We Share Common Ground
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Ward B. Ewing
| Trustee Emeritus, past Chair (non-alcoholic) of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous Ordained Episcopal priest, retired President of The General Theological Seminary From Grapevine, October 2016
A past General Service Board Chair shares his thoughts after attending an atheist and agnostic AA convention
In need of a hug
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Anthony C.
| Fairport, New York
A man with 10 months goes back to prison, his entire support system gone. How would he stay sober?
We share common ground
October 2016
Slogans
February 1964
By:
M. S.
| Harrison, New York
Passé? Cliché? Cornball? War Cry?
Mail Call for All AAs in the Armed Forces
November 1957
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH - The fourth in a series of highlights from early Grapevines
Nice Jewish Girls Don't Go to Prison
July 2002
By:
Sherri B.
| Houston, Texas
Unless they find out, as this woman did, that they are also alcoholics who've gotten into trouble
Dr. Jung, Dr. Silkworth and AA
January 1968
By:
Bill W.
Except for what Dr. Jung told Roland and what Dr. Silkworth told Lois, there might never have been any AA. Bill got the verdict: He was doomed. Unless. . .
AA Afloat
February 1958
One step at a time
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Anonymous
| New Britain, Conn.
A member shares about his journey into sobriety and the challenges of living with cerebral palsy
Welcome To The Covid Unit
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Jodee P.C.
| Chicopee, Mass.
An essential worker shares about staying sane, sober and alive on the front lines
Unhappy memorial day
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Porter T.
| San Diego, California
After a bellyfull of beer, a sober Vietnam vet’s celebration takes a very nasty turn
Leaning Into The Wind
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Pat B.
| Napa, Calif.
With a DUI-related jail term and a loved one dying, he decided to confront the ill wind blowing through his life head-on