Tradition One
April 1952
By:
BILL W.
The first of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions . . . - Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.
Not So Much Changed As--Changing
September 1949
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
October 1990
Ascending From Alcoholism
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Jason S.
| Damascus, Ore.
Just for today, sobriety is enough for an ex-cop with a tough drinking story
God’s in the Cooler
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Troy F.
| Newton, Iowa
After a deadly accident, he finds God in an unlikely place
Totally Empty
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Betsy-Ann T.
| Los Angeles, California
After that final bottle of scotch, she made the call to end the pain
My First Year Journey
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Robert B.
| Newtown Square, Pa.
Looking back on the year that transformed his life
Just Following Suggestions
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Don S.
| Mountain City
Someone wrecked his new car, and boy did they need a good cussing out! Luckily, his sponsor had a better idea
When to Tell Others
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Laura C.
| Deland, Fla.
A member shares her struggle about when to stay anonymous
It Gets Worse
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jason G.
| Lutitz, PA
It was hard to imagine his bottom getting any lower—but then there was the case of the Palmetto bug in his glass of sweet vermouth
The Spectrum of Belief
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Heybridge, Essex
The freedom of belief the program embraces has kept this agnostic sober for over three decades
The color of love
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
M.D.
| San Francisco, California
In a big red house in San Francisco, heart after heart opens as AA shows up at his door
Spaghetti legs
August 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Haskell, Oklahoma
Dancing, camping, bowling and water-skiing! His life was definitely not over
The big shot
July 2018
By:
Keith D.
| Phenix City, Alabama
He got fired, his wife just had a baby and he was in big legal trouble. Boy, did he need a drink
The Slippery Slope
June 2018
By:
Ron G.
| Camarillo, Calif.
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
A million miles away
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Rick C.
| Boonsboro, Maryland
After years of drinking and searching for faith, AA helped him break free and find his place in the world
A Pioneer in Paris
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Manuel of ParisBarcelona
| Barcelona
Now in his 90s, an old-timer in Europe recalls the early days of AA in France
Here I Am
July 2017
By:
Ann W.
| Lusby, Md.
Broken, lost and scared, she found herself in the back of a police car—which, strangely, was the answer to her prayers
Turning point
March 2017
By:
Bill O.
| Chalfont, Pennsylvania
A member recalls the tragic story that helped him make a decision and put him on the road to Step Three
The Empties in the Closet
February 2016
She was hiding her alcoholism from everyone, including herself