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August 2021 | Seniors in AA
We are happy to announce that following the 2021 General Service Conference action, AA Grapevine, Inc. launched Instagram accounts on July 7 for both the AA Grapevine and La Viña magazines.

Without Losing

August 1948
By: J.W.W. | Chicago, Illinois

With or Without Him

February 2008
By: Jan A. | Queens, New York
Being single didn't mean she'd failed

I Was Without Words. . .

January 1955
By: M. H. R. | Ocean City, Maryland

Will Follow

June 1948
Editors Ask for Reader's Vote On Pocket-Size A.A. Grapevine

The Free Spirit

May 1976
By: Louise A. | Valley Stream, New York
Strange as it seems, our surrender can become our personal declaration of independence

A Free Woman

June 2014
By: Melissa M. | Gig Harbor, Washington
Because the AA volunteers who came looked at her—not through her—she was able to let the program lift her shame

For Free And For Fun

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Deborah P | Toronto, Ontario
The laughter from her first AA conference has echoed all through her sobriety

Without a Higher Power

January 2010
By: GREG H. | San Diego, Calif.
One Size does not fit all for this atheist in recovery

There Is No Free Lunch

July 1994
By: Colin R. | Sydney
Tradition 7 - Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.

Finally Free

Sitting in a bar one morning, she accepted that she was an alcoholic

Feeling Free

March 2023 | Get Into Service
By: Paul M. | Boulder, Colo.
A member shares how our Third Step Prayer gives him a sense of peace, acceptance and joy

Spirituality Without Religion

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: R.H. | Searchlight, Nev.
Like many AA’s, he found an individual path to his Higher Power

Meetings Without Guilt

November 1967
By: M. P. C. | Los Angeles, California
Should a mother feel guilty about leaving her children to go to AA meetings?

Free Coffee!

September 1998
By: Dale D. | Kingman, Arizona

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Follow Grapevine and La Viña on Instagram!

August 2021 | Seniors in AA
We are happy to announce that following the 2021 General Service Conference action, AA Grapevine, Inc. launched Instagram accounts on July 7 for both the AA Grapevine and La Viña magazines.

Without Losing

August 1948
By: J.W.W. | Chicago, Illinois

With or Without Him

February 2008
By: Jan A. | Queens, New York
Being single didn't mean she'd failed

I Was Without Words. . .

January 1955
By: M. H. R. | Ocean City, Maryland

Will Follow

June 1948
Editors Ask for Reader's Vote On Pocket-Size A.A. Grapevine

The Free Spirit

May 1976
By: Louise A. | Valley Stream, New York
Strange as it seems, our surrender can become our personal declaration of independence

A Free Woman

June 2014
By: Melissa M. | Gig Harbor, Washington
Because the AA volunteers who came looked at her—not through her—she was able to let the program lift her shame

For Free And For Fun

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Deborah P | Toronto, Ontario
The laughter from her first AA conference has echoed all through her sobriety

Without a Higher Power

January 2010
By: GREG H. | San Diego, Calif.
One Size does not fit all for this atheist in recovery

There Is No Free Lunch

July 1994
By: Colin R. | Sydney
Tradition 7 - Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.

Finally Free

Sitting in a bar one morning, she accepted that she was an alcoholic

Feeling Free

March 2023 | Get Into Service
By: Paul M. | Boulder, Colo.
A member shares how our Third Step Prayer gives him a sense of peace, acceptance and joy

Spirituality Without Religion

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: R.H. | Searchlight, Nev.
Like many AA’s, he found an individual path to his Higher Power

Meetings Without Guilt

November 1967
By: M. P. C. | Los Angeles, California
Should a mother feel guilty about leaving her children to go to AA meetings?

Free Coffee!

September 1998
By: Dale D. | Kingman, Arizona

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Following the Hope

Magazine Issue March 2026 | Topics Personal Stories

Following Directions

Magazine Issue July 2023 | Topics Fun in Sobriety Homegroup/Meetings Spirituality Travel in Sobriety

Following Along

Magazine Issue October 2022 | Topics Homegroup/Meetings Personal Stories

Follow the Donuts

Magazine Issue July 2016 | Topics None

The Message is Free

Magazine Issue June 2025 | Topics Beginners/Newcomers

20 & Free

Magazine Issue May 2025 | Topics None

Finally Free

Magazine Issue July 2024 | Topics DWI Service/Into Action Spirituality

Set free

Magazine Issue May 2023 | Topics Gratitude Sponsorship

Feeling Free

Magazine Issue March 2023 | Topics Spirituality Sponsorship

Flying Free

Magazine Issue August 2022 | Topics On the Cover Travel in Sobriety

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Sober & Free

Date
April 27, 2012 - April 29, 2012


San Jose, CA: Sober & Free. Box 4707, San Jose, CA 95150


www.soberandfree.org

Bermuda Happy Joyous & Free

Date
March 1, 2019 - March 3, 2019
Location
Hamilton, Bermuda

Bermuda Happy Joyous & Free.     www.AA.bm

Parksville-Qualicum Beach, Living Free AA Rally 2026

Date
June 19, 2026 - June 21, 2026
Location
Qualicum Bay, British Columbia

Grapevine Instagram Photo Contest!

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Quote July 9, 2016

“We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1962 “What Is Acceptance?” The Language of the Heart
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Quote July 9, 2015

“We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1962 “What Is Acceptance?” The Language of the Heart
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Quote July 9 2012

"We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1962 From: "What Is Acceptance?" The Language of the Heart
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Quote February 26, 2015

“I’m free to be the person I’ve always wanted to be, but never before had the courage to become.”

Temple, TX, October 1990“The Man I’ve Always Wanted to Be,”AA Grapevine

Grapevine Daily Quote February 26, 2018

“I’m free to be the person I’ve always wanted to be, but never before had the courage to become.”

Temple, TX, October 1990 “The Man I’ve Always Wanted to Be,” AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote December 23, 2018

“If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy.”

“Short Takes,” Cheverly, Maryland, February 1985, AA Grapevine
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Quote December 23, 2016

“If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy.”

Cheverly, Md., February 1985
“Short Takes”
AA Grapevine
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Quote December 23, 2013

“If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy.”

Cheverly, Md., February 1985 “Short Takes,” AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote March 22, 2019

“In AA, we discover that it is impossible to give without receiving, or receive without giving.”

“The Gift of Sobriety,” North Hollywood, California, February 1993, AA Grapevine
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Quote March 22, 2017

“In AA, we discover that it is impossible to give without receiving, or receive without giving.”

North Hollywood, California, February 1993 “The Gift of Sobriety” AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 15, 2018

“I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, indeed, upon any set of circumstances whatever. Then only could I be free to love.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1958, “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote October 15, 2016

“I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, indeed, upon any set of circumstances whatever. Then only could I be free to love.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1958 “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety” The Language of the Heart
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Quote Feb 23 2016

"I am free to like and enjoy what I have. I don't need to exhibit my high values by hating my rowboat for not being a yacht, my house for not being a palace, my child for not being a prodigy."

Islamadora, Fla., November 1971    From: "The Impossible Dream"Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Quote February 23, 2013

“I am free to like and enjoy what I have. I don’t need to exhibit my high values by hating my rowboat for not being a yacht, my house for not being a palace, my child for not being a prodigy.”

Islamadora, Fla., November 1971 From: “The Impossible Dream” Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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October 15, 2013

“I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, indeed, upon any set of circumstances whatever. Then only could I be free to love.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1958 “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety” The Language of the Heart
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