The Olive Branch
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Charlene P.
| Puyallup, Washington
Repairing relationships is an amazing thing. But the amends this mother experienced was to “dye” for
Through Sober Eyes
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Rob G.
| Marmora, New Jersey
He wanted to see what the world looked like without liquor. Thirty-five years ago, he got his wish
Everyone Everywhere All at Once
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Anonymous
| Zürich, Switzerland
She’s in Switzerland, her sponsee’s in Germany, and they both get to share the love in New York. Thank you, AA online!
AA Around The World
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Scottsdale, Ariz.
Traveling sober, she finds gratitude in meetings, sober people—and Grapevine
All in the Family
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Betsy C.
| Centreville, Maryland
The Big Books that once helped her parents now hold a most special place on her shelf
Living with Fear
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Manuel P.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
A marine, dealing with past trauma, shares how AA stopped his drinking and gave him a little peace
Sobriety Is A Choice
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
M.M.
| Peekskill, N.Y.
Discovering community in AA through the message of “we”
On Top of the World
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Tandy W.
| Anchorage, Alaska
On a remote island near Russia, a member lucks out and finds another alcoholic, whose AA lifeline is the phone
Frequent contact
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
David L.
| New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Some favorite passages in the Big Book help a father get through the darkest days of his life
Laughter is Recovery
October 2018
By:
Joni V.
| Burlingame, CA
The comforting sound of laughter echoing down a hallway meant that the AA room she was about to enter for the first time was a safe place
In the warm sunlight
August 2018
By:
Manon S.
| Alameda, California
Sitting at her aunt’s table, she was content just doing what was in front of her
To break or not to break
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Scott D.
| Hope Mills, North Carolina
When it comes to telling others that he’s in AA, whether in person or through his computer, he looks to our Twelve Traditions
One requirement
March 2017
By:
Kelsey R.
| Indiana
People and groups may have their rules, but the Third Tradition tells us exactly what’s needed to be a member—a desire to stop drinking
KING OF THE CASTLE
November 1998
By:
J.G.T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Identification anyone?. . . Now that we're sober and honest? - From the January 1971 Grapevine
The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
August 1996
By:
Boyce B.
| Brooklyn, New York
Who's in Charge?
The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
May 1996
By:
Mark L.
| Kensington, Maryland
A Consistent Message
