Unopened Gifts
December 2012
By:
Bruno W.
| Colinton, Alberta
Alone on Christmas Eve, a newcomer makes a risky deal with God
Dear Grapevine
February 2011
Most humble?
April 2010
By:
MIKE S.
| Whitehouse, Ohio
If there really were a 'humility pin,' his would have been confiscated
A death in the family
November 2009
By:
MARTHA S.
| Eugene, Ore.
A home group becomes a community when an anchor of the meeting dies
Detox diary
April 2009
By:
Mary J.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
A release from the desire to drink was the only miracle she needed
The Home Group of My Heart
April 2004
By:
H. John R.
| New Martinsville, West Virginia
The light still shines at the Midnight Meeting
Tommy's Mustache
August 2003
By:
Daniel A. D.
| New York, New York
Step Eight - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Tuning in to the Spirit
November 1996
By:
J. M.
| New York, New York
Reprinted from the July 1986 Grapevine
Sobriety Is Not a Science
November 1991
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles, California
From the August 1960 Grapevine
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
August 1947
By:
Lillian R.
| Spokane, Washington
Spiritual Awakening
Truck Stop Angels
August 2014
By:
Rachel R.
| Rocky Mount, North Carolina
In search of food, clean clothes and an AA meeting, a tired driver hits the road and finds a truckload of kindness
AA Reaches the Four Corners: A Special Forum in the Navajo Nation
May 2000
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
To Tell Or Not to Tell?
September 1965
By:
F. J. T.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
What happened when a professor told his biology class about his own experience with alcohol
I Came to Believe
August 1952
By:
R. J. C.
| Rochelle, Illinois
and found that--"IN DEFEAT LIES VICTORY
Sober at 16
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Steve M.
| Exton, Pennsylvania
He drank to escape the world, until one day a guy named Steve told him he wouldn’t have to hurt anymore
Incoming!
October 2017
By:
Eric C.
| Traverse City, Mich.
Through heat, sand and sniper fire, their AA group kept them sober to show up and do their jobs
Gratitude
August 2012
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
How do you manage to feel grateful when you're feeling terrible?
Down the drain
October 2010
By:
CECIL R.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
One last binge ends a Navy medic's drinking days