Hints On Avoiding the First Drink
November 1959
The eighth of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
The Millwright's Apprentice
September 2015
A lesson he received long before he got sober still resonates
Web Exclusive: A Place Called Home
October 2011
By:
Timothy D.
| Baldwin City, Kansas
While making a Ninth Step amends to his family, he learns that his father is a member of AA
Chicago's Suggested Program
November 1987
The experience of five AAs from the 1940s through the 1970s illuminates the practice of sponsorship for the 1980s - From the February 1953 Grapevine
Down but Happy
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Justin “Gio” G.
| Port Lucie, Fla.
It’s hard being in this prison. I’m celebrating my anniversary alone. Working a program of recovery in prison can be a lonely road to walk.
Operation Desert Love
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Jim L.
| Ransomville, N.Y.
Within two weeks I was receiving 20 to 50 letters every night. One letter was even written in Spanish!
Dear Grapevine
September 2016
Tradition Seven
November 1952
By:
Bill W.
The seventh of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions. . . <lb<emphasis type="italic">"EVERY AA GROUP OUGHT TO BE FULLY SELF-SUPPORTING, DECLINING OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS."</emphasis>
One Long Crazy Ride
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Allie A.
| Woodland, California
Four years of hell convinced her she wasn’t going to make it to 20. Luckily, AA changed all that
Pause Before You Send
March 2012
By:
Joanna W.
| Denver, Colorado
She found that her computer was not the best place to do a Ninth Step
One Doctor--an AA--TO Another
November 1973
By:
A. S. T., MD
| Seminole, Texas
This letter was published by special permission of Dr. A. S. T. It was written to a doctor in Abilene, Tex., in response to his inquiry concerning the approach to and the treatment of two alcoholic patients under his care. - From the July 1947 Grapevine
Other Towns, Other Meetings
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lana W.
| Saint Helens, Ore.
AA members in new towns? They’re just friends we haven’t met yet
Letters from Home
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Suzanne A.
| Dalton, Georgia
While serving time for a DUI, the thing she treasured most was the love and compassion of her home group
Old Friends & Good Times
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Dave R.
| Lawrence, Kan.
I’ve had a subscription to Grapevine since the early 1980s. The magazine sits on my end table and every morning I read one story.