Happy Vacation, With a Few Safeguards
July 1947
The scroll given to Sister may now be seen at Rosary Hall. This is the inscription:
August 1966
By:
Bill W.
our everlasting gratitude
To Finland, With LOVE. . .
December 1965
By:
Dr. Earle M.
| San Francisco, California
The snow is deep, the sun shines at midnight, and AA is zestful and bright
Attraction vs. Promotion
May 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our job is to make the AA way of life so highly attractive that others will want it
Dear Joe:
August 1956
The following letter was written by a member to his 26-year-old son, both of whom saw combat together in the late Korean conflict.
My Very Own Twelve Steps
February 1973
By:
N. P.
| Grand Prairie, Texas
How one enthusiastic member works our suggested program
Welcome To The Covid Unit
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Jodee P.C.
| Chicopee, Mass.
An essential worker shares about staying sane, sober and alive on the front lines
Dear Grapevine
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
Sober at 16
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Steve M.
| Exton, Pennsylvania
He drank to escape the world, until one day a guy named Steve told him he wouldn’t have to hurt anymore
As Promised
September 2011
By:
Trey B.
| Macon, Georgia
Sometimes the truest amends are made instinctively
An Embarrassment Of Riches
April 2003
By:
Anonymous
Do they stem from instant enlightenment or slow. Painstaking growth?
Where Do We Go From Here?
October 1988
A presentation to the 1988 General Service Conference by nonalcoholic Class A Trustee Joan K. Jackson
Gratitude, Every Morning
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mary R.
| Bonita Springs, Fla.
No matter what changes in your life, sobriety is a cause for gratitude
The Return of A Smile
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Steve K.
| Laramie, Wyo.
A faded snapshot reminded him of how happy he had once been. And could be again, without the influence of alcohol
When Years Turn To Tears
June 2018
By:
Gail J.
| Okeechobee, Fla.
Faced with sorrow and pain, she turned to working the Steps—and learned all over again how to forgive herself
A Calming Balance
November 2014
By:
Bob D.
| Haverhill, Massachusetts
He found that he could use the slogan, "Easy Does It," as a kind of meditation
A Call from the Bus Station
September 2014
By:
Bob M.
A man with 66 years of sobriety finds a letter from a sponsee he had back in the ’60s
DIY Sobriety?
August 2014
By:
David K.
| Valencia, Spain
Although we must do much of the work ourselves, we don't have to do it alone
A Free Woman
June 2014
By:
Melissa M.
| Gig Harbor, Washington
Because the AA volunteers who came looked at her—not through her—she was able to let the program lift her shame