Dear Grapevine
December 2016
Lucky Turns
October 2015
By:
Bruce M.
| Indiana, PA
Just when a sober trucker decides to switch gears, his HP sends him on a most unexpected route
Dear Grapevine
February 2023
| Making Amends
Jumpstart
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Steve S.
| Manhasset, N.Y.
She came right up to me. “How many years do you have sober?” she asked. “Almost 17,” I replied. Without missing a beat, she said, “Well, how would you like to be our Intergroup Rep?”
Breaking new ground
February 2015
By:
Dan C.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Digging up experience on trusted servants and the many ways they form our group conscience.
The Pleasures of Reading
February 1946
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">The Perennial Philosophy</emphasis> <lbby Aldous Huxley (Harper & Brothers, $3)
Home for the Holidays
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Jan D.
| Little Rock, Arkansas
The End of the Party
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
R.S.
| Dana Point, Calif.
A world traveler finds her way home to AA
Once upon a time in L.A.
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Ron A.
| Los Gatos, Calif.
The son of one of AA’s earliest members shares his own story and what he’s learned over the years
It takes a village
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
“Definitely Steve”
| Nashville, Tenn.
A longtime member in Tennessee gleefully remembers the wonderful oldtimers who gave him his start
No Defense
Web Exclusives
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By:
MaryAnn B.
| Tacoma, Wash.
Getting sober later in life, with the help of Grapevine and a spiritual awakening
This Storm Too Shall Pass
October 2018
By:
Cynthia P.
| Graham, N.C.
Learning how to hang on until the miracle of sobriety occurs is not easy, but it is life changing
Dear Grapevine
December 2017
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February 2016
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
Out of the Closet
March 2015
By:
Anonymous
An atheist shares about her long sober journey in Alcoholics Anonymous
A Zebra Among Horses
July 2014
By:
Anonymous
The pack she ran with in rehab was great, but now it was time to switch herds
Dear Grapevine
February 2014
Off the Merry-Go-Round
January 2014
By:
Jeanette S.
| Washington D.C., Washington D.C.
After a series of interventions she agreed to go to detox
Mothers and Daughters
January 2014
By:
Carol B.
| Wellington, Nevada
Sobriety showed her the struggles her own mother had and reunited her with the daughter she gave up for adoption as an infant