Dear Grapevine
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Dear Grapevine
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
Just Live it
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Craig S.
| Long Branch, N.J.
After years of lies and disappointments, his dad wasn’t interested in talk. He wanted to see the change
It takes a village
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
“Definitely Steve”
| Nashville, Tenn.
A longtime member in Tennessee gleefully remembers the wonderful oldtimers who gave him his start
Wayne’s Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jerry F.
| Gilbert, Ariz.
They cheered one man’s stubborn attempts to get sober against the odds. And they mourned when he left them for good.
Secret Stash
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
Peter G.
| San Antonio, Texas
Even after three years sober, his past behavior kept coming back to surprise him
What Living Sober Is All About
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Pamela R.
| Bend, Ore.
Beginning in fear, ending in hope: one alcoholic’s journey
Things I’ve Learned
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Stuart C.
| Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Because of the kindness of Bev, Hal, sponsor Don and others, a longtime member gets to pass on 45 years of love
A Good Cry At The Alcathon
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Lisa Q.
| Bronx, N.Y.
Holding wrinkled tissues stained with mascara, a newly sober mom feels the love of a home group that has embraced her
Dear Grapevine
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Embracing Change
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Paula C.
| Georgetown, Texas
Sobriety prepared her to step out of her comfort zone and take on a new adventure
Dear Grapevine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
Dear Grapevine
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Card-carrying thumper
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Jim H.
| Largo, Florida
By following the directions in the book, he became a passionate lifetime fan
A Piece Of Cake
April 2006
By:
Liz O.
| Oakland, California
To slip, or not to slip--that was the question
An Atheist Sticks Out His Neck
July 2005
By:
Kurt S.
| Port Angeles, Washington
An AA discovers you can't go forward if you stay in your shell
The Free Press Of AA
October 2003
What Do I like Best?
March 2003
By:
Joseph C.
| Port of Spain
Maybe it's freedom from fear. Or the fellowship. Or maybe it's just feeling I belong
A Judge's Thoughts On Sanity
February 2003
By:
Linda L. Chezem, J.D.
Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Sobriety at Sea
April 1999
By:
Kyle U.
| Ventura, California
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Some Never Make It
April 1996
By:
L.S.
| Bowie, Maryland
A child lives with the pain of a father who couldn't stop drinking
Around AA
August 1995
By:
Gerry F.
| Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Substantial Unanimity in the Conference Process - a presentation made to the 45th Conference by the Western Canada regional trustee
Inside Out
June 1995
By:
Fred H.
| St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character