The Boisterous Bunch
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Roxane R.
| Valley Center, Calif.
Hey, it was the 80s. We were rowdy and having fun. But we stayed sober and we had each other’s backs
Hidden treasure
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
David H.
| Seattle, Washington
Meeting locked, sponsor unavailable, angry as hell...what was this newcomer to do? Thank God he loved old books
My Road to Happy Destiny
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Marty L.
| Maple, Wis.
Passing on the message that service can broaden, enlighten and define your sobriety
Walking the Walk
October 2017
By:
Jen S.
| San Antonio, Texas
Stationed far from home and with drinking all around her, a newcomer calls up her AA tools to stay sober another day
Young People Smash the Delusion
October 2008
Oklahoma City plays host to ICYPAA's 50th birthday bash
In Our Opinion. . .
August 1953
A big splash
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Kathy R.
| N.C.
I grabbed my tube and plunged into the water. I recall laughing throughout the day—a lot. There were jokes, teasing, hamburgers, hot dogs and soda. AA had taught me how to live.
Hope & a stamp
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Gary D.
| Edgewater, Fla.
If someone had told me 10 years ago that I would be writing and trying to be helpful to men I never met, I would have thought them crazy, but here I am.
Spiritual Awakening
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hal F.
| McAllen, Texas
The program, the Principles, his fellow AA’s—all of these are woven into the fabric of his spirituality
Traumatic Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bonnie J.
| Billings, MT.
“Hijacked” by alcohol for most of her life, she had found “an entire psychic change” in AA
Eastern Canada Regional Forum Sudbury, Ontario
December 2006
Alcoholics and Suicide
October 1964
By:
B. L.
| New York City
The scope of the problem reviewed, with the suggestion that we all can help
Doctors in AA
January 1962
By:
B. L.
| New York City, New York
Another in the series of articles about special meetings
The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 5
December 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
Again at the Crossroads
November 1961
By:
Bill W.
The substance of Bill's remarks at the closing session of AA's 1961 General Service Conference
My Two Sponsors
July 1973
By:
Lu S.
| Fort Worth, Texas
One was tough and one was patient; each had something to offer
Jottings From Old Scotland
January 1952
By:
Jack
| Glasgow
From Scotland comes an exchange of letters which <emphasis type="italic">The Grapevine</emphasis> Editors think will show that geography makes very little difference in the gradual unfolding of the program
A Special Haven
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Daniel R.
| Germantown, MD
He got sober young, but he needed a “second surrender” moment in his beloved home group
No Complaints
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Ken T.
| Roseburg, Oregon
Thanks to three beautiful oldtimers, he found a wonderful recipe to be happy, joyous and free