Letter from the Editor
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Letter from the Editor
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
If You’re Looking For A Place to Home
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Caroline P.
| Riverside, Calif.
Coming into the program after twenty years of drinking, she was reborn—as herself
The Real Me Now
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Natasha G.
| Eau Claire, Wis.
Through the beauty of nature and the AA program, she is able to find serenity—and her true self—at last
Carrying the Message in Hindi
January 2004
By:
Satya B.
| New Delhi
A letter from an Intergroup Manager in New Delhi to his online AA group
“Come with me to the Nudist Colony”
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
B.L.
| San Francisco, California
While making amends she asked her daughter how to make things right. Be careful what you ask for
Surviving and Thriving
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jennifer T.
| Schaumburg, Ill.
An horrific accident ultimately leads her to the rooms and recovery
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
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
Think, Think, Think!
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jim C.
| Cumming, Ga.
The sign was upside-down—but so was his thinking!
Making the call
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Marie R.
| Brisbane, QLD
She used to reach for a drink; now she grabs the phone. It’s a simple action that saves lives
A Good Look
October 2014
By:
Don B.
| Berlin, Maryland
A newcomer discovers that it's never too early to start looking at Step 10
The Open Hand of Friendship
November 2013
Shaking and scared, a newcomer is taken under the wing of an AA at a meeting
Built on Rock
September 2011
By:
B.B.
| St. Louis, Missouri
He learned that a strong belief in a higher power was the foundation he needed to stay sober
Not My Choice
November 2007
By:
Susan K.
| Asheville, North Carolina
The elementary schoolteacher and the biker babe
My Cheated Heart
September 2002
By:
Kelli E.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
An exile in isolation finds that no one has to hurt alone