The September Issue of Grapevine Is Here
In this month's special section, we feature light and humorous stories that make us smile.
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
June 1968
By:
B. B.
| Detroit, Michigan
On Negro GSO Delegates and Public-Service Tapes
AA Around the World
February 1959
By:
Bill H.
FROM BOMBAY TO CALCUTTA - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO.
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
November 1946
By:
J.F.H.
| Linda Vista, California
The 12th Step
No More Breath Mints
April 2012
By:
Clayton C.
| Atlanta, Georgia
AA helped him remove the liquor smell and become a show-up son
Know Thyself!
July 2011
By:
Gary T.
| Poughkeepsie, New York
True humility comes when he accepts all that he is, good and bad
The Great Equalizer
May 1980
By:
J. R., MD
| San Diego, California
Loners, leaders, priests, potentates, and just plain folk--alcoholism is
Four Days Sober. . .Again
February 1968
By:
Joni R.
| Manhattan, New York
She had had a sober year once--ten years ago. But each new morning still challenges, and promises. . .
A Way of Daily Living
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Greg W.
| Escondido, Calif.
A difficult journey leads to recovery and peace of mind
Showtime
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Mark J.
| Kona, Hawaii
After years of bad blood, it was time to make amends to his mom. Who knew it would involve a new outfit and a bunch of dancing
Maximum picnic
July 2018
By:
Ruth L.
| Beaconsfield, Quebec
Doing service in prison not only feeds her soul, but sometimes even her stomach
Doctors' Opinions
September 2011
By:
Shauna M.
| London
More can be done to educate the medical community about alcoholism
Nothing Short of Our Very Best
June 1985
By:
J. H.
| Transvaal
Five presentations from the Eighth World Service Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous October 21–25, 1984
Doctor, Why Can't I Stop Drinking?
August 1970
By:
G. E. Deering, MD
For guilt and remorse, substitute a worthwhile experience, suggests this doctor friend of AA
An Inner Truth
November 2013
By:
Tim B.
| Jasper, Indiana
Wife or no wife, legs or no legs, a Marine discovers that AA works when you get honest
To Be Alive Again
August 1972
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
To taste, savor, feel the pains and joys of reality
What’s Best for the Group
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
C.B.
| Bend, Ore.
A member in Oregon shares her thoughts about one of our most important Traditions
A Hug in the Holy City
July 2015
A newcomer lucks out in Jerusalem and finds a beautiful meeting just in the nick of time
Equilateral Triangle
November 2014
By:
Eddie D.
| Lancaster, California
His sponsor taught him early on about the three legacies