Dear Grapevine
February 2017
Florida or bust
January 2017
By:
Susan B.
| Dayton, Ohio
Three friends muster all the sobriety they can to enjoy a rocky road trip down south
Can’t Stop
December 2016
By:
Coleen F.
| Jacksonville, Alabama
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway
Dear Grapevine
November 2016
Zipped up tight
September 2016
For a long time, she needed her leather jacket for armor. Now she was beginning to thaw
On to the Next Town
July 2016
No matter what city you find yourself in, wonderful service awaits you
Dear Grapevine
March 2016
Looking Up
January 2016
When he first got to AA, he could only stare at the floor. Now he can almost see peoples’ eyes
Dear Grapevine
December 2015
Learning to Live
June 2015
By:
Ronnie B.
| Riverview, Florida
How AA helped one long-time inmate stay sober in prison and chart a new path
Dear Grapevine
June 2015
Still Powerless
March 2015
By:
Jennifer C.
| Bend, Oregon
Her relapse began many years before she ordered a glass of wine in the restaurant
90 days of June
February 2015
By:
Carol P.
| Clinton, Massachusetts
One summer, a woman with a few years sober decided to kick her program into high gear.
Take a risk
January 2015
By:
Mily T.
| San Francisco, California
With spurs and spiky wristbands she found her way to AA
Faith and Flour
December 2014
By:
Bernice S.
| Lincoln, Nebraska
With one cup of AA and a pound of love, a sober mother bakes some holiday joy
Slogans
February 1964
By:
M. S.
| Harrison, New York
Passé? Cliché? Cornball? War Cry?
Sponsor, Be Yourself
May 1963
By:
Dr. O. Hobart Mowrer
Are we really "opening up in a way to bring us the greatest benefits?
My Name Is..." Rex
April 1962
By:
R. C.
| Inglewood
I tried to determine whom I hated most--God or people
Twelfth Step Encounter
December 1961
By:
C. C. A.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
An adventure of twenty years ago
Formula for an AA Meeting in Southern California
September 1961
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles, California
Some warm and friendly AA customs have spread from the Golden State
It Comes to Us
January 1961
By:
Anon.
| Cleveland, Ohio
We often hear, "... and then I came to AA." But how often AA comes to us!
The Antidote for Fear - Prudence, Trust, and Faith
November 1959
By:
Bill W.
Each year during the season of giving thanks we try to bring you a few new and meaningful words on an old but ever deepening subject: the Twelve Traditions of AA. We heard none better in the past year than Bill W.'s closing words to the General Service Co
Miracle in Detroit
July 1957
By:
Dan
| Detroit, Michigan
Another way of reaching "the millions who don't yet know