Bottoms Up!
February 1948
How It Feels to Make One's First Beginnings in A. A.
November 1944
By:
Steve
The First Questions. . .
Quote February 25, 2015
“‘Let us always love the best in others -- and never fear their worst.’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1962“This Matter of Fear,”The Language of the Heart
Quote January 24, 2016
"Let us always love the best in others, and never fear their worst."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1962 “This Matter of Fear” The Language of the Heart
Grapevine Daily Quote February 25, 2018
“‘Let us always love the best in others -- and never fear their worst.’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1962 “This Matter of Fear,” The Language of the Heart
Quote January 24, 2013
"Let us always love the best in others, and never fear their worst."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1962 From: “This Matter of Fear” The Language of the Heart
Finding My Place
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
P.K.
| Kansas City, Missouri
With help from a friend, a lesbian in Missouri makes it to AA and to a group she calls home
A Physician’s Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jerry A.
| Escondido, Calif.
One doctor’s journey back to health
Steps to Freedom
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Jim S.
| Cadillac, Michigan
After 35 years of living in the Steps, he gratefully recalls how much better life is
Full Speed Sober
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Jeremy S.
| Baltimore, Maryland
With a little too much energy, a newcomer hits the road to avoid his Ninth Step. Boy, was he in for an adventure!
A Smooth Finish
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Brian S.
| Alexandria, Va.
With a saw, a sander, some two-byfours and a gallon of finish, a newly sober man builds a busy life
My Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jessica P.
| Sacramento, Calif.
Even while drinking, a spiritual life carried her forward. AA did the rest
Get out of your head
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Lisa J.
| New Hope, Pa.
Anger and sadness sent this newcomer mom right toward the liquor store.
Luckily, she knew what to do
Luckily, she knew what to do
Ready to Handle it
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Philip C.
| Louisville, Ky.
Though he’d made amends to his wife the best he could, one day while cleaning, he lifted a lid and found forgiveness and truth
Chain Reaction
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Butch M.
| Santee, Calif.
In Twelfth Step work, sometimes we throw a stone, making ripples that keep on going in ways we can’t imagine
My Love Affair With Booze
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bill C.
| Okeechobee, Fla.
It was his first love, but not his last, thanks to AA
My Curious Journey Into Service
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Patchogue, N.Y.
Once he understood the true meaning of service, “beyond my wildest dreams” was no just a phrase to him
A Journey Toward Responsibility
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Annemarie M. Excerpt from Grapevine article, September 1998
| Raynham, Mass.
How Tradition Nine put her on the path to discover the wonderful world of AA beyond the group, and a host of spiritual principles
One night in London
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rose M.
| Jersey, Channel Islands
After 50 years, she’s curious to find the man who kept the doors open so she could find us
One Year And Counting
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Fred M.
| Allen, Texas
A newcomer joyfully enumerates the way the program has changed his life
Even if the truth hurts
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Kevin M.
| Winchester, Virginia
At his daughter’s school one day, a sober dad learns a valuable lesson about telling lies
"Dr. Bob? One minute please"
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Rose Gracie S.
| Monroe, Michigan
Answering late night calls at St. Thomas Hospital, she was helping alcoholics way before she knew she was one
The Invisible Life Raft
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tim M.
| Venice, Calif.
After more than twenty years sobriety, he continues to be grateful to the program that saved him
Back on track
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Andy L.
| Hoosick Falls, New York
After a sudden layoff, a guy with one year puts his wheels in motion, stays sober and keeps on going
The need to be right
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Anonymous
| Ann Arbor, Michigan
He tried all the tools he could think of to end a huge resentmemt toward his wife—except one