Dear Grapevine
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
Mom’s Holiday Gift
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
At two years sober, she was tempted by some bubbly Christmas “cheer.” Luckily she thought the drink through
Dear Grapevine
February 2023
| Making Amends
Taking Calls for AA
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
John S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
Being on “the firing line” of service—and loving every minute of it
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
Keeping Yourself Out of Debt
July 1974
By:
Anonymous
Proper money management can make our lives more manageable
Night Owl Gets Diploma
March 1968
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
A 1941 high-school dropout makes it at last--and has some fun into the bargain
Tradition Two
May 1952
By:
BILL W.
The second of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions. . . <lbFor 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 go
Here lies a Hampshire Grenadier
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Elaine B.
| Greenfield, Mass.
On a worldwide sober trip, a member spends a cherished moment in the footsteps of our cofounder
In Order to Heal
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Woody R.
| Stockton, Calif.
As with an individual, there’s nothing like an inventory to help a home group stay healthy, happy and focused
To Value You More
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
S.J.
| The Woodlands, Texas
One day in her Step study group, an oldtimer discovers something brand-new about Step Four. Proof that the learning and growing never stops
Whisper of Freedom
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Daniel L.
| Faribault, Minn.
In prison for a DUI, a sober coach shares about a momentous connection he made that changed his life
Gone Fishing
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Debra G.
| Honolulu, Hawaii
Desperate to drink, she had bottles stashed everywhere. This was the best hiding place ever
In a roomful of men
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Vera T.
| White Sulphur Springs, Montana
The women were scarce in her neck of Montana, but she got plenty of love nonetheless
That Sneaky Devil
April 2016
Heads Up
March 2013
By:
Janice H.
| Clayton, California
AA tools help her stand up straight, face her life and see the light of day