Chance Encounter. . .
April 1969
By:
T. W.
She had to drink her way through a war and across an ocean before it occurred
I Didn't Know Anything About ALCOHOL. . .
January 1958
By:
Alice F.
| Detroit, Michigan
(An Al-Anon Family Grouper Speaks)
The Birthday Plan
May 1956
By:
Ab A.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Excerpts from a talk given by the originator of "The Oklahoma Birthday Plan," at the AA State Meeting in Great Bend, Kansas, last fall.
II
October 1947
GSO Archives
January 2000
Getting Into Action
January 1980
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
This AA found the joys of helping others
Give My Regards to New York
November 1976
By:
Jim K.
It took him some time to become aware that there was more to AA than his group - From the May 1958 Grapevine
Ninth Tradition Checklist
February 1971
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
The Time Is Now!
February 1962
By:
M. K.
| Miami, Florida
these four words wiped out the horror of the past
A Letter From My Father
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
C.B.
| Miami, Fla.
A long-ago missive from an absent parent makes all the difference
Reporting for Duty
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
George W.
| Louisville, Ky.
He thought his long, distinguished service career was over. Turns out he had more giving back to do
Return to Riverside
June 2018
By:
Fred H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
How a blissful sunny day in 1970 turned into a long drunken hell... and then became a love story to remember
Adrift on the Deep Blue Sea, This Crazy Mediterranean Voyage in a Rowboat Summed up His Alcoholic Life
September 1968
By:
Rodger McA.
| Cheshire, Connecticut
Alateens Smartened up This AA
December 1967
By:
Ed C.
| Westbury, New York
Searching questions from teenagers drove their AA sponsor to live the program. . .
Speaking From the Heart
December 1965
By:
G. N. G.
| Manhattan, New York
A fairly new AA, who is an "old pro" lecturer, asks: Why are AA speakers all so good?
Am I Special?
March 1965
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
Will buses and taxis materialize when I want them, and will my novel be a best seller?
Other Help for the Sick Alcoholic
December 1963
By:
B. L.
| Greenwich Village, New York
A new five-step program at the State University of Iowa may help alcoholics who do not respond to AA
The Indistinguishable Color of Labor
September 1950
By:
the deacon
or what has become of the little men in gray?
And the Balloons Went Up
October 1995
Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 60 Years at Our Largest-Ever Anniversary Convention
Learning to Grow in Self-esteem
February 1975
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
A low opinion of self drove us into many of our difficulties
12TH STEP - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
August 1974
By:
Bill C.
| Hull, Massachusetts
Presenting a short, concise version of each of the Twelve Steps as one member experienced them
Sunlight of the Spirit
October 1986