Carrying the Message in 'Fifty-five
July 1980
By:
Bill W.
From a talk at a New York AA meeting during the twenty-first year of AA's existence - Part 1 of a two-part article
Recovery Prime Objective
September 1951
The Real Thing
February 2001
Start with a Prayer
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Lamy, N.M.
With love and lots of determination, a member tries to carry the AA message to a remote community in New Mexico
An Unmade Bed
April 2011
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pennsylvania
Sometimes a slip starts in the subtlest ways
The Wonder of It All
February 2005
By:
Jo P.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Life never runs out of surprises
July 8, 1944
March 1946
Stepping Into Service
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kim C.
| Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
How helping AA can mean helping yourself
Any Lengths
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Marie W.
| Arkansas, Kansas
A loner working on a tropical island off the coast of Belize was determined to stay sober-no matter what
Stop Right There!
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Yvon V.
| Welland, Ontario
Marylou had just left when my car was surrounded by no fewer than three police cars. A grim-faced officer ordered me out of the car.
Alone for the holidays
December 2013
By:
Ali B.
| Delray Beach, Florida
Her AA friends were all leaving town, and she was miles away from home. Sponsor to the rescue!
Mission responsible
March 2011
By:
Jack S.–O.
| Kerhonkson, New York
Extend the hand of AA or your sobriety will self-destruct in three seconds
Recent Assemblies And Forums
January 2006
It Takes a Home Group to Raise a Delegate
March 1999
By:
Eric D.
| Kalispell, Montana
In the summer of 1998, the Grapevine announced a plan to publish articles from all eight regions in the United States and Canada, one by one, This is the first installment of that plan, and we hope it will give readers a sense of how AA works in the West