My Name is..." Miles
January 1963
By:
M. E.
| Dayton, Ohio
Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die." Shakespeare
Our Great Responsibility: The Guidance of AA's World Affairs
January 1966
By:
Bill W.
An endorsement of the 'Trustees' Program for the reshaping of the General Service Board, AA's chief agency for World Services
God Bless Mashed Potatoes
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
M.M.
| Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
It was her first social event sober, and she was freaking out at all the booze. Luckily, a desperate prayer saved her
You Did Good, Kid
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Rebecca L.
| Tucson, Arizona
No more hangovers and lost wallets. Today she starts her mornings with peace, joy, sunlight—and a really nice run
The Hope of Change
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Agatha H.
| Bel Air, Md.
Finding her way sober meant fulfilling her potential
I’m Just Like Everyone Else
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
The longer he’s sober, the less he knows everything.
He just tries to stay grateful and remain a beginner
He just tries to stay grateful and remain a beginner
Quiet Gifts
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Anonymous
| Woodstock, Georgia
One day while standing in line, he paid his gratitude forward. Why that day? Why not?
All is Well
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Joyce K.
| Coral Springs, Florida
Thanks to a sober doctor who showed her the way, she’s had a full, healthy life for decades now—and she’s only 83!
Need a Meeting? Call Us!
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
George M.
| Durand, Illinois
A local accessibilities committee puts the word out to help homebound members and those in assisted living
Walking Together, Not Alone
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bill B.
| Broken Arrow, Okla.
His home group carried him through the hardest time of his life
This New Freedom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Prasad G. Royal Oak
| Mich.
Finally graduating, sober, the world opened up for him
A Breakthrough--A Miracle
January 1999
By:
Kevin G.
| Ballina
From <emphasis type="italic">Area A Formguide</emphasis>, August 1998
What We Were Like
October 1993
By:
Sean M.
| Santa Monica, California
Fragments of AA History - 1st Dublin Group
Tradition Twelve
December 1992
By:
Bill W.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. (from the November 1948 Grapevine)
Talking the Talk
August 1989
By:
David A.
| Ann Arbor, Michigan
Do we realize that newcomers take us seriously?