Dear Grapevine
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
My Adventures in China
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Jason
| Dublin, Ga.
A member shares about staying sober and making friends far, far from home
Your Move - Responses from Readers on the Topic of "Online AA" from the May 1996 Grapevine
December 1996
By:
Barry H.
| Tacoma, Washington
In Any Format
Sober in Tamil Nadu
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Ronny H.
| Macon, Georgia
The Indian government couldn’t stop his drinking and neither could he. So grateful he made it to AA
Web Exclusive: Get With the Program
December 2011
By:
David A.
| Clifton, Texas
An old timer exhorts newcomers to do the Steps and not just go to meetings
A Far Cry From Home
December 2006
By:
Jim M.
| West Park, New York
On his own in China, a member finds AA
From Collecting Cans to…Collecting Cans
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
David B.
| Menifee, Calif.
Redemption at the very end of a life on the streets
Laundry day
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Ginger R.
| Weymouth, Mass.
When he got out of the detox program, he began going to AA meetings. He soon began to smile more and return to the son I knew. I wanted desperately to stop drinking myself.
The Notebook
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Katy R.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
Her grandfather died sober, and left behind a notebook that showed her how “to be”
Oldtimers and Slogans
July 2014
By:
Clyde B.
Clyde B., sober since 1963, shares his experience, strength and hope in an interview with a fellow member in 2013
The Life I've Been Given
September 2008
By:
L.S.
| Sands Point, New York
A child of the Holocaust stops questioning her survival and embraces the fullness of life
The Desperate Wife
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Bill W.
| Montreal, Quebec
I received a call that really brought me down to earth. It was a call from a wife on behalf of her husband, who was a serious drinker.
Eighteen Days
February 2004
By:
Jeffrey T.
| Bountiful, Utah
A newcomer begins the journey back to life without alcohol
AA News
April 2011
Building bridges
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Diana M.
| Henderson, Nev.
How getting involved with area committees strengthened her awareness of AA unity and inclusiveness