Closed Doors ----And Open Windows
December 1957
By:
Frank S.
| Perry Point, Maryland
Story of the Birth of a Hospital Group
From the Grass Roots
May 1956
Lammas August!
August 1950
The "Pauciloquent" Deacon bemoans the paucity of this month's drinkin' days--
The Unbeliever
September 1996
<emphasis type="italic">One of the original twenty-nine stories printed in the First Edition of the Big Book,</emphasis> Alcoholics Anonymous, <emphasis type="italic">published in 1935, this story was taken out when the Second Edition was published in 195
For Men Only?
June 1960
One of AA's first woman members describes her pioneering struggle to gain acceptance of her sex in what was exclusively a man's world of sobriety
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
October 1990
Dear Grapevine
November 2025
| Early days of AA
Higher Powered
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
DJB
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
A bumper sticker got her attention, but it was the kindness of members and her childhood religion that helped her with Step Two
Boys don’t cry
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Bree H.
| Fort Myers, Florida
A trans member in Florida shares her personal journey of alcoholism and getting outside help
Dear Grapevine
April 2023
| AA & Families
Dear Grapevine
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Faith & Flour
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Bernice S.
| Lincoln, Neb.
With one cup of AA and a pound of love, a sober mom bakes some delicious joy
The Gift of Gratitude
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
One way to keep a grateful heart is to remember what AA has given us. The following passages were selected from our vast Grapevine Story Archives, which goes back to 1944. Thank you for sharing your stories with us
It Took a Movie to Do It
December 1967
By:
V. C.
| Tucson, Arizona
How "Days of Wine and Roses" brought an end to his days of border-town Rum Runs
Sobriety-by-mail
June 1967
By:
Murray M.
In a New Zealand prison: Four walls enclose him day and night, but they don't keep out the AA message
Caught in Hateland
December 1966
By:
R. A. S.
| La Verne, California
An AA once trapped by resentments offers a guide to the way out
Glossary of Golfing Terms
September 1965
By:
J. F. G. Jr.
| Shaker Heights, Ohio
Did drinking affect your golf? Or vice versa?
Senile Sobriety
January 1965
By:
Anonymous
| Charlotte, Michigan
If you've been around a while and think you're having dull times, read this
Christmas Illumination
December 1964
By:
J. K. B.
| Studio City
There was no tree to trim. Was the bottle the answer or could AA suggest another approach?
That Loud-mouth !*"#!!*!
October 1963
By:
B. E. T.
| Siesta Key, Florida
I had just learned to control my resentments, when
How the Groups Govern the General Service Office
May 1962
By:
R. K.
| Traverse City, Michigan
Your delegates are key people in World AA
My Empathetic God
March 1962
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles
. . .and the Word was God" proved a stumbling block for this "scientifically oriented rationalist
What Good Does AA Do in Prison?
March 1962
By:
Henry Max Heilig
a noted prison official tells why your AA visits to penal institutions aren't wasted work
The "Cured" Alcoholic
February 1962
By:
L. B.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Further proof that the first drink makes life unmanageable
A Chaplain Looks at AA
April 1960