Not alone in Zanzibar
September 2010
By:
KATHRYN S.
| Zanzibar
With outreach, service and Fellowship, AA swells in Tanzania
Michael's Story
September 2006
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
An AA gets the phone call that every parent dreads
Letting the Shadows Lift
June 1994
By:
Sue F.
| Seymour, Indiana
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Forty Miles South of Calgary
June 1984
By:
D. G.
| New Rochelle, New York
If you're planning a vacation, take some tips from four traveling AAs
Some Words to Grow by
September 1974
By:
Teet C.
| North Hollywood, California
There are times when a speaker shares a thought that is truly inspiring
Practice Gratitude and Watch It Grow
June 1973
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Simply by being grateful one can
Pills--a Minority Report
July 1968
By:
W. S. R.
| East Norwalk, Connecticut
Here's one alcoholic who finds no charm in pills and capsules. His problem, he says, was booze. . .
Report from Paris:
October 1961
By:
J. B.
| Paris
in 1960--3 members in 1961--30 members with 100 loner throughout the country
Pacific Provinces. . .
May 1951
No Such Thing As a Bad Meeting!
February 1950
By:
M.T.G.
| Baltimore, Maryland
arriving by leaps at a considered opinion
Where Two or More Are Gathered. . .
March 1954
By:
R. M.
| Cambridge City, Indiana
From the Groupvine
Northern California Council
February 1952
The Children Say What A.A. Means to Them
December 1944
By:
Abbot T.'s stepson, Lt. Richard H.
I Didn't Think You A.A.s Could Do Him Much Good. . .
Dear Grapevine
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
That Wonderful Sense of Belonging
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Scotty K.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
A motorcycle trip was what he loved most in life. But why could he not enjoy it? Ninth Step to the rescue
The Spiritual Side of Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Veronica B.
| Yuma, Ariz.
After her father’s death, the Big Book leads her to self-forgiveness
Finally Free
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Andrea N.
| Lakewood, Colorado
Once deemed a “menace to society,” she got sober in jail, did her time and is now going back in to help others
Dear Grapevine
August 2022
| Sober Travel
The End of the Party
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
R.S.
| Dana Point, Calif.
A world traveler finds her way home to AA
It takes a village
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
“Definitely Steve”
| Nashville, Tenn.
A longtime member in Tennessee gleefully remembers the wonderful oldtimers who gave him his start
Not My Finest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Brian R.
| Brentwood, Calif.
A member says it’s OK to share that we’re not always grateful and that we’re not having a wonderful day
Grateful
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Simon H.
| Sag Harbor, New York
When he heard that you couldn’t feel grateful and resentful at the same time, he grabbed his pencil and pad