Marie
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Marie M.
| Berwyn, Illinois
A grandmother shares about her chaotic childhood, her descent into alcoholism and her spiritual life today
Chapter by chapter
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Chris P.
| Edmonton, Alberta
A Canadian member shares his love for the book that changed his life—all three versions!
Being Powerless—And Free
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mary B.
| Kansas City, KS
Making the first Step count
Dear Grapevine
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Dear Grapevine
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Dear Grapevine
January 2022
| Beginners
Attraction or promotion
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Bill W.
| Hurley, N.Y.
A member discusses PSAs, Tradition Eleven and how AA presents itself to the outside world
Dear Grapevine
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
Dear Grapevine
February 2021
| Sponsorship
It takes a village
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
“Definitely Steve”
| Nashville, Tenn.
A longtime member in Tennessee gleefully remembers the wonderful oldtimers who gave him his start
Dear Grapevine
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
No Defense
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
MaryAnn B.
| Tacoma, Wash.
Getting sober later in life, with the help of Grapevine and a spiritual awakening
Dear Grapevine
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
How To Survive Your First Year of Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hope A.
| Mooresville, N.C.
Some say the first year is the toughest. It doesn’t have to be
Dear Grapevine
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
Opening Doors
May 1997
By:
Dale J.
| Jasper, Florida
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
A Remarkable Sensation
March 1997
By:
Trebbe J.
| Thompson, Pennsylvania
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Slips and Human Nature
November 1995
By:
William Duncan Silkworth, MD
Physician-in-Chief of the Charles B. Towns Hospital, be is counted among the founders of AA. In his lifetime be treated some 40,000 alcoholics. - From the January 1947 Grapevine
Inside Out
June 1995
By:
Fred H.
| St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
What's in a Word?
October 1993
By:
Allan W.
| Paoli, Pennsylvania
catch phrases can obscure our primary purpose
The Long Haul
May 1993
By:
Don P.
| Aurora, Colorado
Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
A Learning Experience
September 1991
By:
Elizabeth E.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
memories and reflections of a past delegate