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55 Years Later

An oldtimer reflects on a lifetime in AA

One Day Twenty-six Years Ago. . .

October 1966
By: E. S. | Brooklyn, New York
THE OLD 24TH STREET CLUBHOUSE

When We Were Young and Bad

August 1966
By: Anonymous

Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends. . .The Physicians

August 1957
By: Bill W.
Second in a Series

The Sacrifice

November 1954
By: O. B. | Jacinto City, Texas

My Favorite Character

August 1953
By: Fee Simple | East Los Angeles, California
His gift was unlocking bound-up souls

Made It Out of Hell

March 2022 | Emotional Sobriety
By: Kathy F. | Dardenne Prairie, Mo.
A mom, sober since 1972, recalls the fearful secretive years before AA and how much better life is now

All are welcome

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
By: Kent S. | Hartland, Wisconsin
How a barn that love built became the go-to place for meetings, picnics, campouts and joy

Carpenter, welder, snake-handler, drunk

August 2018
By: Pig Farmer George | Yakima, Washington
An old-timer writes of hard work and drinking and how sharing a donut can make his day

When I was 15

September 2010
By: A.K.R. | Cooperstown, N.Y.
An old-timer returns to the scene of a horrible night of drinking

A Glimpse of the Mountain

April 2005
By: Michael W. | Mill Creek, Washington
When the view suddenly becomes unobscured

A Dry Drunk's Last Stand

February 2003
By: Steve S. | Douglaston, New York
After white-knuckling it for weeks, another warrior comes in from the combat zone

My Brother's Keeper

May 2001
By: Mark W. | Dothan, Alabama

Caught In a Trap

September 1988
By: J. T. | Great neck, New York

Why Can't We Join AA, Too?

November 1980
By: Bill W.
Two articles by Bill W.--one written before and one after the establishment of the General Service Conference - From the October 1947 Grapevine

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Radical Reformation

November 1997
By: Dr. Dave | Naples, Florida
A Professor of Religious Studies Finds AA

Rejection

May 1980
By: M. B. | Toledo, Ohio

A Hard Day's Night

November 1999
By: Ric D. | Burnaby, British Columbia

A Place of Either/Or

April 1999
By: Alf S. | St. Cloud, Minnesota

Dr. Bob - a Tribute to AA'S Beloved Co-founder

November 1975
By: Bill W.
In an issue of the Grapevine dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bob, Bill writes of the beginnings and of an ending that was not an end - From the January 1951 Grapevine (now out of print)

Lousy Driver, Great Sponsor

November 2025 | Early days of AA
By: Paul H. | Cary, North Carolina

Coming Back, Always

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Annette P. | Chicago Heights, Ill.
Welcomed back in AA, she found life and happiness

Doing my Part

May 2024 | How the Steps Changed My Life
By: Connor D. | Austin, Texas

Light in the Darkness

May 2022 | 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By: Amanda M. | Wilsonville, Ore.
I was reading it aloud to the girls, and I got emotional. This surprised me because that hadn’t happened the first time I read it alone.

Alcoholism At Large

April 2020 | Home Group
Health drink warning

Letter from the Editor

March 2020 | Puzzled

Hurricane relief

July 2018
By: Justin G. | Port St.Lucie, Florida

Leaky thinking

January 2016
By: Definitely Steve | Brentwood, Tenn.
My wife couldn’t believe what had happened. Was I finally turning into the type of husband she always dreamed of?

That Old Familiar

October 2015
She had lived through many bottoms during her drinking career, but this time was different

Editor's Letter

January 2012

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