The November Issue of Grapevine Is Here
November 2014
This month's special section features stories from LGBT AA members
What We Were Like
March 1994
By:
Anonymous
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis: the Nicollet Chapter
The Churches and Alcoholism
September 1957
By:
J. P. L.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
THE ACCOMPANYING ARTICLE reflects the Grapevine's developing plans to bring its readers more news of what is going on along a vast front of activity on the problem of alcoholism. It is written by an AA with personal experience in the growing interfaith wo
Love & Loss
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Marlene B.
| Des Moines, Iowa
A newly sober mom, aching to get her boys back, finds love and acceptance on the tough road back to sobriety
Family Storm
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Philip B.
| Camarillo, California
When they all got to drinking, the house became a roaring tornado. Luckily, heading for the cellar meant AA
Under the Renoir
February 2015
By:
Snow P.
| Lake Worth, Florida
Sometimes it takes a sponsor to encourage us to paint our own masterpiece.
I, Agnostic
April 2011
By:
Anonymous
The journey toward a Higher Power comes quickly for some, slower for others
Shoemaker, Stick to Thy Last!
September 1985
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
Cooperation with other fellowships can further our primary purpose
At Wit’s End
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
How Important Is The Greeter?
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Wally B.
He met the Greeter once for 15 minutes over a decade ago—and never forgot him
Southern Hospitality
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tennessee
A Lone, Overhead Light
July 2016
Sometimes it’s those quiet moments after everyone’s gone that are most remembered
Luck, Dreams, & AA
April 2008
By:
Glauberio P.
| Bauru
A flag-bearer at AA's International Convention embraces
Fractured Friendship
July 2011
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
Two women, inseparable in drinking and sobriety, until one relapses
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
March 1945
Attica's Beacon
June 2014
By:
John L.
| Attica, New York
A prisoner finds his shining light in one of the longest-running prison groups in the nation