Earth To Stand On
September 2007
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A surfer cuts through an undertow of anger
A Horse Named Zachary
February 2004
By:
Amy G.
| West Hartford, Connecticut
He was nonjudgmental and deeply sympathetic
Building a New Life One Day at a Time
January 2004
By:
Susan R.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Alcohol made her question her every thought and action
The Rabbit Hole
August 2003
By:
Heidi E.
| Conway, Massachusetts
The doorway to her spiritual wonderland was a lot closer than she knew
You Don't Have to Slip
November 1998
By:
Anonymous
| Scarsdale, New York
From the September 1955 Grapevine
An Opportunity for Self-examination
August 1995
By:
Jim N.
| Agawam, Massachusetts
STEP 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
Governed By Love
February 1994
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition Two - <emphasis type="italic">For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.</emphasis>
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
December 1944
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
September 1944
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
August 1944
Problems of Cooperation Between AA and Other Treatment Programs
April 1971
By:
Charles H. Aharan, Ph.D.
| London, Ontario
Opinion - Speaking to the 35th Anniversary Convention at Miami Beach, this friend of AA said some things we ought to think about--whether or not we agree with all he says. . .
December 20, 1957
April 1958
THE GOLDEN THREAD - Second and Final Installment <lbNews, comments and letters from and AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and General Service Headquarters, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by
Bronzed Moccasins
May 1975
By:
A physician
| California
This doctor was his own worst patient until he accepted AA
Learning to live
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Mike E.
| Huntley, Illinois
A drunk teacher flunks out again and again, then miraculously scores two As
Prickly Worker
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Sacramento, Calif.
Over decades of sobriety, his work life became a great place to grow and apply the principles of the program
Slow Learners and Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Doug F.
| Palmer, Alaska
The compelling story of a man who couldn’t get it right—and then did
Good Reasons
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Greg A.
| Carlsbad, Calif.
It took an especially awful Fourth of July to make him realize he really was “that bad”
The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Debra B.
| Fontana, Calif.
Having to drink her coffee through a straw didn’t mean she was alcoholic. Did it?