Crash course
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Sandy B.
| Aurora, Colorado
Furious with her ex, she headed out to toss a brick through his window. Luckily, she stopped to buy paint first
Something to behold
July 2018
By:
Tom K.
| Tullahoma, Tennessee
An old-timer from Tennessee shares about all the love he’s gotten from AA since 1955
Close call at 10,000 feet
June 2018
By:
Chris R.
| Spokane, Washington
High above the Grand Canyon, a newcomer was overcome with the obsession. Luckily, he had friends in Phoenix
Dear Grapevine
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
Dear Grapevine
August 2017
Close to my heart
June 2017
By:
Marc B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up
Breaking new ground
February 2015
By:
Dan C.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Digging up experience on trusted servants and the many ways they form our group conscience.
My Wife's Drinking Problem
September 2014
By:
Denny M.
| Park City, Illinois
He went along to meetings to offer moral support, but it was he who got sober in the end
What's It All About?
October 2013
An old timer reflects on his family before and after he came into AA
Dear Grapevine
July 2013
Sneaky Drinker
January 2013
By:
Donna M.
| Sweetwater, Tennessee
Car keys, the neighbor’s liquor, vanilla extract—nothing was safe from this alcoholic
I Still Sit up Front, I Still Raise my Hand
March 2012
By:
G.G.
| Huntington, New York
After 20 years, this alcoholic does not have all the answers
All Aboard the AA Meeting
January 2012
By:
Kathryn G.
| Bedford Village, New York
Two alcoholics hold an impromptu meeting aboard a cruise ship and help each other stay sober that day
Odyssey of a Juvenile Delinquent
August 2011
By:
Anonymous
He romped through his adolescence like it was an after-school special
An Experience in Daily Living
March 1979
By:
D. W.
| Des Moines, Iowa
He found that there is no panacea for living problems
Like a Frog in a Frying Pan
January 1978
By:
J. S.
| Pebble Beach, California
A psychological experiment of relevance to those of us who wait until things get too hot
More Is Not Necessarily Better
May 1977
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
When we're happy, we're the happiest; when we're sad, we're the saddest. If one is good, two are better. We are the "excessive" people
When Do We Say 'I'm in AA'?
August 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Santa Barbara, California
Three members discuss this vital, but often misunderstood, spiritual foundation of our Fellowship
Those Marvelous 12 Steps
November 1975
By:
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick
An interpretation of the Steps by an eminent scholar who was not one of us--but was always one with us - From AA Today, published in 1960 by The AA Grapevine, Inc.
When the Big "I" Becomes Nobody
November 1975
By:
Harry M. Tiebout, MD
From the September 1965 Grapevine
The Fourth Step to Self-discovery
August 1975
By:
S. H.
| Bellevue, Washington
Inventory-taking can pay big dividends
From the Cave of the Fallen Angels
March 1975
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
The words and the phrases may vary from time to time, but the basic message of the AA experience goes on unchanged
My First Alcoholic Patient
September 1974
By:
Frank A. Seixas, MD
A 19-page section of sharing by members of the medical profession
Your God Or Mine
September 1971
By:
R. B.
| Venice, California
Resentment ran riot when others differed with his concept of a Higher Power
1st Step
January 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol. . .that our lives had become unmanageable.
Embracing Change and Tradition Five
A member applies her sense of this tradition to various AA customs
When the Big "I" Becomes Nobody
September 1965
By:
Harry M. Tiebout, M.D.
Why stress anonymity in AA? There is a profound psychological reason. Here a distinguished psychiatrist, an old friend of AA, and a Class A (non-alcoholic) Trustee of our General Service Board gives his insight into it.