Dear Grapevine
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
Accepting Dad
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Caitlyn
| Ga.
Making peace with the past can be rocky, but one thing she can count on—in AA she found home
Dear Grapevine
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Once upon a time in L.A.
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Ron A.
| Los Gatos, Calif.
The son of one of AA’s earliest members shares his own story and what he’s learned over the years
Dear Grapevine
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
Dear Grapevine
February 2021
| Sponsorship
The Officer
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Vanessa D.
| Milwaukee, Wis.
When she went missing a police officer saw her as a sick person, not a bad one. It set her on the road to grateful sobriety
Welcome to Key West
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Brent H.
| Reading, Pa.
He knew it was time to stop drinking. He had really reached the end. But first he’d fly to see his old drinking buddy for one last hurrah
How To Survive Your First Year of Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hope A.
| Mooresville, N.C.
Some say the first year is the toughest. It doesn’t have to be
Dear Grapevine
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
Dear Grapevine
July 2018
In need of a hug
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Anthony C.
| Fairport, New York
A man with 10 months goes back to prison, his entire support system gone. How would he stay sober?
Dear Grapevine
October 2016
Dear Grapevine
October 2015
Dear Grapevine
August 2015
Just Another Day in Paradise
A sister reflects on both her own and her brother's alcoholism and sobriety
The Name-droppers
April 1969
By:
T. W. (Robbie)
| Alexandria, Va.
After twenty years, he recalls 'a condition of panic' and how AA found a roundabout way to deliver the message
One Pilgrim's Progress
August 1967
By:
W. B.
| Pennsylvania
He wrote for the Grapevine after two meetings, and again after three months. Now he tells of a year . . .
Some Advice I Don't Take
March 1966
By:
Anonymous
A cool appraisal of a few old AA saws by a gal member who stays sober anyway
Slogans
February 1964
By:
M. S.
| Harrison, New York
Passé? Cliché? Cornball? War Cry?
Just Another Day
January 1964
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
When resolutions flopped and calendar magic failed, it worked to take New Year's as
The Big Blues
April 1963
By:
J. W.
| River Edge, New Jersey
The way out may lie beyond the physical portals of AA
Twelfth Step Encounter
December 1961
By:
C. C. A.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
An adventure of twenty years ago
How to Act at a Party
June 1960
Not even your glassy-eyed hostess cares when you tell her that you and Gin Barleycorn aren't on speaking terms
Sobriety 1-2-3
April 1960
One of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.