Don't Take Our Word for It
November 1981
By:
S. S.
An early Chicago member writes a sequel to her story (page 304 in the Big Book) - From the January 1969 Grapevine
Divine Hot Line
December 1977
By:
E. P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She has found an immediate connection for conversation with the God of her understanding
Because Someone Did It for Me
December 1977
By:
P. M.
| Greenwich, Connecticut
When we learn to receive, as well as to give, we have learned the true meaning of sharing
The Most Important Job in AA
October 1976
By:
C. B.
| Santa Maria, California
Let's pay more attention to the office of GSR--it's the group's most vital link with AA as a whole
Fault-finding
September 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
When we cannot suffer others, we are the ones who suffer
How I Coped with a Deep Depression
October 1973
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Recovery began with the act of doing nothing
My Ego Was Showing
October 1972
By:
S. M.
| Lake Worth, Florida
Self-pity and pride made this speaker miserable
A Taste of Happiness
August 1971
By:
J. J.
| Lowell, Florida
The program reaches inside prison walls to light up a lost life
Just Another Day in Paradise
A sister reflects on both her own and her brother's alcoholism and sobriety
Broader Vista Opened
June 1945
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
June 1944
The Amends I Didn’t Want to Make
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Jim R.
| New York, New York
Once full of rage and anger, he knew he had to make things right with his mom. But when and how?
Dear Grapevine
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
Street Tough
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Lonnie D.
| Washington, D.C.
Growing up in D.C., he learned to drink and fight, but in AA he learned to surrender
The Front Lines
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Tom L.
| Albany, Ga.
Dimly lit rooming houses, emergency rooms, even rooftops— he keeps reaching out. And once in a good while they reach back
11/29/94
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Thom G.
| Boise, Idaho
Seduced, consumed, and abandoned by alcohol, he found a future in AA
Turning Hope Into Faith
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
David S.
| Pooler, Ga.
Someday, the miracle will occur. It’s only a matter of time
Is AA accessible to all?
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Debra L.
| Mint Hill, North Carolina
Her journey into service revealed a need for more handrails, ramps, babysitters and Braille
Step 12: Standing in the Gap
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Anonymous Travelers Rest.
| S.C.
“Having had a spiritual awakening,” she tries to bridge the gap between current and future AA members
Finding myself
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Tereson D.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
An emotional journey to find her birth mother revealed a beautiful truth of her own