Mail Call for All A. A.s in the Armed Forces
November 1944
Conference Advisory Actions
August 1988
38th General Service Conference Looks at Singleness of Purpose
Luke, I am Your Sponsor
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Charles L.
| Albany, Georgia
For this member in Georgia, road trips, fun plays, music and service catapulted him into the fourth dimension
Harvesting Kindness
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Ron B.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba .
The seeds of wisdom and love a dear friend planted are still growing. And luckily there’s still more digging to do
Not Just Another Bender
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Diana G.
| Woodland Hills, Calif.
After a painful drinking career, she discovered an “ordinary, yet extraordinary” life in AA
Mended Hearts
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Mark E.
| Chesapeake, Ohio
Sometimes “willing to make amends” can take a long time. But he kept praying and trying and the healing came
Detour
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Toby T.
| Springfield, Illinois
On an icy road, the five headed north for a big night of AA. Turns out a more valuable night awaited them
Pain and progress
September 2009
By:
WENDY D.
| Arlington, Texas
A new mother struggles with staying sober
Our primary purpose
May 2009
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Hartsdale-Ardsley, New York
From the November 1956 Grapevine
Hope Springs Eternal
December 1997
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
In the June Grapevine, we issued a call for articles on working with wet drunks. We received a number of good stories, not only on doing this important Twelfth Step work, but also on the experience of being a wet drunk. You'll find one such story below an
We're Going to Do Something About Profanity!
January 1970
By:
D. C.
| Fitchburg, Massachusetts
The blue atmosphere at some meetings is turning many people off, says this writer
Anonymity and the Social Networks
An AA discovers a way in which her anonymity is threatened by an online social group
Unacceptable
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
What to do when someone preys on a newcomer? Home group to the rescue
Easier Led By Example Than Ordered to Obey
October 1999
By:
Geni P.
| Guelph, Ontario
Tradition Two: "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.
It Doesn't Happen By Itself
May 1995
Everything in Good Time
September 1973
By:
M. C.
| Soquel, California
Crises come and go and the flowers bloom when their time has come
Where the Splendor Is
April 1968
By:
H. L.
| California
It's no easy thing to know ourselves and to know others, but the <emphasis type="underline">effort</emphasis> to know is the highroad to love
The Pleasures of Reading
July 1946
By:
J.J.
| Greenwich Village, New York City
<emphasis type="italic">BERNARD CLARE</emphasis> by James T. Farrell (Vanguard Press, $2.75)
Mission: Tradition
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
One member's quest to find out more about how our Fellowship lives and grows
Dear Grapevine
May 2011
An Ex-Monk Picks Up the Pieces
October 2008
By:
L.H.
| Reno, Nevada
Alcoholism destroyed everything he believed in; the program gave it back