Icing on the Cake
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift
Working on The Inside
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Todd P.
| Bountiful, Utah
Thanks to the literature, some inmates in Utah are determined to stay sober and go through the Steps
The Hummingbird
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ann P.
| Scottsdale, Ariz.
It took a trapped and fragile creature to remind her that trust was essential to her sobriety
Surrender—Literally and Figuratively
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
David M.
| Alexandria, Va.
His choice was clear: A spiritual life or an alcoholic death
Crayons, cookies & kisses
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
D.B.
| Carlsbad, California
With Steps, coffee and baskets of toys, some California mothers stay sober together
Gettin' busy
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Tom C.
| La Salle, Illinois
A newcomer leaps back into life and becomes a much more interesting guy
Deep blue silent mystery
November 2018
By:
Mike J.
| Boise, Idaho
Like the flow of the river where he took his first drink, he followed his search, which led him to AA
Group Inventory: A Privilege and a Duty
September 2018
By:
Mel C.
| Toronto, Ontario
Bringing your group together on a regular basis for formal reflection and inventory taking helps your group—and AA as a whole
My own cup
March 2018
By:
Leslie Anne M.
| Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room
Lookin’ Good
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Carol S.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
She kept up a good front as she drank down the liquor and ran from her emotional past
Piggly Wiggly
May 2017
By:
Charlie W.
| California
Even as a kid, this small-town alcoholic couldn’t stop once he started. Now he can’t get enough of AA
Back in My Heart
October 2015
She keeps her father's boyhood photo to remind her of how far her healing has come
The Pendant
June 2015
By:
Anonymous
After just one week sober, a newcomer treats herself—but little does she know she has already won the prize
Now I get it
February 2015
By:
Ricky D.
| Rochester, New York
Shaking and scared, a newcomer recalls his mom's early days in AA.
Connecticut, My Prison
November 2014
By:
Elizabeth E.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
She went to the country for a fresh start. She didn't get very far
What Makes AA Work?. . .Or Shouldn't I Ask?
November 1997
By:
Ben E.
| Old Greenwich, Connecticut
(From the December 1956 Grapevine)
The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
April 1996
By:
David E.
| Maui, Hawaii
The Ripple Effect
Doing What We Do Best
June 1994
By:
Bill H.
| New York, New York
TRADITION 6 - An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose
Is 'Promotion' Really a Dirty Word?
November 1991
By:
W. R.
| South Norwalk, Connecticut
Was it 'promotion when Bill called on Dr. Bob? Are we being too 'aggressively anonymous' as a Fellowship? - From the May 1968 Grapevine
What Makes AA Work?
November 1990
By:
Ben E.
| Old Greenwich, Connecticut
From the December 1956 Grapevine
Crayons, Cookies, and Kisses
September 1987
By:
D. B.
| Carlsbad, California
A meeting for mothers, and others
Something at Work in a Human Heart
June 1987
By:
S. M.
| Ottawa, Ontario
From time to time under this heading we will present stories that illuminate the journey some AAs make toward sobriety--often against considerable odds