Forty Miles South of Calgary
June 1984
By:
D. G.
| New Rochelle, New York
If you're planning a vacation, take some tips from four traveling AAs
Invasion
January 1974
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
Can we keep our cool when crowds of "forced attenders" show up?
Practice Gratitude and Watch It Grow
June 1973
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Simply by being grateful one can
Pills--a Minority Report
July 1968
By:
W. S. R.
| East Norwalk, Connecticut
Here's one alcoholic who finds no charm in pills and capsules. His problem, he says, was booze. . .
In a Glass House
December 1966
By:
Shorty H.
| White Salmon, Washington
What it means when a tiny town knows just who's in AA, with an aside on AA conferences
Report from Paris:
October 1961
By:
J. B.
| Paris
in 1960--3 members in 1961--30 members with 100 loner throughout the country
Sobriety Rocks
January 2015
By:
Jak L.
| Irwin, Pennsylvania
The blast he had at a concert with sober friends was the moment he was looking for
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
March 2000
By:
Debbie H.
| Moscow, Idaho
Finding solace in nature
Greed, Fear, and Ignorance
July 1974
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
We can have almost everything we want if we want it badly enough--but we have to pay the price
Lost--One Anonymity
July 1961
By:
F C.
| New York City, New York
The Post Office was communications center in this little seaside resort, and the good folks there really carried the message
Dear Grapevine
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
9TH STEP RIDE
September 2008
By:
Scotty K.
| Lake Arrowhead, California
A biker calculates the price of peace
Reflections On Freedom
May 2007
By:
Bo C.
| Columbus, Ohio
A drunk looks back on the smoldering remains of the past and the firm terrain of the present
A Place in Our Hearts
January 1997
By:
Tom K.
| Pasadena, California
Making sober friends in Istanbul
It Works!
May 1990
By:
Leonard Blumenthal
| Edmonton, Alberta
Many AA members would not be sober without the help of nonalcoholics. In this issue, we have invited six friends of the Fellowship who work with suffering alcoholics to share their experience, strength, and hope with Grapevine readers.
How It Feels to Join AA
November 1987
By:
Beatrice
She didn't believe she needed to stop drinking - From the November 1944 Grapevine
Sobriety-by-mail
June 1967
By:
Murray M.
In a New Zealand prison: Four walls enclose him day and night, but they don't keep out the AA message
To See the Moon and Stars
June 2014
By:
Kari E.
| Athens, Georgia
She thought God had abandoned her when she went to prison. But that was the beginning of her sobriety
Daring and Carefree
May 2010
By:
RITA N.
| Gold Coast, Queensland
A woman from Down Under travels a rough road to sobriety
The Intersection Of Grace And Willingness
August 2007
By:
B.E.
| Wildomar, California
He came to quit drinking, and found peace of mind