The Eye-Opener
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mark. M.
| Casa Grande, Ariz.
A bright and early meeting where all comers are met with a message of hope—and a good cup of coffee
Hula Hoop Larry and the Serenity Prayer
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Becky P.
The riddle of the Serenity Prayer explained
In God's Garden
November 2015
Confronted with a drinking work colleague, he had to let go of the results
The October Issue of Grapevine Is Here!
September 2015
This month's special section features stories on letting go of resentments
CONTINENTAL SHIFT
April 2010
By:
BERT W.
| Prescott, Ariz.
Plate tectonics and erosion are higher powers, too—can they keep an AA sober?
Running from the program
September 2009
By:
BILL K.
| Dallas, Texas
A relapsing businessman faces a fellow AA in an out-of-town bar
Toronto or Bust!
April 1984
By:
C. M.
| Chicago, Illinois
Did he want a vacation or a geographical cure?
Three Months Last Friday
April 1981
By:
G. M.
| Brainerd, Minnesota
No one remembered--not even her sponsor
Service With a Smile
March 1981
By:
K. P.
| North Vancouver, British Columbia
This AA became aware of our opportunity to get involved in
That Invisible Line
March 1970
By:
S. D.
| Westport, Connecticut
We disintegrate in small ways that we hardly notice. Rarely do we know it when we cross that invisible line
Across the Editor's Desk
May 1956
How It Feels to Make One's First Beginnings in A. A.
November 1944
By:
Elliot B.
The First Time. . .at 60
Clear signal
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Ed
| Lexena, Kan.
When times get hard and we’re hit by a storm, we can always make an adjustment to improve the connection
My own cup
March 2018
By:
Leslie Anne M.
| Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room
Meeting at Shivaji Market
April 2012
By:
Deborah D.
| Montclair, New Jersey
She gave back to a city that took her under its wing
Screen Saver
March 2012
By:
Ollie O.
| Canberra
A meeting in Australia uses technology to bring the world of AA into their room
Web Exclusive: Sobriety, A Road of Miracles
August 2011
By:
Mike
| New Hampshire
A sober man recalls how AA got him through all of life's ups and downs
Amends on the 50-yard line
November 2009
By:
TOM S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
A humiliating public episode on a football field and its aftermath are a father's wake-up call
What Makes AA Work?. . .Or Shouldn't I Ask?
November 1997
By:
Ben E.
| Old Greenwich, Connecticut
(From the December 1956 Grapevine)
What Makes AA Work?
November 1990
By:
Ben E.
| Old Greenwich, Connecticut
From the December 1956 Grapevine
Something at Work in a Human Heart
June 1987
By:
S. M.
| Ottawa, Ontario
From time to time under this heading we will present stories that illuminate the journey some AAs make toward sobriety--often against considerable odds