What my brother taught me
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Nancy McCarthy
| St. Louis, Missouri
A probation and parole officer learns to love AA from the man whose calls she dreaded most
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
She made the shot
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Judy M.
| Royersford, Pennsylvania
She left basketball behind for the drinking game—but eventually scored a win
Dear Grapevine
October 2018
The stranger
October 2018
By:
Gerry R.
| Clancy, Montana
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
The home inside us
March 2018
By:
Rick S.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
How two Ricks on very different paths found peace and friendship on the same road
Oliver & me
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
James L.
| Pegram, Tennessee
A man in Tennesse shares about a sponsee he once had who struggled with mental illness
Let it snow
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Tolly M.
| Charlottesville, Va.
Holidays were once a constant storm. But now we have each other to keep us sober, safe and warm
One woman’s journey
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
L. B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
She learned to get honest, take care of herself and to her surprise, have friendships with other women
My Guardian Angel
October 2017
By:
Patty S.
| Romeoville, Ill.
She knew she had a problem. What she didn’t know was that the guy she liked would help her find the answer
Dear Grapevine
January 2017
Let it snow
December 2016
By:
Tolly M.
| Charlottesville, Virginia
Holidays were once a constant storm. But now we have each other to keep us sober, safe and warm
Time to punt
October 2016
This high school coach was losing the drinking game. Then one day a fellow teacher handed him a winning play
Study Buddies
October 2016
Her daily dose of AA literature for a wonderful sobriety boost was just a call away
Dear Grapevine
September 2016
Ashamed, Afraid, Nervous--And Sober
December 1982
By:
C. B.
| Winter Park, Florida
It's never too late to get back to the program
All Things to All People? No!
August 1982
By:
D. B.
| Northfield, Minnesota
Sponsoring a nonalcoholic drug addict didn't work out
Remembering a Girl--Defeated Except Once
November 1980
By:
C. McD
She watched this awful thing she was doing to herself - From the March 1947 Grapvine
One Women's Journey
June 1979
By:
L. B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
Sharing with others brings answers to baffling questions
We Seek Glimpses of the Absolute
April 1978
By:
M. B.
| Coronado, California
Spiritual awareness comes in many forms. In the pages that follow, six AAs tell how it came to them
Resentment: Number One Offender
March 1978
By:
J. H.
| Killeen, Texas
She found out to her surprise that she could learn to cope with
When I Was Truly Ready
May 1976
By:
Jeanne R.
| St. Louis, Missouri
With growth comes opportunity, and the impossible becomes possible
No Time for Self-pity
March 1974
By:
E. H.
| Eugene, Oregon
Turning her emotional problems over to Other Hands, she gets on with the job of living
Working Together Is Anything but Dull
March 1974
By:
Anonymous
| Billings, Montana
A do-it-yourself project to warm the hearts of all who understand
A History of Horrors
July 1972
By:
Anonymous
Since the days of the Deluge man has recorded his treatments and his 'cures' for the disease of alcoholism