Report on Carrying the Message to Africa
June 1999
Adapted from the Final Report of the 15th World Service Meeting, held in Auckland, New Zealand, October 1998
Dear Grapevine
March 2024
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A Benediction From Bill. . .
June 1952
Memo To the Folks Back Home - Progress, Humility, Unity, Mark Sessions Of Delegates
God Never Takes Anything Away
October 1976
By:
R. T.
| Denver, Colorado
A tiny granddaughter reminds a member of the power of the program
A Gesture of Love
September 1959
By:
Anon.
| Elmira, New York
THE newcomer to AA often is pleasantly surprised to discover that some old buddies are already there, ready to welcome him. Imagine, then, the unexpected pleasure experienced by a new upstate New York AA when he received the following letter from his daug
AA Around The World
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Anonymous
| Scottsdale, Ariz.
Traveling sober, she finds gratitude in meetings, sober people—and Grapevine
In the warm sunlight
August 2018
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Manon S.
| Alameda, California
Sitting at her aunt’s table, she was content just doing what was in front of her
Light as a Feather
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
A newcomer remembers the day she opened her eyes to a clear, new life
Web Exclusive: In the Detox
November 2011
By:
Dan
Talking with a formerly homeless alcoholic convinced him that there was hope for him
No One Knew HE WAS HOME
December 2008
By:
Lisa M.
| Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Once on the same path, an AA grieves her cousin's death from alcoholism
KING OF THE CASTLE
November 1998
By:
J.G.T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Identification anyone?. . . Now that we're sober and honest? - From the January 1971 Grapevine
One Christmas at a Time
December 1983
By:
J. J.
| Tampa, Florida
When she stopped projecting a dreary holiday, she could relax and enjoy her first good Christmas
Piggly Wiggly
May 2017
By:
Charlie W.
| California
Even as a kid, this small-town alcoholic couldn’t stop once he started. Now he can’t get enough of AA
Doctors On Call
September 2003
By:
Omar M.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
This time, the patient emergency was the doctor on call
Alateens Smartened up This AA
December 1967
By:
Ed C.
| Westbury, New York
Searching questions from teenagers drove their AA sponsor to live the program. . .
Ebby
September 1999
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
Ebby had been enabled to bring me the gift of grace because he could reach me at depth through the language of the heart. He had pushed ajar that great gate through which all in AA have since passed to find their freedom under God."--Bill W., AA Grapevine
Giving It Back
March 2011
By:
Chris M.
| Mahawah, New Jersey
After 20 years, she is finally experiencing the joys of being a sponsor
Delivering Big Books to Kenya
April 2012
By:
Mike S.
| Clifton Park, New York
A doctor discovers joy helping alcoholics in Africa
Midnight to Midnight
December 2019
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By:
Bill K.
| Albans, Vt.
Twenty four hours a day, forty years later, happy, joyous and free
Reach Out and Touch Someone
August 1995
By:
Bob P.
| Tucson, Arizona
Separated by many miles, these AAs had a three-way meeting over the telephone
How AA Meetings Have Changed
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By:
Gilbert G.
| San Francisco, Calif.
A lot has changed in the rooms, but the heart and spirit of AA still resonates