A Twig In the Yard
July 2001
The Silent Sponsor
December 1964
By:
J. S. C.
| New Hartford, New York
When it comes naturally, effective sponsorship doesn't need a label
The Little Oak Tree
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Joe H.
| Powell River, British Columbia
It takes loving care and plenty of light to grow an oak tree—and a sober alcoholic
We Agnostics
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Scott M.
| Farmers Branch, Texas
A Grapevine reader examines AA approaches to finding a God of our understanding
Another opportunity for growth
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Alexis C.
| Bowie, Md.
How did this mom’s day get so bad so fast? Luckily, she’d been sober a while and knew just what to do
Making Peace with the Holidays
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Paul B.
| Oak View, Calif.
This Christmas Eve, a lonely newcomer learned that choosing joy was the way to go
Midnight to Midnight
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Bill K.
| Albans, Vt.
Twenty four hours a day, forty years later, happy, joyous and free
Special workers
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Leslie J.W.
| Scottsdale, Arizona
Why we pay people for certain jobs, but not for Twelfth Step work
Seize the Day
January 2008
By:
Jill W.
| Seattle, Washington
Jumping into life 12,000 feet above the earth
Where are the Newcomers?
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Victoria F.
| Princeton, N.J.
A member wonders if her group could explore some new ways to fulfill its primary purpose
The smell of freedom
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Kathryn W.
| Chancellor, Alaska
When it was time to admit, she spent some quiet time in a very special place under the sky
What Ever Happened to Mom?
February 1983
By:
E. H.
| Tarpon Springs, Florida
Too much AA activity wasn't fair to her family
The Road Gets Narrower
June 1991
By:
Dorothy H.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One alcoholic sharing his or her experience, strength, and hope with another is the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous. This month, six more AAs share their thoughts on this topic, so vital to AA's future.
Practicing AA Principles
June 1974
A Hole-in-one
August 2004
By:
Dave H.
| Hampton, Virginia
After a hole-in-one, things were going to be okay