Dear Grapevine
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Journey to Our Beginnings
April 1983
By:
C. R.
| Plymouth, Minnesota
And to the land of wine and brew--AA style
No Time for Self-pity
March 1974
By:
E. H.
| Eugene, Oregon
Turning her emotional problems over to Other Hands, she gets on with the job of living
Lost & Found in Central America
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Taylor the Sailor
| Carson City, Nev.
While at sea, he acts as if every meeting is his home group. But the one near the equator he’ll never forget
Tomorrow Never Comes
February 2015
By:
Daryl R.
| Oregon
He had promised himself many times to quit but it was never the right day
Legendary Old-Timers
November 2014
By:
Sue C.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
A woman who got sober in the 1960s lovingly remembers those who paved the path before her
He Can't Do This to Me
May 1979
By:
W. S.
| Fort Walton Beach, Florida
He reverted to his old ways of reading--with pain and anger
Absolute Honesty
October 1976
By:
D. A.
| Atlanta, Georgia
For five years nobody in her group knew about her two Bloody Marys
AA News
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
Call for stories for pamphlet “Do You Think You’re Different?”
ANONYMITY on the internet
October 2010
By:
DAVE S.
| Cleveland, Ohio
Breaking a Tradition can happen on social networking sites, but it's easily prevented
A Whole New World
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Cathleen G.
| Dallas, Texas
A daughter returning home for the holidays shares her joy about how AA has transformed her family
Web Exclusive: An Amends in the Nick of Time
July 2011
By:
Philip S.
| Carlsbad, California
If he had waited only one more day, he would have lost the opportunity to make amends
Between A Bartender And A Bad-tempered Boss
December 2006
By:
Angela W.
Alone in a bar on her first AA anniversary
Elder Statesmen
November 1990
By:
Anonymous
| San Fernando, California
From the March 1960 Grapevine
An Illicit Affair
May 1972
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
You don't die of fright or shame. Matter of fact, you feel pretty good about it - Small-Town AA