that day was going to be different from all the others
Morning at the Resort
June 2015
She was starting to feel uneasy while on a trip when she ran into some old friends
A Table's Journey
December 2014
By:
Mike D.
| Spokane, Washington
The things we lose when we drink sometimes return in the most unexpected ways