GSO Archives
January 2000
A Transforming Experience of the Spirit
June 1985
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
What is the message we carry?
Getting Into Action
January 1980
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
This AA found the joys of helping others
PSYCHIATRIC AND MEDICAL VIEWS
February 1956
1955 News Round - Public enlightenment action are trends in the year's news about alcoholism
Family Circle
November 1953
By:
Canada
| Toronto
NO ABRACADABRA WANTED <lb<emphasis type="italic">As non-alcoholic mates and families see the AA program. . .</emphasis>
God Bless Mashed Potatoes
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
M.M.
| Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
It was her first social event sober, and she was freaking out at all the booze. Luckily, a desperate prayer saved her
Back To Where I Started
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Brad N.
| Springfield, Va.
Life, death and sobriety in Tidewater Virginia
We Can Stay Sober Through Anything
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Susan D.
| Catskill, New York
Her battle with mental health at 17 years sober was super tough, but luckily she got help and stayed close to AA
And So From My Heart I Say
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Rev. Canon Samuel M. Shoemaker, D.D.
| New York, New York
Reverend Shoemaker’s thoughts about helping alcoholics and the very early days of AA
Respect The Room You’re In
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Suzanne A.
| Loudon, Tenn.
Thirty years later, AA rooms have certainly changed
My Relationship With God
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Elaine P.
| Orlando, Fla.
What to do if your self-will keeps popping up
Wake Up Call
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Bill E.
| Galveston, Texas
Divorced and disillusioned, this retiree was about to leave the state—and AA too. Good thing he made it to his noon meeting
Starting Over
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Anonymous
| Wilsonville, Oregon
At 20 years of sobriety, she got the message to step up her program. Boy, is she glad she did
Them Against Me
April 1984
By:
K. P.
| Olympia, Washington
When she finally told AA friends about her slip, it was them <emphasis type="underline">and</emphasis> me again
By Willpower Alone?
March 1983
By:
W. W.
| Poultney, Vermont
After eight years of dryness, he found AA--and happy sobriety
Part of the Job Is Up to Us
January 1983
By:
D. R.
| Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Serenity Courage Wisdom
Identity Crisis
June 1982
By:
D. S.
| Desert Hot Springs, California
I am an alcoholic" is the foundation for much more
Lifting the Obsession
January 1981
By:
C. P.
| St. John, New Brunswick
He noticed that the craving for a drink had left him
So Changed a Life
November 1979
By:
C. F.
The author, whose story "Fear of Fear" appears in both the second and third editions of Alcoholics Anonymous, recently celebrated with her husband their thirtieth AA anniversary. - From the September 1968 Grapevine
International Lawyers in AA
September 1977
By:
I. S.
| Hartford, Connecticut
They are regular AAs, but they search for opportunities to serve through their profession
Watch Out for Enemy No. 1!
June 1977
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
When resentments begin to take over, stop, look, listen, and <emphasis type="underline">think</emphasis>!
Getting It All Back
August 1976
By:
G. P.
| Elbert, Colorado
A writer on a lost weekend is twelfth-stepped by his agent
The Veil
August 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Rhode Island
Medication dulled her senses, so she was puzzled when A A. told her, "Don't chew your booze
Thanks, but No Thanks
July 1975
By:
W. G.
| Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
One alcoholic's response to the idea of controlled drinking--even if it were possible
Let Me Take Your Inventory
May 1974
By:
Sally H.
| Bellevue, Washington
We're sharing experience when I learn from you and you learn from me