About Some Not So Magnificent Obsessions
June 1953
By:
S. McK.
| San Francisco, California
On what strange stuff both this our obsession feed, that it is grown so great?" (With apologies to Shakespeare)
God's Economy
June 1953
By:
Anonymous
| Ponca City, Oklahoma
We may not always get what we want, or want what we get. . .but the score evens out if we truly turn over our will
The Twelve Traditions - A Grapevine Milestone Report
November 1952
AA's Platform For Unity Marks Sixth November Birthday
Guest Editorial: Do We Make Too Much of Anniversaries?
May 1949
By:
T.D.Y.
They Can Boomerang--and Often Do
Swimming With the Current
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
John K.
| Carleton, Ontario
To him, AA is a program of action, not belief. If we’re honest, kind and living in the love, we’re going the right way
I Want What She Has
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Terri T.
| Billings, Montana
The joy outside volunteers brought in and the support her sober roommate got was the thing that got her attention
What I Know for Sure
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Al L.
| Hendersonville, North Carolina
Dealing with difficult life issues at 80, this longtimer makes holding onto gratitude his No. 1 job
The Gift of Gratitude
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Deanna S.
| Roswell, Georgia
A sober mom shares how beautifully AA transformed her drunken life into one full of purpose and joy
90 cups of love
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Tom L.
| Albany, Ga.
Delmar got him into this coffee-making thing, but Courtney was really the boss
To Any Lengths
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Suzie V.
| Loxahatchee, FL.
Sometimes a geographic is a good thing—if it means staying sober
The long road back
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Annie K.
| Bunker Hill, Ill.
Thanks to prayer, fellowship and a good sponsor, she held onto her sanity through a long, serious work injury
When truth stares at you
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Peter B.
| Petaluma, Calif.
It was the look that changed his life, from someone whose words he’ll never forge
The Hard and Stubborn Lot
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
M.C.
| Belchertown, Mass
Fearful at first, he helped an inmate find a life outside of prison—and discovered they shared more than he had thought possible
A New View
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
The beauty of making amends and not shutting the door on the past is that a window opens to help others
“Do You Really Have to ‘Wanna’?”
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Paul H.
| Chicopee, Mass.
When “wanting” it is not enough, sobriety can be an undeserved, but treasured, gift
Marine, Mom and Alcoholic
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Janice M.
| Carlsbad, Calif.
To escape the hell she was living in, she put herself in “the middle of AA.” She’s still there
Restraint of Face
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Milledgeville, Ga.
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal
A Night of Normal Drinking
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Simon J.
| Berwyn Heights, Md.
Just in case he ever forgets, a member recalls what an evening out was actually like
Sunlight of the Spirit
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Jim R.
| Republic, Mo.
Early in sobriety, he discovered laughter—in fact, Grapevine helped him find it
