The 2nd Step - We Have Gained a Partner
October 1978
By:
F. G.
| Queens, New York
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
We Get What We Give Back
June 1976
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
No matter whether the job is great or small, when you help the group, you help yourself
First-meeting Cautious
June 1974
By:
Laura L.
| Sonoma, California
All she did was listen and the listening made her feel better
A World Full of Other People
April 1974
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
Our own problems and irritations can make us believe we are something special
Please Be Kinder to Animals
August 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
It's unfair and downright cruel to attribute our character defects to them
Take Your Works on Faith
March 1972
By:
N. E. H.
| Westport, Connecticut
We can give of ourselves in many ways, and never know what good we do
The Willow Tree of Willingness
Reflecting upon a speaking engagement, she recognized the key to her spirituality
Animal Crackers
December 1968
By:
T. W. R.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The birds and the beasts have their own peculiar characteristics--but he took on the characters of practically all of them
AA and the Deaf-mute
December 1968
By:
J. B.
| St. John
He could have used his deafness as an excuse for not sticking with AA. But eventually he heard the message loud and clear
The Tow-wheeled Tranquilizer
November 1968
By:
Chuck H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
He whizzes or wanders from point A to point B and gathers good along the way
I Took the Eighth
March 1964
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
Too many fifths and a high-flying act led to a real-life courtroom scene
Buy the Band a Drink
June 1960
The hard-drinking music maker has no excuse for riding the alcoholic bandwagon, this working composer and musician believes
AA and 1954
January 1954
An Inventory of a year's AA and non-AA programs <lbA Grapevine Milestone Report
Indiana Fellowship of Alcoholic Prisoners - A Grapevine Milestone Report
October 1952
Indiana joins Illinois to form another link in the chain of help for alcoholics whoever or wherever they may be. . .
A Spicy Pickle
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mary B.
| Johns Creek, Ga.
Getting sober, finding a Higher Power, falling down the stairs—and doing it all with a sense of humor.
The Magic Formula
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Mike H.
| Pasadena, California
She got sober, then he followed. After some very rocky times, things got good. What was the secret? Read on
Nothing In Moderation
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Charles M.
| Freehold, N.J.
In everything—including sobriety, thankfully—he knows no moderation
The Bottom
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By:
Tom F.
| Fort Bragg, Calif.
After searching for a “drinking solution,” he found a sober one
A Love Affair with Alcohol
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Deanna S.
| Roswell, Georgia
Her marriage or Long Island iced teas? She had to make a decision. Luckily, she chose AA
The second wave
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Morgan J.
| Annapolis, Maryland
What saved him that day on the ocean...or all the other times he was drunk?