Sign of the Times
June 2015
By:
Joe H.
| New Westminster, British Columbia
A group in Canada struggles with change after a new member raises an uncomfortable question
The gift of spilled coffee
June 2013
By:
Anonymous
A man on a business trip gets the chance to make a most surprising amend
And now, a note of sanity on the subject. . .Bill W.As Bill Sees It--the AA Way of Life
August 1972
Our English cousins, it seems, are struggling to understand anonymity just as we are here. The following items are from Newsletter, English equivalent of the Grapevine. With tongue in cheek, they project into the future two extreme positions on anonymity.
Bottoms Up!
May 1948
AA Around the World
April 1959
By:
Evan C. H.
| Nuy, C.P.
A BUSY GUY - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published by GSO.
My First Foreign Trip Sober
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
John K.
| Sanford, N.C.
It wasn’t quite 90 meetings in 90 days around the world, but wherever this AA went, the warm embrace of Alcoholics Anonymous welcomed him
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.
Another Human Being
May 2012
By:
J.M.
| Oceanside, New York
Metal bars couldn't stop the Fifth Step from freeing this man's new friend
The Man I Never Met
August 2008
By:
B.M.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Same old, same old message gets an infusion
Another Way to Carry the Message
July 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Metuchen, New Jersey
An understanding letter to someone in jail may have a lasting good effect
Grapevines in the Twilight Zone
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Christopher L.
| Alexandria, Va.
You’re traveling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. Your next stop: the Grapevine
Reconnecting Through the Years
December 2013
Their separate lives took them to various continents but they kept bumping into each other through AA
Morning Never Came
September 2012
By:
Rachel S.
| Brooklyn, New York
A sponsor's tragic tale reveals the cunning power of alcohol