To Be Alive Again
August 1972
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
To taste, savor, feel the pains and joys of reality
KICK-BAWL
January 1971
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Identification, anyone?. . .Now that we're sober and honest?
An Agnostic's Twelve Steps
April 1970
By:
M. W.
| Morrinsville
Unable to accept the "orthodox," this fellow AA gives a personal version of the Steps as they work for her
Bed Number Eleven
A boisterous, sleepless night in the detox was a good reminder of where a glass of wine could take him
That Fateful Phone Call
After years of trying to give up booze on her own, she finally reached out to someone in recovery
Where the Splendor Is
April 1968
By:
H. L.
| California
It's no easy thing to know ourselves and to know others, but the <emphasis type="underline">effort</emphasis> to know is the highroad to love
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
September 1967
By:
J. B.
| Rochester, New York
Tickets Now on Sale for Bill's 33rd in October
After Sobriety What?
October 1966
By:
J. S. C.
| New Hartford, New York
The fact is that we have what we need for joy. . .
To Have a Friend
November 1965
By:
Anon.
Does your idea of friendship include accepting a bit of well-timed criticism now and then?
AA and the Drug Addict
October 1965
By:
Rev. Kenneth R. Waldron, D. D.
Suggestion: How AA members have helped--and can help--the recovered drug addict
Dear Grapevine
May 2025
| Young and Sober
Dear Grapevine
March 2025
| Sober and Out
Dealing With Drinking Thinking
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Shawn R.
| Toronto, Ontario
The moment when a passing thought becomes an obsession …
The Lake
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kyle F.
| San Antonio, Texas
In the depths of his alcoholism, he found a way back to the place where he’d once been happy….
The Spiritual Life Is Not A Theory
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Matt M.
| San Antonio, Texas
AA reconnected him “to the world, the infinite and to other people”
With lots of love
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Jerry A.
| Gloucester, Va.
When a member loses his sight,
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
A new freedom
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Jack R.
| Marianna, Florida
When the right guy showed up to help him through the Fifth Step, his life changed forever
The stranger
October 2018
By:
Gerry R.
| Clancy, Montana
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
A Moment in the Dark
September 2015
In a sea of empty beer cans, he had made his home a prison. What would it take to break free?
Transformed
January 2014
By:
Jennifer D.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
A past delegate tells how young peoples meetings and service changed her life
My Parachute
October 2013
By:
Anonymous
How the Living Sober book helped this day counter make a safe, sober landing
Tradition Time
November 2012
By:
Jon C.
| El Dorado Hills, California
He was so busy doing service, he barely noticed his depression had lifted
Web Exclusive: A Daily Meditation
September 2011
By:
Judy M.
| Bluffton, South Carolina
A woman discovers a way to practice conscious contact while she goes about the business of the day
Single Father
November 2003
By:
Miguel C.
| Portland, Oregon
Translated and reprinted from La Viña, September-October 2003