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
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
