Dear Grapevine
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
The Only Requirement
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Robert M.
At his first meeting, Tradition Three spoke his name loud and clear
AA Etiquette
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jack M.
| Libertyville, Ill.
The finer points of meeting behavior from an AA with half a century’s sobriety
The Spiritual Life Is Not A Theory
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Matt M.
| San Antonio, Texas
AA reconnected him “to the world, the infinite and to other people”
The Collective Protective
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Chris D.
| Austin, Texas
His Higher Power is a collective force of all those who have loved and watched over him
Dear Grapevine
March 2020
| Puzzled
The stranger
October 2018
By:
Gerry R.
| Clancy, Montana
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
Wherever I go
June 2018
By:
Karla S.
| San Francisco, California
With a job that keeps her on the road, she comes up with a plan to keep AA No. 1 in her life
Dear Grapevine
March 2018
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
My Guardian Angel
October 2017
By:
Patty S.
| Romeoville, Ill.
She knew she had a problem. What she didn’t know was that the guy she liked would help her find the answer
Dying to be loved
November 2016
At age 20, liquor had done its job. It made her believe she had nothing to live for
Study Buddies
October 2016
Her daily dose of AA literature for a wonderful sobriety boost was just a call away
Wrong way
July 2016
After 10 years dry, she went back to drinking, and it took a disaster to wake her up
Journey to Our Beginnings
April 1983
By:
C. R.
| Plymouth, Minnesota
And to the land of wine and brew--AA style
Ashamed, Afraid, Nervous--And Sober
December 1982
By:
C. B.
| Winter Park, Florida
It's never too late to get back to the program
All Things to All People? No!
August 1982
By:
D. B.
| Northfield, Minnesota
Sponsoring a nonalcoholic drug addict didn't work out
Sobriety Is the Payoff
May 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 8 - Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers
Remembering a Girl--Defeated Except Once
November 1980
By:
C. McD
She watched this awful thing she was doing to herself - From the March 1947 Grapvine
A Chance to Learn
August 1980
By:
L. G.
| Ogallala, Nebr.
The stronger her faith became, the more secure she felt
5th Tradition
November 1979
By:
B. L.
Each group has but one primary purpose--to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers - From the June 1970 Grapevine
An Experience in Daily Living
March 1979
By:
D. W.
| Des Moines, Iowa
He found that there is no panacea for living problems
Every Bachelor Needs Company
August 1977
By:
J. O'B.
| Manhattan, New York
Even if it is only a beautifully ugly basset hound
The Worst Enemy
December 1976
By:
Teet C.
| North Hollywood, California
It's our own choice whether to be proud and happy or degraded and miserable
When I Was Truly Ready
May 1976
By:
Jeanne R.
| St. Louis, Missouri
With growth comes opportunity, and the impossible becomes possible
Stay Sober and Carry the Message
February 1976
By:
C. W. Y.
| New York, New York
This Navy veteran finds there is only one way to repay. . .