AA in a Few Words
September 1964
By:
Bob. T.
| Manhattan, New York
It started as a game, but it made me recall how strong and simple the truths were
Women Alcoholics Have a Tougher Fight
July 1964
By:
Marty M.
| Manhattan, New York
How this fact offers an exceptional opportunity to women members of AA
Race for a Sober Rat
January 1964
By:
J. S. F.
| Toronto, Ontario
For those in prospecting, newspapering, seafaring, selling shoes, or any other line
Is My Gratitude Grateful?
June 1963
By:
R.W.
| Van Nuys, California
A strictly amateur psychologist discovers that gratitude is scientifically okay
Noblesse Oblige
June 1963
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson
He tries to share what he has received with everybody
The Winkley Experiment
February 1962
By:
R. Z.
| Council Bluffs, Iowa
A research project on--hic--controlled drinking
Drunk Log
September 1961
By:
J. A. E.
| Chappaqua, New York
Sometimes it helps to keep a written record
Closed Meeting
July 1961
By:
Anon.
| New York City, New York
Good sponsorship--a vital AA ingredient for the newcomer
AL-ANONS
March 1958
AA QUESTION AND ANSWER ROUNDUP <lbNews, comments and letters from about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and General Service Headquarters, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSH
Let There Be Light. . .
May 1957
By:
Elsie T.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsie's letter to her AA sponsor, Betty T., first appeared in the February "Exchange Bulletin" from GSH. The Grapevine editors felt it speaks eloquently to all of us.
Dear Grapevine
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
Dear Grapevine
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
Attraction or promotion
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Bill W.
| Hurley, N.Y.
A member discusses PSAs, Tradition Eleven and how AA presents itself to the outside world
Sober at 15
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
J.D.
| Big Lake, Minn.
Thanks to young people’s meetings and help from the oldtimers, he got on board and turned his life around
63 Wonderful Years
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Joan S.
| San Diego, Calif.
Hopping in and out of virtual meetings all over the world, a mother of four who got sober in 1957 has really seen it all
Dear Grapevine
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
Dear Grapevine
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
Full of grace
October 2018
By:
D.G.
| San Diego, California
Through the wonder of showbiz, a sponsee learns about love, service and following her dreams
My Name is Gerald and I’m...
May 2018
By:
Gerald B.
| Danbury, Conn.
Scarred by multiple traumas, he turned to AA and found hope—for a new beginning, for life without fear, for happiness
Dear Grapevine
July 2017
Better Late Than Never?
January 2017
It isn’t your age that counts when you come into the program, it’s your willingness, as one older newcomer discovers
St. Louis Blues
August 2016
Too much booze and a nasty fistfight got this 20-year-old mother a one-way ticket to a psych ward
At the Garage Bar
February 2015
By:
Rick G.
| Temecula, Californiai
Things were going fine except that he spent most evenings mixing and drinking cocktails from the trunk of his car
Thank You, Casper
January 2015
By:
Anonymous,
| Boston, Massachusetts
Hurt, frightened, confused, she found help through her Higher Power, whom she chose to call Casper
Take a Bow, AA
December 2014
By:
Anonymous
Sober since 1969, a man in Connecticut recalls his long, rocky, wonderful AA journey