Alcoholism Gets Worldwide Recognition
March 1951
Alcoholism At Large
August 2013
Close Encounter
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
David S.
| San Francisco, California
Drunk and desperate, he had reached the end of the line. Luckily, a nearby passenger knew just where to go
Dear Grapevine
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
The Faith to Believe in What Is
July 1972
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
Faith must be structured in the bright light of truth as we see it
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
January 1978
By:
NIAAA Information & Feature Ser
'Blind' on One Drink?
Making Amends
December 1981
By:
P. M.
| Riverside, Illinois
The Twelve Steps give us a way to repair and rebuild the past
Pit Stop
January 2013
By:
Terry F.
| Merrill, Michigan
She spent years hopping from bars to beds until a good friend showed her the way home
When It's Time to Retire
April 1977
By:
D. W.
| North Port, Florida
At first there's a feeling of loneliness but AA sharing makes everything right again
He Can't Do This to Me
May 1979
By:
W. S.
| Fort Walton Beach, Florida
He reverted to his old ways of reading--with pain and anger
Bottoms Up!
April 1948
Welcome! Keep Coming Around
March 1978
By:
J. B.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For Beginners --and All of Us- This issue of the Grapevine is dedicated to 'how it was' when we first came to the AA program--a sharing of experience and a reminder of principles we should never forget
The Impossible Dream
November 1971
By:
J. W.
| Islamorada, Florida
Sobriety demands that we accept life as it is, with all its good and all its evil
Too Young For AA?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Nicole S.
| Melissa, Texas
Was age 12 too young to get sober?
Welcome back, sucker
April 2015
By:
Larry K.
| Manhasset, New York
After 11 years, he stopped going to meetings and an old friend returned
Web Exclusive: Home Group Mementos
January 2012
By:
Barb R.
| Medford, Oregon
Identical leather bracelets serve as ties to a home group amongst fisherman in Mexico
Time Bomb
March 1963
By:
Tick-Tick
| Van Nuys, California
Tick-Tick Charlie: the man with the match. . .with the fuse. . .with the. . .<emphasis type="bold">WHAM!!!</emphasis>
Tension
November 1963
By:
Dr. "Ted
| Melbourne
An AA doctor shares his method of release from--
Serving Online
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Bob C.
| Jacksonville, Florida
Becoming a GSR opened a new world for Bob, and because he was a computer guy, the growing kept going
Never Organized, Huh?
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Harold I.
| Marietta, Georgia
In AA, who really runs the show? You do. We do. A member helps explain