The Seventh Concept
May 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
Al-anon Abroad
May 1968
By:
Margaret W.
| Detroit, Michigan
AAs and Al-Anons speak an international 'language of the heart' everywhere
Other Help for the Sick Alcoholic
December 1963
By:
B. L.
| Greenwich Village, New York
A new five-step program at the State University of Iowa may help alcoholics who do not respond to AA
Tension
November 1963
By:
Dr. "Ted
| Melbourne
An AA doctor shares his method of release from--
The Problem and the Actress
June 1960
A Hollywood star warns it's time for AA when the gossip columnists coyly ask: "What actress has her friends worried?
Pedro's Story
September 1957
By:
Pedro
THIS ARTICLE, like "A Letter to Headquarters"(p, 40), is also part of the Grapevine's promised program to tell more of the individual stories of worldwide "Twelfth Stepping" as reflected in the endless flow of letters, from far and near, to the familiar "
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
April 1946
Dr. Bob: A Tribute From Bill
June 2012
By:
Bill W.
"I gave him one bottle of beer. That was the last drink he ever took." -Bill W.
The scroll given to Sister may now be seen at Rosary Hall. This is the inscription:
August 1966
By:
Bill W.
our everlasting gratitude
Grapevine Daily Quote February 22, 2019
“Consider the problem of the fast-growing overseas centers just now emerging from their pioneering time -- how they have slowly gained the confidence of medicine, religion, and the press; how they have finally grown into unity through an ever better application of our Twelve Traditions; how they have tried to make good their desperate lack of language translations; and how they have well begun to cross all barriers of race, creed, or social condition.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1960, “Our Pioneers Overseas”, The Language of the Heart
Domino Effect
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By:
Tom C.
| Mancos, CO
When he finally accepted that “the sauce was the boss,” everything fell into place
A Special Haven
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By:
Daniel R.
| Germantown, MD
He got sober young, but he needed a “second surrender” moment in his beloved home group
AA News
September 2024
| Young and Sober
The 74th General Service Conference
“Connecting with Love, Unity and Service”
“Connecting with Love, Unity and Service”
The Best Medicine
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Oregon
His sponsor said if he read the book he probably wouldn’t drink. He was right. Now he studies it!
One of the guys
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
DeAnna K.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She drank the other pilots under the table and out-performed them in the sky. How could she be an alcoholic?
It’s a Seat, Not a Throne
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Deb W.
| Spokane, Wash.
While sitting in her well-deserved chair one day, she temporarily forgot about her group’s primary purpose
Family Secret
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
R.G.
| Slidell, La.
After years of drinking and pain, sobriety prepared a mother for a wonderful unexpected reunion
Powerlessness
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By:
Catherine F.
A classic Big Book story, often re-read, leads the way to her continued sobriety
The Old Umbrella
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By:
Tom A.
| Akron, Ohio
Can you go out in the rain without getting wet? He certainly tried hard enough
They Held Me Accountable
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By:
Ian H.
| Louisville, KY
Grapevine kept him coming back to his first home group—and showed him how much others appreciated their “meeting in print”
I Found My God in Perryville Prison
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By:
Kirsten M.
She found “the possibility of a God I could trust” in the unlikeliest of places
A Cold December Night
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Joe G.
| Athens, Ohio
Watching two AA guys on a Twelfth Step call was a Christmas Eve gift he’ll never forget
Free to explore
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
John M.
| Laguna Niguel, California
A lifelong spiritual seeker gets sober and continues his search for a Higher Power
"Dr. Bob? One minute please"
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Rose Gracie S.
| Monroe, Michigan
Answering late night calls at St. Thomas Hospital, she was helping alcoholics way before she knew she was one