Dear Grapevine
July 2017
On the Jailhouse Floor
July 2003
By:
Jerome R. S.
| Corona, California
Spiritual awakenings can happen in the most unlikely places, and once they do, there's no telling where life will lead
Right in the Middle
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Peggy S.
| Belleville, N.J
In Aruba for her granddaughter’s wedding, a newcomer uses every tool she has to surround herself with AA
Dear Grapevine
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
My Guardian Angel
October 2017
By:
Patty S.
| Romeoville, Ill.
She knew she had a problem. What she didn’t know was that the guy she liked would help her find the answer
Beyond the Blues and Back Again
October 2005
By:
Gerald G.
| Tempe, Arizona
The difference between opinion and experience
I LIKED THE MEDICINE
March 1953
By:
D. A. S.
| Frederickton, New Brunswick
You have to live it, feel it, suffer it before you know it. . .and you have to admit it before you can recover.
Four More Explanations in "Slip" Clinic
April 1946
Lost and found at sea
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
D. T.
| Billings, Mont.
Her anger nearly sent her overboard. But pausing to meditate put her back on calm waters
The rowdiest, rockingest group
March 2017
By:
Gwyneth N.
| Saco, Maine
Who knew there’d be this much knee-slapping fun in the dingy basement of her local church?
Too Cool for School
August 2012
By:
Josef H.
| Minden, Nevada
The fancier the job, the more he drank, until years of fast living finally took their toll
Web Exclusive: White Wine Did the Job
March 2011
By:
Caroline C.
From a childhood of fear to years of heavy drinking, she finally found AA in Paris
I Didn't Want to Want to. . .
June 1960
By:
Warden Clinton Duffy
San Quentin's former warden tells how Prison Groups offer alcoholic inmates a means for recovery from the disease that is often directly responsible for criminal records
Tools for Today
March 2014
By:
Lindsay M.
| Lanarkshire
The phone has been an important part of AA for decades … but sometimes it's time for an upgrade
Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends... Press, Radio, Television
October 1957
By:
Bill W.
Fourth in a Series
The Slippery Slope
June 2018
By:
Ron G.
| Camarillo, Calif.
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
Going Down
June 2016
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
He was escorted to the elevators the day he was fired. Then booze escorted him to AA
The White Flag of Surrender
December 1976
By:
Father T.
| California
AA freed him of remorse and enabled him to serve is God when he finally raised
How and Why AA Grows
August 1978
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
A presentation to the 28th General Service Conference of trends and developments in our ever-expanding Fellowship
Dear Grapevine
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
Dear Grapevine
December 2015
Reconciliations
May 2012
By:
Mike B.
Sobriety helped to heal the fractured relationships with his family