Off to Founders’ Day
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Patty B.
| Columbus, Ohio
A risky three-day road trip to Akron with her mom? Luckily, a big dose of Bill & Bob was just the right medicine
Sealed & Delivered
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
K.W.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Write a letter to everyone she owed? How would she ever pay them back? Time for a little faith
Just the Right Moment
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
David P.
| Prescott, Ariz.
How soon do you tell your date you’re an alcoholic? Do you tell your friends, coworkers, neighbors? One member has some thoughts
Faith in the Time of COVID
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Louise M.
| Long Island, N.Y.
Could she maintain emotional sobriety with the COVID bully at her door? She and her Higher Power had a plan
Bring to the table
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Bradley W.
| Plymouth, Wisconsin
A sober prisoner discovers that hanging out in the day room is the place to be
Educating Pamela
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Pamela H.
| Canandaigua, New York
Once drunk in a pile of ungraded papers, a teacher gets schooled on how to stay sober and get her joy back
Early diagnosis
March 2017
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Oregon
A doctor gave him a prescription for his shakes. Turned out there was no need for a second opinion
Under-Slept, Over-Served
January 2017
He got drunk and missed a crucial career meeting—but found that his Higher Power had an even bigger job in store for him.
Wherever We’re Needed
December 2016
By:
Jen K.
| Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
A delegate from the Yukon Territory shares what she’s learned about the challenges of some of our most remote communities
Stranger In My Head
October 2016
Coming into AA in his 70s, it took him a while to get used to the sober “stranger” who now inhabits him and helps guide the way
Raising the roof
June 2016
For a motion to raise money to fix up a church, Tradition Six hit the nail on the head
Prime Dating Material?
November 2015
They told him romance would happen in God's time. But would he listen?
Painful ego-puncturing
October 2015
New in town, she dove into service and wanted a position. What she got was an opportunity to grow
Meetings, dances and late night coffee
May 2015
By:
B.N.
| Spring Lake, New Jersey
A General Service trustee remembers how much Young Peoples’ Conferences helped him get sober
Go for the Ride
December 2014
By:
Anonymous
One reason he got involved in general service was right outside on the curb
Guardian of AA
November 1980
By:
Bill W.
Our General Service Conference - From the April 1958 Grapvine
11th Tradition
July 1971
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
First Tradition Checklist
November 1969
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
The author says: "AA's Twelve Traditions have, in my experience, often proved vital in keeping me sober, and helpful otherwise in all my affairs." This is the first of a series of articles sharing that experience.
The Trouble Was, I Wasn't Ornamental
September 1965
By:
G. N. G.
| Manhattan,, New York
An AA comments on a recent sociological study of the different social and personal motives people have for drinking
How Anonymous Should You Be?
May 1965
By:
Anonymous
It may look easy to practise the second A in AA, but it doesn't always work out that way
Chapter XXIBoomerang
March 1944
For the special delectation of Grapevine readers: A chapter, in 2 installments, from the novel September Remember by Eliot Taintor, to be published by Prentice Hall on April 16th.
No way out
September 2016
By:
Rick D.,
| Portland, Ore.
He escaped a troubled childhood by joining the army. But he couldn’t escape the bottle
Faith Among the Ruins
September 2002
By:
Connie C.
| New York, New York
Even in the smoldering wreckage of the World Trade Center, there was hope