The Parole Violator
September 1963
By:
S. S.
| Colorado
The story of a man with great courage--and hope
Formula for an AA Meeting in Southern California
September 1961
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles, California
Some warm and friendly AA customs have spread from the Golden State
The Periodical Souse, the Never-again Feeling and the Ride on the Sprinkling Cart
August 1961
George Ade, one of America's great humorists, wrote this Fable in Slang sixty years ago, but the subject is as timeless as man and alcohol. You will undoubtedly recognize . . .
Omar Hits Bottom
July 1961
By:
R. Z.
| Council Bluffs, Iowa
A loaf of bread, A jug of wine--And WOW!
People Are like People
January 1961
By:
Anon.
| New York City
We continue to take a personal inventory because all we can really change is OURSELVES
Our Everlasting Freshness
February 1960
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
When I finish, I begin! Goethe
From the Vintage Years
February 1958
By:
Florence Powdermaker, M.D.
THE ROLE OF A PSYCHIATRIST IN AA <lbThirteen Years Ago in the Grapevine
51 years of peeling the onion
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Dick J.
| Riverside, Calif.
One day in 1971 he listened to that still small voice and made a decision. What an adventure it’s been
Eyes wide open
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Leslie P.
| Angleton, Texas
She was sober now, so why was life so tough? Where was her amazing meadow full of butterflies?
Right in the Middle
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Peggy S.
| Belleville, N.J
In Aruba for her granddaughter’s wedding, a newcomer uses every tool she has to surround herself with AA
Dear Grapevine
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
Dear Grapevine
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
Ignite the Spirit
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Liz H.
| Bellingham, Wash.
Through the freedom of the Steps, she’s no longer a prisoner of her mind or the booze that took her away
Keeping It Real
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Kevin M.
| Connell,, Wash.
After COVID shuts down all meetings, he stays sober in prison, writing his sponsor, praying and helping others as best he can
No Need to Fear
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
T.S.
| Ripon, Calif.
Alcohol convinced him he was all alone, unable to live life. The Steps brought him back into the light
The Wisdom To Know The Difference
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sharon T.
| Ft Lauderdale, Fla.
The Serenity Prayer guides her gently through her mother’s passing
Dear Grapevine
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Dear Grapevine
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
An Australian’s Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John W.
| Canberra, Australia
An atheist and a humanist takes a “leap of faith” into AA
Nurse in Denial
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
A. W.
| Glendale, Ariz.
Alcohol took her freedom, her sanity, her savings and her career. But AA in prison healed her life 22
A new freedom
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Jack R.
| Marianna, Florida
When the right guy showed up to help him through the Fifth Step, his life changed forever