What Is the Third Legacy? World Service Its Heart
May 2002
By:
Bill W.
(Excerpted from the AA Grapevine, July 1955)
In Memoriam
October 1980
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
April 1972
By:
Lloyd Shearer
No Fountain of Youth
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1968
By:
UPI
Alcohol Care Lags
One breath at a time
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
David S.
| New York, N.Y.
Acceptance, peace, patience and gratitude... a longtimer shares about the gifts of prayer and meditation
What Works for Me
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
A member takes a keener look at how he helps alcoholics and what our primary purpose actually is
Still Learning
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Mickey H.
| Northridge, Calif.
Through grief, relocation, illness and a pandemic, a senior AA member uses the tools to keep going strong
A Smooth Finish
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Brian S.
| Alexandria, Va.
With a saw, a sander, some two-byfours and a gallon of finish, a newly sober man builds a busy life
Ready to Handle it
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Philip C.
| Louisville, Ky.
Though he’d made amends to his wife the best he could, one day while cleaning, he lifted a lid and found forgiveness and truth
A Journey Toward Responsibility
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Annemarie M. Excerpt from Grapevine article, September 1998
| Raynham, Mass.
How Tradition Nine put her on the path to discover the wonderful world of AA beyond the group, and a host of spiritual principles
Soldier of misfortune
December 2010
By:
JOHN S.
| Fresno, Calif.
Vietnam and caring for a handicapped child were nothing next to the wrath of John Barleycorn
Celebrities Are People, Too!
October 1974
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
When the help of AA is needed, let us try to remember that
An AA Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
From despair in rural Massachusetts to a fulfilling life in Paris – a story of letting go and taking responsibility
This Is The Beginning Of The Rest of My Life…Right?
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Melanie P.
| Lachute, Québec
A newcomer wants to hide at her first AA meeting, until she is surrounded by welcoming women who make sure that she is okay
Crossroads
June 2017
By:
Christine W.
She went to an open meeting to check AA out and discovered an elderly lady whose powerful story had a profound impact on her life.
After A Relapse, Hope
June 2017
The voice of AA never left her, even as she hit bottom late one night in her fourth—and last—treatment center
Ready, Set, Go
October 2014
By:
Dee D.
| Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
At four years sober, she’s learned to apply the slogans that helped save her life to a sport that gives her joy
Letter from Chiang Mai
September 2014
By:
—Bill W.
| Chiang Mai,
In sobriety, he got a new inner life and followed his dreams across the globe
Web Exclusive: I Choose Not to Drink
December 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Yakima, Washington
The Third Tradition's concept of a desire to stop drinking kept him sober one day at a time for 35 years
The Portals Of Service
September 2006
By:
Phyllis H.
| Olympia, Washington
A 2006 Conference presentation - The first in a series of articles on the topic of self-support