Dear Grapevine
March 2026
| AA & the Family
Dear Grapevine
August 2023
| AA in the Military
Friends Wherever I Go
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Peter S.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Whether in Paris, Kansas City, Egypt or Iceland, he stays connected to the language of the heart
Borrowing God
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
E.A.
| Northampton, Mass.
Every day she prayed to Kate’s God, not knowing if it would work.
Then one day, while looking at a beautiful sunrise, she knew
Then one day, while looking at a beautiful sunrise, she knew
Dear Grapevine
September 2016
Building an Arch
May 2003
By:
Chico C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
from AA Grapevine, May 1989 - Step Five
Building an Arch
May 1989
By:
Chico C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Gratitude
September 1979
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
How do you manage to feel grateful when you're feeling terrible?
From the Cave of the Fallen Angels
March 1975
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
The words and the phrases may vary from time to time, but the basic message of the AA experience goes on unchanged
The Serenity Prayer
August 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
The beginner's third question: What <emphasis type="underline">is</i> this thing called AA?
A Mother’s Day Wish
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Mary Ann G.
| Dundalk, Maryland
After years of heartache and regret, she found the son her drinking took away
Suddenly Sober
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By:
Jamie G.
Alcohol literally stopped her heart—but she came back with it beating strong
A God-Shaped Hole
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By:
Dayna C.
| Highlands Ranch, Colo.
An accomplished suburban mother “who just loved to drink wine” finds her Higher Power in the rooms of AA
Dear Grapevine
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
The Fugitives
May 2004
By:
Dennis W.
| Tucson, Arizona
They just kept running until they came to the end of their long, painful rope
Doctors On Call
September 2003
By:
Omar M.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
This time, the patient emergency was the doctor on call
Recipe for Sobriety
November 1981
By:
K. P.
At least three parts Tradition were necessary as secret ingredients - From the November 1963 Grapevine
Beyond the Self
September 1970
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
There is something better to be found, but one has to give up to find it
Recipe for Sobriety
November 1963
By:
K. P.
| Calgary, Alberta
I found at least "three parts Tradition" to be necessary as secret ingredients in mine
WHOLESALE" 12TH STEP WORK
April 1953
By:
J .B.
| San Francisco, California
The first of a series on "tribal customs". . .group solutions to common AA problems. . .and new ideas on "how to do it.
The Pleasures of Reading
December 1946
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">Men Who Have Walked With God</emphasis> by Sheldon Cheney (Alfred A. Knpopf, $3)
What Do We Do About the Wine?
June 2015
By:
E. M. V.
Or, how I learned to toast the Queen without really drinking
What Do We Do About the Wine?
August 1964
By:
E. M. V.
Or, how I learned to toast the Queen without really drinking