Do We Really Want A Spiritual Awakening?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Seattle, Wash.
The importance of letting go of thinking too hard
To Be Trusted
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Mark S.
| Agassiz, British Columbia
Thanks to AA and outside volunteers, a “lifer” stays sober and gets to share hope with his fellows inside
Getting the Help
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Bob H.
| Pinetop, Arizona
A longtime member shares hope for those who have grave emotional and mental issues in sobriety
The One-Minute Solution
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
Through mountains of snow and clothes, a dad discovers a secret to gratitude on a trip to help his daughter come home for the holidays
Closer Than You Think
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Timi T.
| Nanaimo, British Columbia
Due to location, COVID and health issues, her connection to AA by computer and mail is more critical than ever
A World with Clear Eyes
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Brent T.
| Panorama City, Calif.
When he was drinking, he was lost in his emotions. The Steps of AA helped bring him back
On the Front Lines
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Jeffrey H.
| Lancaster, Calif.
Keeping his local Intergroup office running like a well-oiled machine is love and service—but it’s also a job
I got this under control
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Chris T.
| Oakland, Calif.
After a decade of blackouts, hidden bottles and futile explanations, a dad gives up the battle and heads for AA
Teacher of the year
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Rhonda B.
| North East, Md.
Once fearful, unreliable and smelling of alcohol, she now suits up, shows up and can’t believe the life she’s got
We show them
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Michael M.
| New York, N.Y.
The doctors already got the lecture on alcoholism. Now it was time to witness a real live AA meeting
Just Following Suggestions
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Don S.
| Mountain City
Someone wrecked his new car, and boy did they need a good cussing out! Luckily, his sponsor had a better idea
When to Tell Others
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Laura C.
| Deland, Fla.
A member shares her struggle about when to stay anonymous
It Gets Worse
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jason G.
| Lutitz, PA
It was hard to imagine his bottom getting any lower—but then there was the case of the Palmetto bug in his glass of sweet vermouth
Open up!
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Mitch G.
| Arlington, Texas
With all the courage he could muster, he made it inside, only to be told to come back next Tuesday
Two Items for Our Inventory
March 1973
By:
Beverly T.
| Sunnyvale, California
An AA doctor points out areas in which we could be faulted
The Trouble with Mother
May 1971
By:
G. C.
| Boulder, Colorado
Sometimes you can't please her, no matter how hard you try
To Travel the Road Together
March 1970
By:
Mrs. D. B.
| Wheeling, Illinois
Al-Anon <emphasis type="italic">When one partner finds sobriety in AA a marriage can still suffer from lack of understanding. Following are two personal-experience stories in which Al-Anon was of great help. . .</emphasis>
Fitting In
She realized that she wasn't that different from everyone else and that she was at home in any AA meeting
The Wonder Still Lives
April 1969
By:
B.G.
| Nutley, New Jersey
B.G. still looks upon the benefits of sobriety with the fresh approach of a newcomer. It works!<lb Big Book Stories--Updated
Dear Editors:
June 1968
By:
P. H. G.
| Montclair, New Jersey
. . .depart so far from the spirit of AA that it is ridiculous. . .
Steady Girl!
November 1962
By:
J. G.
| New York, New York
Try these tested, proved methods for acquiring simulated stability.
Metragoo and Old Vinegar
June 1962
By:
C. R. K.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alkies substitute the strangest things
Unexpected Dividend
November 1961
By:
L. H.
| Hollywood, California
The Los Angeles Central Office handles 36,000 calls a year. But a volunteer remembers this one. . .
The Voyage of the Golden Rule
May 1960
By:
Albert Bigelow
Excerpted from the book "The Voyage of the Golden Rule--An Experiment with Truth