I Want to Share
January 1978
By:
R. O.
| Seattle, Washington
What would have happened to me if the others had not been there when I came?
AA Around the World
August 1958
By:
C. J. S.
| Etain, Muse
NEWS FROM FRANCE - News, comments, and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
May 1948
By:
H.T.
| Pacific Grove, California
Even the Best Have Slipped
Our Personal Stories
November 2011
The narrator of "In the Detox" realized that being homeless didn't mean he was hopeless
Ham on Wry
January 1991
Ham on Wry
November 1985
The Anecdote Bin
April 1963
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
Living Proof
July 2017
By:
Chris M.
| Brookhaven, Georgia
How a good kid descended into a life of liquor and jails and found a new way to live in prison
The Man from AA
May 2016
We show up, we help out, we comfort the suffering alcoholic—because that’s what we do
Dear Grapevine
March 2013
Drunk Tank Awakening
June 2012
By:
Paul S.
| Park Hills, Kentucky
Because he's been there, he's uniquely qualified to help others
"Please God, Show Me What To Do"
November 2011
By:
Bernie S.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
A man learns with the Eleventh Step that we all need a little help getting back into the water
Dear Grapevine
August 2011
The longhouse
July 2010
By:
FRAN D.F.
| Rimrock, Ariz.
A Native American compares AA to the shelter that houses an entire clan
Luck, Dreams, & AA
April 2008
By:
Glauberio P.
| Bauru
A flag-bearer at AA's International Convention embraces
Lingering Moments of Truth - Part Two
May 2000
By:
Jim B.
| Pine Hill, New York
(Continued from the April 2000 issue)
Off and Running
October 1998
By:
Anonymous
| Terrace, British Columbia
He took his first drink at the age of twenty-six--and went downhill fast