Dear Grapevine
September 2024
| Young and Sober
Dear Grapevine
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
Dear Grapevine
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Finally made it!
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Lewis T.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Nearly 40 years ago, this Hollywood director was lost and drunk on a barstool. Now he gets to film a happy ending
Planting Seeds in Kenya
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Andrew K.
| Hamilton, N.J.
Sobriety reignited his love of farming, but a prayer led him on a journey that enhanced his sense of service forever
Can’t Drink Away Grief
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Tommy G.
| Staten Island, N.Y.
A construction worker shares his journey through terrible loss and how the sobriety he built held
Dear Grapevine
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
90-Year-Old Newcomer
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Dick K.
| Roseville, Calif.
After decades of drinking, he’s sober now and ready for some new adventures
Dealing With Drinking Thinking
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Shawn R.
| Toronto, Ontario
The moment when a passing thought becomes an obsession …
Saying yes
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Kenneth K.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
A sponsee he’ll never forget taught him something he’ll always remember
With The Big Book As His GPS
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jared M.
After nearly a decade and a half, he headed in the right direction
Seemingly Miraculous
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Bob S.
| Eureka, Calif.
In a long life of sobriety the difficult challenges do come and go, but the good times are so worth it all
With lots of love
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Jerry A.
| Gloucester, Va.
When a member loses his sight,
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
Not Again
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Sean R.
| Sun City, Calif.
He found himself in rehab once again—but this time, getting honest was the key
Something to behold
July 2018
By:
Tom K.
| Tullahoma, Tennessee
An old-timer from Tennessee shares about all the love he’s gotten from AA since 1955
The Grand Ritual of Walking into the Kitchen of My Home Group
November 2001
By:
Steve F.
| Glencoe, Illinois
Come On! Be Happy, Too
November 1999
By:
E.B.R.
| Manhattan, New York
The author of "He Who Loses His Life" looked back over twenty plus years of sobriety. - From the September 1967 Grapevine
Off and Running
October 1998
By:
Anonymous
| Terrace, British Columbia
He took his first drink at the age of twenty-six--and went downhill fast
Real Old-timers Meet With New 'Babies' to Exchange Views on Program
November 1990
From the February 1948 Grapevine
Crossing the Threshold
January 1989
By:
Richard K.
| New York, New York
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
Let It Begin With Me
July 1985
By:
W. Jim Estelle Jr.
A longtime correctional administrator and current AA trustee reminds us all of our primary purpose
The Seven-year Itch
May 1985
By:
J. D.
| Queens Village, New York
When dissatisfaction with her group crept in, she took at hard look at her changing responsibilities