Sharing the Pain
July 1996
By:
Carolene B.
| Natchez, Mississippi
The Fourth Step helped open the doorway to the past
Organized Into Oblivion
May 1996
By:
J.V.
| Mankato, Minnesota
Rigidity overtook a successful group and brought it to its knees
Shared Experience
October 1993
Some time ago, a letter was received at the US/Canada AA General Service Office from a dually addicted AA member who had already contacted the GSO where she was living, but wanted some additional information about starting a dual addiction meeting. Here i
Tradition Two
February 1992
By:
Bill W.
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. - from the January 1948 Grapevine
My Parachute
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Anonymous
How the Living Sober book helped this day counter make a safe, sober landing
Dear Grapevine
May 2025
| Young and Sober
Dear Grapevine
March 2025
| Sober and Out
The Fruit of the Spirit
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anne H.
| Cammack Village, Ark
She tilled her garden as carefully as her sobriety—and both have come to fruition
Dealing With Drinking Thinking
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Shawn R.
| Toronto, Ontario
The moment when a passing thought becomes an obsession …
The Lake
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kyle F.
| San Antonio, Texas
In the depths of his alcoholism, he found a way back to the place where he’d once been happy….
The Spiritual Life Is Not A Theory
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Matt M.
| San Antonio, Texas
AA reconnected him “to the world, the infinite and to other people”
The Collective Protective
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Chris D.
| Austin, Texas
His Higher Power is a collective force of all those who have loved and watched over him
With lots of love
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Jerry A.
| Gloucester, Va.
When a member loses his sight,
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
A new freedom
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Jack R.
| Marianna, Florida
When the right guy showed up to help him through the Fifth Step, his life changed forever
She made the shot
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Judy M.
| Royersford, Pennsylvania
She left basketball behind for the drinking game—but eventually scored a win
The stranger
October 2018
By:
Gerry R.
| Clancy, Montana
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
Dear Grapevine
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
My Parachute
October 2013
By:
Anonymous
How the Living Sober book helped this day counter make a safe, sober landing
Tradition Time
November 2012
By:
Jon C.
| El Dorado Hills, California
He was so busy doing service, he barely noticed his depression had lifted