A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
July 1945
Jack Alexander Of Saturday Evening Post Fame Thought A.A.s Were Pulling His Leg
May 1945
By:
Jack Alexander
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bill Cunningham, Top-flight Columnist, Likes Being an A.A. "Side-line Rooter
January 1945
By:
Bill Cunningham
| Boston, Massachusetts
Romancing The Holiday Drink
December 2007
By:
Valerie C.
| Oviedo, Florida
Among the beautiful people
How Anonymous Should You Be?
November 1998
By:
Anonymous
It may look easy to practice the second A in AA, but it doesn't always work out that way. - Tradition Eleven - Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radi
We Are Not a Bunch of Religious Fanatics!
November 1995
By:
A priest
A priest takes a look at our all too often distorted public image - From the April 1972 Grapevine
What We Were Like
October 1992
By:
Karl H.
| Eustis, Florida
Fragments of AA History - Sister Ignatia of Rosary Hall
Give My Regards to New York
November 1988
By:
Jim K.
| Los Angeles, California
From the May 1958 Grapevine
The Persistence of Delusion
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tom F.
| Fort Bragg, Calif.
He was certain he could control his drinking through willpower alone. Fifty years passed before he got sober….
Icing on the Cake
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift
Keys, Title & a Hug
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
John M.
| Burlington, Vt.
After hitting a sober bottom, a newcomer gets busy doing the Steps with his sponsor and things start looking up
Time to Pray
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Jonathan H.
| Nashville, Tenn.
How a powerless moment in a forest one day helped define his instinct for prayer
Somebody Might See Me
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob K.
| San Diego, Calif.
A newcomer’s story reminds this old-timer of his fear that someone might “catch” him at an AA meeting
Wet in a Dry Country
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Lynn W.
| Houston, Texas
A social worker puts on her AA hat and says a few prayers to help an alcoholic on the other side of the world
Grief
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tom L.
| Silverdale, Wash.
A sponsee’s death sparks a meditation on loss and AA
Just Be Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Joel C.
| San Diego, Calif.
A long-time member and past trustee shares about his journey serving beyond the group as a gay man
Walkin’ Funny
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Gary K.
| Hoover, Ala.
Stranger things have happened at an AA home group, but this Sunday morning’s was pretty good
A Bit of Cheer in a Tough Place
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Ben L.
| Cañon City, Colo.
With tape, cardboard and delicious chocolate cookies, a member helps his cellmates share a little joy
A warm welcome
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Timothy S.
Members dealing with deafness face a world of challenges in AA. There are many ways to help
The big winner
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mike K.
| Ventura, California
He missed the game, but not that last pint of Scotch. Now he has a life with all bases loaded
Gettin' busy
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Tom C.
| La Salle, Illinois
A newcomer leaps back into life and becomes a much more interesting guy
Bill's wife remembers...
November 2018
By:
Lois W.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Desperate attempts to quit liquor, fistfights in the house and flying shoes. Early AA had it all
Deep blue silent mystery
November 2018
By:
Mike J.
| Boise, Idaho
Like the flow of the river where he took his first drink, he followed his search, which led him to AA