Senile Sobriety
January 1965
By:
Anonymous
| Charlotte, Michigan
If you've been around a while and think you're having dull times, read this
How the Groups Govern the General Service Office
May 1962
By:
R. K.
| Traverse City, Michigan
Your delegates are key people in World AA
No Kidding
January 1961
By:
R.M.
| Toronto, Ontario
One man's opinion: AA is a Fellowship not a Friendship Club
A Chaplain Looks at AA
April 1960
One AA's Answer to Dr. Taylor
November 1953
By:
G. Aiken Taylor, Ph.D.
| Burlington, North Carolina, Dr. Taylor is the a
Those 'Goof Balls'
November 1945
By:
Bill W.
Part 2, Evidence on the Sleeping Pill Menace, Oct. 1945
Lost & Found
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Paul M.
| Oceanport, New Jersey
How would he ever repay the kindness he received on that dark, cold, drunken night? Years later in AA, he found a way
Making Coffee Saved My Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob S.
| Frederick, Md.
Getting sober required a commitment. He found the right one early on Wednesday mornings
15 minutes
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Kim P.
| Redway, California
This newcomer was desperate to stop drinking, but days and hours were too much to handle
Swimming With the Current
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
John K.
| Carleton, Ontario
To him, AA is a program of action, not belief. If we’re honest, kind and living in the love, we’re going the right way
I Came Back
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
He had sponsees and knew the Big Book front and back. But then he slipped. Now for the hard part
Smooth Moves
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
George H.
| Kingston, New Hampshire
A business meeting is a perfect place, he says, to round the edges, get along and get the job done
Indeed Miraculous
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Thomas S.
| Arlington Heights, Illinois
Through AA, he found a new, more powerful relationship with a Higher Power that was with him his whole life
Fear Gave Way to Faith
September 1989
By:
John H.
| Benoni
Step Nine - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Opening Up to Step Three
December 1984
By:
D. G.
| Parker, Colorado
We need to let go of spiritual prejudices
A Martian's Report on the Cult of 'Alcohol' Drinkers
November 1980
By:
R. Z.
From the May 1961 Grapevine
The Nearest Meeting: One Hundred Miles
December 1979
By:
W. M.
| Midland, Ontario
Back in 1945 it was a long drive to
Oh, the Drinks We've Drunk!
January 1976
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Recalling the days when some of the drinks we drank really did leave us breathless
T
February 1971
By:
Dr. John
| San Diego, California
The rule of HALT is a reminder that can help us all along the road to recovery - The Essence of AA