Our Everlasting Freshness
February 1960
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
When I finish, I begin! Goethe
From the Vintage Years
February 1958
By:
Florence Powdermaker, M.D.
THE ROLE OF A PSYCHIATRIST IN AA <lbThirteen Years Ago in the Grapevine
The Conference--Then
August 1955
By:
, New York
| Little Neck, Long Island
Memories of AA's "First Panel
Ignite the Spirit
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Liz H.
| Bellingham, Wash.
Through the freedom of the Steps, she’s no longer a prisoner of her mind or the booze that took her away
Keeping It Real
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Kevin M.
| Connell,, Wash.
After COVID shuts down all meetings, he stays sober in prison, writing his sponsor, praying and helping others as best he can
No Need to Fear
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
T.S.
| Ripon, Calif.
Alcohol convinced him he was all alone, unable to live life. The Steps brought him back into the light
The Wisdom To Know The Difference
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By:
Sharon T.
| Ft Lauderdale, Fla.
The Serenity Prayer guides her gently through her mother’s passing
Dear Grapevine
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Dear Grapevine
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
An Australian’s Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John W.
| Canberra, Australia
An atheist and a humanist takes a “leap of faith” into AA
Nurse in Denial
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
A. W.
| Glendale, Ariz.
Alcohol took her freedom, her sanity, her savings and her career. But AA in prison healed her life 22
A new freedom
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Jack R.
| Marianna, Florida
When the right guy showed up to help him through the Fifth Step, his life changed forever
What my brother taught me
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Nancy McCarthy
| St. Louis, Missouri
A probation and parole officer learns to love AA from the man whose calls she dreaded most
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
She made the shot
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Judy M.
| Royersford, Pennsylvania
She left basketball behind for the drinking game—but eventually scored a win
Dear Grapevine
October 2018
The stranger
October 2018
By:
Gerry R.
| Clancy, Montana
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs