Dear Grapevine
September 2023
| Young & Sober
Dear Grapevine
August 2023
| AA in the Military
Return to El Salvador
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Santos F.
| Corona, Calif.
Civil war didn’t end his life, but alcohol almost did. Now he gets to bring AA to help people back home
Born An Alcoholic
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lewis F.
| Loveland, Colo.
From the cradle and almost to the grave, one alcoholic tells his story
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
Higher Powers and Nonbelievers
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Joe C.
| Toronto, Ontario
He was finally going to admit the fact that he was ‘happy, joyous and God-free.’ Would others in the rooms accept him?
I Might Have A Drinking Problem
August 2018
By:
R.J. H.
After years of humiliation and painful physical injuries, he realized that drinking was not the way to heal his childhood trauma
The home inside us
March 2018
By:
Rick S.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
How two Ricks on very different paths found peace and friendship on the same road
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
Close to my heart
June 2017
By:
Marc B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up
Dear Grapevine
January 2017
Going Down
June 2016
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
He was escorted to the elevators the day he was fired. Then booze escorted him to AA
I Got My Wish
October 2015
Once she got sober, Alcoholics Anonymous gave this transgender woman something she always wanted
The Final Four Days
June 2014
By:
Joe S.
| Winston Salem, North Carolina
With his wife out of town, he settled into a binge. He didn't know it was his last
A Place in Our Hearts
January 1997
By:
Tom K.
| Pasadena, California
Making sober friends in Istanbul
May Our Blessings Never Spoil Us
December 1994
By:
D. S.
| Gresham, Oregon
Tradition 12 - Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
What We Were Like
September 1994
By:
Ab A.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Birthday Plan - excerpts from a talk given by the originator of "The Oklahoma Birthday Plan" at the AA State Meeting in Great Bend, Kansas in the fall of 1955 and first published in the May 1956 Grapevine
What We Were Like
September 1990
GROWING PAINS HERE AND ABROAD - Fragments of AA History - <emphasis type="italic">From the June 1946 Grapevine</emphasis>
It Works!
May 1990
By:
Leonard Blumenthal
| Edmonton, Alberta
Many AA members would not be sober without the help of nonalcoholics. In this issue, we have invited six friends of the Fellowship who work with suffering alcoholics to share their experience, strength, and hope with Grapevine readers.
How It Feels to Join AA
November 1987
By:
Beatrice
She didn't believe she needed to stop drinking - From the November 1944 Grapevine
The Drive to Nowhere
September 1987
By:
M. H.
| Virginia Beach, Virginia
Fresh out of rehab--and all alone