The End of the Party
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
R.S.
| Dana Point, Calif.
A world traveler finds her way home to AA
Relieved of Command
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jay W.
| San Diego, Calif.
He commanded a powerful Navy vessel, but he was powerless over his alcoholism
Not My Finest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Brian R.
| Brentwood, Calif.
A member says it’s OK to share that we’re not always grateful and that we’re not having a wonderful day
Dear Grapevine
April 2019
| Relapse
Dear Grapevine
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
Dear Grapevine
September 2017
Together in Recovery
September 2017
They share the same sobriety date and are sisters in recovery—helping each other, helping their loved ones, and helping their fellow AAs
Dear Grapevine
March 2017
Dear Grapevine
February 2017
Better Late Than Never?
January 2017
It isn’t your age that counts when you come into the program, it’s your willingness, as one older newcomer discovers
Can’t Stop
December 2016
By:
Coleen F.
| Jacksonville, Alabama
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway
Sobriety Lessons
November 2016
From learning to listen to finding the right meeting, a man with twenty-two years in the program provides seven lessons towards a better sobriety
St. Louis Blues
August 2016
Too much booze and a nasty fistfight got this 20-year-old mother a one-way ticket to a psych ward
Dear Grapevine
March 2016
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Service But Were Afraid to Ask
December 1984
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Secret society? Politics in AA? Elite group? Well, not quite . . .
Our Right to Be Responsible
December 1981
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 4 - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole
The Pink Cloud Didn't Come Back
March 1976
By:
A college professor
| North Carolina
A nine-page section of sharing from five AAs who are finding their way
