Please Be Kinder to Animals
August 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
It's unfair and downright cruel to attribute our character defects to them
Let This Faith Be Ours
August 1973
By:
Sam S.
| Richmond, Virginia
Loners all over the world bring new dimensions to our own understanding
You've Got to Go Somewhere
September 1972
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
Professor Winkley wonders why they keep coming back
New Year's Eve I Startled Myself. . .
January 1969
By:
J. A. H.
| Dallas, Texas
This woman member had nothing to say to an all-male audience. Then she remembered a cold, wet night when. . .
Oh, Lonesome Me!
May 1968
By:
Janet V.
| Blantyre
An AA Loner in Africa finds there are lots of pretty nice people around
Go Forth Without Fear
September 1965
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
An argument against the "give-'em-hell" approach
Virgil's Twelfth Step Call
November 1961
By:
T. W. R.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The classics are full of good AA philosophy
P.O. Box 1980
September 1960
By:
L.S.
| Silver Spring, Maryland
SOME ANSWERS TO ''I DON'T GO TO MEETINGS ANY MORE''
Our Great Responsibility: The Guidance of AA's World Affairs
January 1966
By:
Bill W.
An endorsement of the 'Trustees' Program for the reshaping of the General Service Board, AA's chief agency for World Services
Learning to live
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Mike E.
| Huntley, Illinois
A drunk teacher flunks out again and again, then miraculously scores two As
Through the Starting Gate
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
Living Proof
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Jim O.
| Morrisville, Pa.
A call to help a fellow member in a legal jam presents an opportunity to witness the love we show one another
Batten Down the Hatches
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Jordan W.
| Lemoore, Calif.
He used to outdrink all of his buddies. Now he gladly goes to AA meetings wherever he’s deployed
Slow Learners and Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Doug F.
| Palmer, Alaska
The compelling story of a man who couldn’t get it right—and then did
Pain in the neck
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Bill S.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At eight months sober, he got a prescription—but his disease was three steps ahead
All are welcome
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Kent S.
| Hartland, Wisconsin
How a barn that love built became the go-to place for meetings, picnics, campouts and joy
No one will know
August 2018
By:
Steve S.
| New Hyde Park, New York
He went to any lengths to keep his drinking secret. And bottle after bottle, he was pouring his life down the drain
From Rags to Riches
January 2015
By:
Norma A.
| Austin, Texas
AA taught me how to live, how to love, and how to let go
The Wizard of Booze
November 2014
By:
Jeff W.
| Maplewood, New Jersey
Lights, camera, action: A good laugh is the kind of service this alcoholic can sing about
Then Came Susan and Dottie
August 2012
By:
Laura P.
| Elkton, Maryland
She tried to stop drinking but couldn't, until two nice ladies from AA came over
The 19th Hole
January 2012
By:
Donna G.
| Rochester Hills, Michigan
Drinking killed her golf career but not her joy for life