From the Vintage Years
February 1958
By:
Florence Powdermaker, M.D.
THE ROLE OF A PSYCHIATRIST IN AA <lbThirteen Years Ago in the Grapevine
Miracle in Detroit
July 1957
By:
Dan
| Detroit, Michigan
Another way of reaching "the millions who don't yet know
The Night Visitors
August 1955
A fragment of a scene-behind-the-scenes at St. Louis, by an accidental, anonymous witness
Christmas. . .In the Place for Drunks
August 1954
By:
Les D.
Selected for reprinting from December 1949 Grapevine by Al S., editor Dec. 1948-Dec. 1951
Twelfth Step Work Is AA
May 1953
By:
R. J. M.
| Jamestown, New York
If we live AA, we are doing Twelfth Step work. . .how infinitely more powerful is our message, if the suffering alcoholic recognizes that AA has produced in us a patient, humble, and loving friend of God and man.
River of Shadows
January 2014
By:
Dick L.
| Meridian, Idaho
Sometimes it is in the darkest places that the light is most visible
Where the ducks swim
December 2013
By:
T.E.
| Seattle, Washington
Sweet talks by a golden pond help a “grumpy” agnostic spread his wings
Dear Grapevine
August 2013
Time To Laugh
September 2012
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
What's so funny about the things we say in AA?
I Still Sit up Front, I Still Raise my Hand
March 2012
By:
G.G.
| Huntington, New York
After 20 years, this alcoholic does not have all the answers
Web Exclusive: Coming Back and Coming Clean
December 2011
By:
Scott T.
After a relapse, a member tells his homegroup that he took money from the basket
Web Exclusive: A Daily Meditation
September 2011
By:
Judy M.
| Bluffton, South Carolina
A woman discovers a way to practice conscious contact while she goes about the business of the day
Dear Grapevine
August 2011
Web Exclusive: It Defined Who I Was
June 2011
By:
Patrick S.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
After 25 years of drinking I could hardly picture my life without alcohol.
Story Archive: Who Sponsors Whom?
April 2011
By:
Bob M.
| Thornhill, Ontario
When a wet drunk shows up at a meeting
On dangerous ground
February 2011
By:
M. F.
A crush on her sponsor cracks the protective shell around her sexuality
ME & MY BIG MOUTH
October 2010
By:
JULIET H.
| Pinole, Calif.
A self-proclaimed 'AA geek' learns about Tradition Twelve the hard way
Half--baked
August 2010
By:
ANN W.
| Winter Park, Fla.
There was nothing sweet about this relapse that started with vanilla extract
Step 1: I Just Can't Do This Anymore
January 2009
By:
David B.
| Hartland, Wisconsin
An isolated home drinker gets honest with himself for the first time
Y.E.S.: Diving In Headfirst
December 2008
By:
Adam H.
| New York, New York
The fun of drinking never resurfaced