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Helping People Is a Ticklish Business

December 1970
By: Dr. Alan Keith-Lucas
The road of good intentions has many pitfalls, says this expert

Helping People Is a Ticklish Business

June 1962
By: Dr. Alan Keith-Lucas
Don't be discouraged if you have trouble helping an alky to help himself--here are some tested and proved methods of an expert

The Act of Surrender in the Therapeutic Process

June 1974
By: Harry M. Tiebout, MD
The first psychiatrist to recognize the work of Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Harry Tiebout used many AA concepts in his own practice

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

October 1985
AA's 50th Anniversary International Convention, Montreal, Quebec, July 4-7, 1985

Grand Ideas

june 2026 | Young & Sober
By: Jimmy C. | Peculiar, Missouri
A member shares how Tradition Six helped him stop trying to fix AA and get a new perspective on money, property and prestige

One Of The Best Birthdays Ever

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Lynette D | Washington,, D.C.
You can go home again—but sober this time

Our Drinking Story

March 2026 | AA & the Family
By: David S. | New York, New York
What do you do when a speaker talks exclusively about drug use at your home group? One member shares his experience

2:00 AM at the Alkathon

December 2025 | Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By: L.R. | Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Alone and panic-stricken on her first sober Christmas, she didn’t care what time it was. She went to find her people

And So From My Heart I Say

November 2025 | Early days of AA
By: Rev. Canon Samuel M. Shoemaker, D.D. | New York, New York
Reverend Shoemaker’s thoughts about helping alcoholics and the very early days of AA

“Don’t Get Too Far from the Boys in the Ward”

November 2025 | Early days of AA
By: J. MCK | Flin Flon, Manitoba
In 1958, a member from Canada shared his thoughts about oldtimers and passing it on

Learning to Trust

November 2025 | Early days of AA
By: Sarah C. | Puyallup, Washington
The last thing she wanted to do was go to a women’s meeting. She was in for a big surprise

Respect The Room You’re In

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Suzanne A. | Loudon, Tenn.
Thirty years later, AA rooms have certainly changed

A Prayer That Works

September 2025 | Stories of Gratitude
By: Donna M. | Port St. Lucie, Florida
Still skeptical of a loving God and the idea of prayer, a newcomer discovers a brand-new perspective

My Relationship With God

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Elaine P. | Orlando, Fla.
What to do if your self-will keeps popping up

C-C-C-Comfort Zone

May 2025 | Young and Sober
By: Joshua B. | Glendale Heights, Illinois
Learning to date without a drink? Oh brother! Here’s how one young member survived

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A Better Chance At A Better Choice

January 2019 | Stories for Day Counters!
By: Joan M. | Davis, Calif.
Looking into mirror of her past life helped her find the start of sobriety—and sufferings’ end

Better than Kentucky bourbon

October 2018
By: Anonymous | St. Louis, Missouri
With a gut feel and a few wild guesses, some hardworking AAs start a national corrections conference

The big event

August 2018
By: L.D. | Washington, D.C.
Chairing a what? A mini-conference? Oh no, how do you do that? She was about to find out

Father and Son

July 2018
By: Peter C. | Springfield, Mass.
Their sobriety date is six week apart. They’ve shared the same joy, pain and love as their lives opened up in sobriety

11 men & a Prayer

November 2017 | Issue Title Here
By: Ed L. | Wrightwood, California
With a few canoes and horseshoes, and a little help from upstairs, a mountain fellowship begins

Like A Gem

September 2017
By: Jeff P. | San Jose, Calif.
After thirty years of self-destructive drinking nearly killed him, he discovered sobriety that he burnished into a precious jewel

100 days to go

July 2017
By: Michelle L. | Portland, Oregon
The recovery she was getting inside with this group of AA-loving women was time well spent

Holy smoke, what now!

May 2017
By: Bill W.
Nearly half a century ago, our co-founder expressed a few thoughts about young people and inclusiveness

Simple & good

May 2017
By: Ames S. | New York, New York
With a bit of mustard, one member orders up a hot dog just like he does his sobriety

Cake or no cake

April 2017
By: Rosemary P. | Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate

Bob K.’s Return To Life

April 2017
When two AA friends take turns saving each other’s lives, the true meaning of the Fellowship is revealed.

One plate at a time

December 2016
By: Tim S. | Riverview, Florida
Dirty laundry, piles of trash and stacks of filthy dishes. Little by little, a newcomer cleans up his act

Two Years Old

December 2016
On her anniversary, a woman reflects on how she traveled from blackout drinker to someone who sees the light, every day.

My search

October 2016
After five years of faking it, a young member, with the help of her sponsor, gets honest about her beliefs

Tagging and Posting

September 2015
The more he used his thumbs, the more he learned about anonymity

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