How Welcome Are Newcomers?
November 1964
By:
B. L.
| Greenwich Village, New York
Has your group been tested for friendliness lately? Maybe you are reported on here
Interview With the Author of "AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety
September 1995
By:
BOB P.
Third in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
Slowpoke
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Roger S.
| West Bloomfield, Michigan
All he wanted was to enjoy the evening and get to his AA meeting. So why did it all go to hell?
One Evening At Rehab
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
B.M.
| Punta Gorda, Fla.
Her program of recovery evolved from a simple yet profound question
Getting the Word Out
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By:
Lori L. and Elizabeth A.
| Andover, Minnesota
Two hardworking members share how they put together workshops to help professionals learn about AA
No Demands or Rules
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Laurie T.
| Kihei, Hawaii
A member shares about Tradition Nine and how it helped her see the way AA functions in an easier, softer way
Picture Perfect
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Kathleen L.
| Concord, California
A mysterious trip to the DMV drove her right into the hands of AA
A Power That Can’t Be Broken
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Dave V.
| Renton, Washington
One day, while on a beautiful Washington island, he looked up and made a request that changed his life
Hope&Tears
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Kristina M.H.
| Sandwich, Illinois
She believed in God, but wasn’t sure he was listening. Then one drunken day she wandered into a church to talk to him
A Question of Sanity
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Oregon
A newcomer gets a little Higher Power logic to help him find his way to Step Two
Your Life Will Get Better
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Smyrna, Ga.
If all else fails, just get in the damn car
Unity=Love
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
A member shares how we use the tools to keep the group together and how no one is more important than the next
It All Adds Up
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Anonymous
| Tucson, Arizona
A member lovingly shares about the game of grief, change, faith and love
Picture Perfect
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Sherry A.
| Warwick, New York
She can fondly recall the day she came to believe, thanks to a little girl’s drawing on her fridge
In My Heart Forever
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Loren S.
| South Bend, Ind.
The legacy of his sponsorship lives on in each new suffering alcoholic who seeks help
