Kites and Planes Rise Against the Wind. . .
April 1953
By:
Anonymous
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Our defect--alcoholism--can be transformed into our greatest asset
Lest We Forget
March 1953
Excerpt from the fourteenth printing of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," Pages 33-35.
The Farmer's in the Well
January 1953
By:
W. E. B.
| Louisville, Kentucky
A Rural Predicament Points a way Out
Travel-tics--Can Catch You Too! Look for Them at Home
November 1948
By:
T.D.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Expenses of Speakers Pose Problem
April 1948
Pleasures of Reading
August 1946
By:
R. E. B.
| Greenwich Village, New York City, New York
GEOFFREY CHAUCER OF ENGLAND by Marchette Chute (Dutton, $3.75)
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
February 1946
I Chose Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
P.C.
| Herndon, Va.
Finding herself at a crossroads, she chose the path less traveled.
The crying sky
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Joe M.
| Los Altos Hills, Calif.
How living in the present moment helps an atheist connect with prayer
Caution: Busy life
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Anne D.
| Fort Myers, Fla.
Work, travel, caretaking...how could she ever get to enough meetings? The answer was just a phone call away
Learning, Not Running
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
L.R.
| Santa Rosa, Calif.
Acceptance and gratitude are the keys to her sobriety
Carried To Carry The Message
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lisa K.
| Pittsford, N.Y.
Slow and steady wins the race
The heart has is reason
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Charley K.
| Olympia, Wash.
From a secular childhood in Kansas to a sober life of spiritual awareness was not as far as it seemed
Even more Valuable
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Mardi D.
| Huntsville, Ala.
How a heated Big Book study one day led to a rigorous discussion about AA, money and wealth
Something Better
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Vicki E.
| Deltona, Fla.
Through years of love and loss, some things she knows for sure—good things come and go, we learn from our hindsight and we don’t drink
Changing Channels
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Kathy with a K
| Olathe, Kan.
Though the message of hope came to her through the TV, this mom had one more episode to go
We Never Give Up
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Ky.
A man from Nepal reminds him that we don’t have the power to get people sober. We just hope and keep reaching out
Sammy
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Sammy H.
| Tumwater, Wash.
A transgender alcoholic shares about feeling all alone, until one day it was no longer true
Sentenced: A Good Life
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Norm H.
| Cary, N.C.
An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom
A Worldwide Connection
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Ken D.
| Kennett Square, Pa.
In Europe to give a workshop, he makes new friends and gets to see AA blossom from country to country
Facing Our Fears
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Roger W.
| Honolulu,, Hawaii
His group was supporting an outside event.
Who would speak up?
Would he?
Who would speak up?
Would he?
Restraint of Face
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Milledgeville, Ga.
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal
