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South of the Border

November 1953

By: Ray R. | Guadalajara, Jalisco

A Group Is Born

Group Problems and Growing Pains

May 1953

A Grapevine Milestone Report

The Chairman

July 1951

<emphasis type="italic">I'd even go for complacency if it</emphasis> WORKED <emphasis type="italic">for me</emphasis>.

Around the World With a Bottle

March 2011

By: Jerry S. | St. Petersburg, Florida

After years of booze, jails and despair, an American gets sober in Portugal

The End of the Nightmare

January 2001

By: Karen C. | Albuquerque, New Mexico

Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.

Part 2: Editorial Issues

August 1999

By: Jaime M.

Presentation to the 49th General Service Conference La Viña: A Progress Report

Grapevine Daily Quote July 27, 2019

“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”

“The Great Art of Living,” Cumbria, June 1975, Emotional Sobriety II

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Quote July 27, 2017

“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”

Cumbria, June 1975 “The Great Art of Living,” Emotional Sobriety II

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Quote July 27, 2014

“The great art of living is to make the best of things as they are.”

Cumbria, June 1975 “The Great Art of Living,” Emotional Sobriety II

Grapevine Daily Quote July 27, 2018

“We AAs are the best listeners in the world -- that is, when we’re not talking!”

“The Best Listeners” Maspeth, New York, May 1998, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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Quote July 27 2013

"We AAs are the best listeners in the world -- that is, when we're not talking!"

Maspeth, N.Y., May 1998 "The Best Listeners" In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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Grapevine Daily Quote September 30, 2018

“Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober.”

“My Best Day Sober,” Lubbock, Texas, December 2000, No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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Quote September 30, 2016

“Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober.”

Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 1997 “The Littlest Things” No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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Quote September 30 2013

"Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober."

Lubbock, Texas, December 2000 "My Best Day Sober" No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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Grapevine Daily Quote August 16, 2018

“The temporary or seeming good can often be the deadly enemy of the permanent best.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1955, “Why Alcoholics Anonymous is Anonymous”, The Language of the Heart

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Please Be Kinder to Animals

August 1973

By: J. G. T. | Negaunee, Michigan

It's unfair and downright cruel to attribute our character defects to them

They Never Promised Me a Rose Garden

June 1971

By: P. B. | La Jolla, California

The Gifts and Tools

Sobriety didn't take away his problems, but it gave him tools to solve them

The Willow Tree of Willingness

Reflecting upon a speaking engagement, she recognized the key to her spirituality

Going with the Flow

He found a way to take the Third Step without a belief in God

Animal Crackers

December 1968

By: T. W. R. | Alexandria, Virginia

The birds and the beasts have their own peculiar characteristics--but he took on the characters of practically all of them

AA and the Deaf-mute

December 1968

By: J. B. | St. John

He could have used his deafness as an excuse for not sticking with AA. But eventually he heard the message loud and clear

The Tow-wheeled Tranquilizer

November 1968

By: Chuck H. | Fairfield, Connecticut

He whizzes or wanders from point A to point B and gathers good along the way

My Name Is Balkissoon

April 1968

By: B. R. | Tobago

An alcoholic's own story

I Used AA to Kick Drugs

April 1968

By: P. R. | Laramie, Wyoming

What Allah Wills

July 1967

By: S. H.

After two months 'in a wonderful garden' a member in Pakistan finds sobriety works

AA Vacation Tips

June 1963

By: Anon. | River Edge, New Jersey

If you're vacation-bound. . .why not put this in your wallet?

Let's Level About Money

February 1963

By: P. R. | Manhattan, New York

A reminder that the program also has a material side

From Top to Bottom

June 1961

By: A. B. | Temple, Texas

Demonstrating again that alcoholism is no respecter of position or power

Exercise In Anonymity

August 1958

By: T. D. | New York City