Closed Doors ----And Open Windows
December 1957
By:
Frank S.
| Perry Point, Maryland
Story of the Birth of a Hospital Group
Grapevine Daily Quote March 26
“I used to be a champ at unrealistic self-appraisal. I wanted to look only at the part of my life which seemed good.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today,”, The Language of the Heart
Quote March 27, 2015
“I used to be a champ at unrealistic self-appraisal. I wanted to look only at the part of my life which seemed good.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 “Humility for Today,” The Language of the Heart
Grapevine Daily Quote March 26
“I used to be a champ at unrealistic self-appraisal. I wanted to look only at the part of my life which seemed good.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today,” The Language of the Heart
Stayed To Believe
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
C.G.
| Moscow, ID
All he knew for certain was that he didn’t have the answers
The Healing
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jonel J.
| Lantana, FL
Hopeless, lost---and healed
The Way The Cookie Crumbles
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Mathew J.
| San Angelo, Texas
I went over to the vending machine. But out came oatmeal raisin cookies—not chocolate chip. Maybe God does watch my everyday activities.
Welcome to Delaware
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Amylynn K.
| Lewes, Del.
Off to the world of retirement I went! Larry and I made our way down from New York. Before we moved, we had visited and gone to a few AA meetings.
Lifeline
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Suzette P.
| Niskayuna, N.Y.
A sober woman living alone during the pandemic finds strength and fellowship by dialing numbers
More at Peace
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Jesse C.
| Dillwyn, Va.
The next week I felt a little better, a little more OK with the chaos, a little more under the care and guidance of a Higher Power.
We’re in this Together
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sara S.
| Carbondale, Colo.
As the women shared their stories about the offenses they committed, the
question she asked herself was...
Didn’t we all?
question she asked herself was...
Didn’t we all?
Finally Home
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
L.M.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
A transgender member shares about the group she found that loves her no matter what
A God Of My Understanding
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Kevin K.
| Round Rock, Texas
His perception of God may be a little bit different, but he believes in Alcoholics Anonymous before everything else
Let's Continue to Stand Alone
November 1988
By:
Dick T.
| Cleveland, Ohio
From the July 1947 Grapevine
At One With AA in Belfast
May 1982
By:
B. G.
| Springfield, Massachusetts
There was a tremendous feeling of God's presence in that room
Bus Ride to Sobriety
July 1979
By:
P. B.
| Brooklyn, New York
A happy example of how it works: one alcoholic talking to another