A Place of Silence
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Joan O.
| New Smyrna Beach, Florida
When she’s overwhelmed, she’s learned to get quiet and listen. This day she needed to connect
Walking Through My Emotions
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.S.
| St. Petersburg,, Fla.
One foot after another leads to emotional sobriety
Always Wanting More
August 2017
By:
Pat R.
| Satanta, Kan.
When he was drinking, he could never get enough of alcohol or pain and trouble. Now that he’s sober, he wants more and more Fellowship and peace
God as We Understand Him
November 2015
A member offers his thoughts on this key phrase in our literature
One of the Lucky Ones
October 2014
By:
Jann O.
| Silvis, Illinois
An accident in the night near her local bar keeps it green
Remembering the Light
September 2014
By:
Anonymous
The building was abandoned, as was his life, but he had not yet given up on his faith
A Few Cloudy Days
July 2013
By:
John V.
| Jamestown, California
With no AA in prison, one alcoholic tells how Grapevines and members' letters brighten his day
A Mother's Prayer
December 2012
By:
Shirley S.
| New York, New York
A grieving mom shares hope for others who might find this program
The Hopeful Side of Grief
December 2011
By:
Pat L.
| Astoria, Oregon
By sharing his sorrow a member helps others
In good times and bad
March 2009
By:
GINGER R.B.
| Colville, Washington
Service on the Grapevine carriers a board member through a tough time
Eastern Canada Regional Forum Sudbury, Ontario
December 2006
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Anonymous
| Amherst, Mass.
A perfect depiction of why “meeting-makers make it”
It Only Takes Two
February 2012
By:
Scott K.
| San Antonio, Texas
When the meeting doesn't happen, two AAs are able to share their experience, strength and hope at a local diner
At Last No Longer Apart
November 1999
By:
F.M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
The author of "Stars Don't Fall" reported on the vital experience--some of it rough going--of the second half of her quarter century of sobriety. - From the November 1967 Grapevine