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Metropolis

February 1951
The super 25¢ tour of AA in <lbTHE BIG CITY

80 reasons I love Grapevine

June 2024 | Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By: Jeff W. | Maplewood, New Jersey
To celebrate our 70th anniversary, 10 years ago an avowed Grape-nut shared 70 reasons he loved Grapevine. With the new apps, the podcast, Instagram and more, he had an easy time updating it to 80.

Keeping The Piggy Bank Full

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Tony V. | Silver Spring,, Md.
Sober experience, collected and saved like pennies in a piggy bank, help him through the hard times

Back in the picture

December 2022 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Scott A. | West Hollywood, Calif.
A holiday drawing shows a newly sober dad how precious his sobriety is to those he loves most

Yes To Sobriety

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Ken K. | Brooklyn, N.Y.
In the aftermath of the tragic death of a sponsee, his sponsor reflects back on life, service, and relapse in AA

A Double life

May 2020 | Getting Into General Service
By: Mitzi C. | Surprise, Ariz.
After decades of sobriety, she was now driving drunk and hiding bottles. The secrecy was killing her

Rusted Servant

May 2020 | Getting Into General Service
By: Dave A. | Moncton, New Brunswick
Although he recently earned a new title, this past delegate in Canada hasn’t slowed down one bit

Dodged A Bullet

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Shelley B. | Ventura, Calif.
An atheist depends on a “Holy Trinity” of Higher Powers to stay sober

More hope than I know what to do with

September 2019 | Young & Sober
By: Tyler A. | Globe, Arizona
A young man turns his life around in prison and even becomes his AA group’s GSR

A Late Bloomer in AA

May 2019 | Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By: Rick | W. Plains, Mont.
His drinking career stretched around the globe. Oddly, he was stuck in one place

Of All The Clubs I Thought I Would Join

October 2017
By: Kathy F. | Cranberry Twp., Pa.
She was one of those people who could do everything and still drink, until, one day, she wound up in the ER with a wounded heart and a broken soul

Progress, Not Perfection

August 2017
By: Barbara Ann M. | Tallahassee, Fla.
After a divorce and a monumental life change, the only place she found “safety” was in a hidden bottle. But something else was hidden inside of her: sobriety

The Glass Palace

July 2017
By: Sharat S. | India
God has his own way of distributing gifts to those who ask for them—this alcoholic did not know he was even in the queue until his Higher Power intervened

Simply surrender

May 2017
By: Gwyneth N. | Saco, Maine
The spiritual connection she desperately sought for years appeared when she found AA

I know, I’ve been There

December 2016
By: Doug T. | Wichita, Kansas
On a 12th Step call at a remote Kansas farm, three men learn that the language of the heart can come through a pen

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Meet the Non-alcoholic Trustees

November 1951
By: Bill W.

Public Relations

November 1951
ALWAYS ALERT" TO STAY "ALWAYS ANONYMOUS

Double Conviction?

May 1950
By: A. F. | Cheyenne, Wyoming
the human story <lbPete was sweating out a bad rap. and running into an old cell-mate didn't make it any easier. . .or did it?

Getting a Start in AA

July 1966
By: R. T. | Manhattan, New York
A story about Joe, which is the author's own story of how AA came to him

A Wonderful, Strange Twist

February 2024 | Getting Through Tough Times
By: Skip O. | Anderson, Indiana
A firefighter shares his remarkable journey involving a sponsee, a DNA test and many family secrets

My Pink Cloud

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Julie P.
For three months, her pink cloud kept her going. It was only after it turned grey that she discovered the value of a simple word: gratitude

Up From Coal Country

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Ed M. | Bloomsburg, Pa.
Quarterback, student, military dropout, bellhop. He kept digging his way to the bottle

Workaholic

October 2018
By: Anonymous | Ferna Lina Beach, Florida
This sober businesswoman’s career really took off, but her program ran out of steam

Tragedy and Gratitude

October 2017
By: Kris M. | Grayslake, Ill.
She could never forgive herself when her drinking led to a night of tragedy, but the program showed her how gratitude could help her heal

Martinis in a Mayo Jar

August 2015
This mom had a super-sized craving—and she didn’t even like martinis

Recalulating

February 2015
By: J.B. | Leicester, North Carolina
In the mountains, a woman faces big changes after a breakup and a move.

My Bulldog Brain

September 2014
By: Susan W. | Alameda, California
When she was able to let go of intellectual pride, she began to identify in the rooms

With Complete Abandon

March 2014
By: Mary
After many relapses and false starts she heard something in a meeting that changed everything

The Car Thief

January 2014
By: Gym C. | Los Angeles, California
Panic set in as he called the police. Someone had stolen his car—and everyone at work had to know

Under the Banyan Tree

August 2013
By: Anonymous
His journey to forgive his mother ended one sunny day as he sipped on pineapple juice

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