The Man from AA
May 2016
We show up, we help out, we comfort the suffering alcoholic—because that’s what we do
Dear Grapevine
April 2016
The Last Time I Saw My Daughter
February 2016
Getting sober with her child wasn't easy, but what happened after Mother's Day was almost more than she could bear
A Moment in the Dark
September 2015
In a sea of empty beer cans, he had made his home a prison. What would it take to break free?
In Black and White
March 2013
By:
Erin S.
| Olathe, Kansas
Just when her life was falling apart, a mom reads good news in the Sunday paper
Tradition Time
November 2012
By:
Jon C.
| El Dorado Hills, California
He was so busy doing service, he barely noticed his depression had lifted
Paradise Lost
June 2011
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
A meeting of one turns her vacation from disastrous to delightful
Why I like the Lord’s Prayer
April 2011
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
An AA shares why he is not about to abandon this meeting closer
Downhill spiral
August 2010
By:
JOHN C.
| Palm Bay, Fla.
A drifter with a long rap sheet reaches out to AA
9TH STEP RIDE
September 2008
By:
Scotty K.
| Lake Arrowhead, California
A biker calculates the price of peace
Scaling the Heights
August 2008
By:
D.J.
| Berkeley, California
Sharing sobriety and fellowship on an Alaskan glacier
Who Is A Member Of Alcoholics Anonymous?
November 2007
By:
Bill W.
The origins of our Third Tradition
Flag-wavers Anonymous?
July 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy
Doing What We Do Best
February 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 6 - An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose
. . .As the Result of These Steps. . .
April 1980
By:
P. M.
| Riverside, Illinois
He found that there are solid benefits in reworking all the Steps
A Miracle Happened That Day
August 1979
By:
P. B.
| Douglasville, Georgia
At her first meeting, she lost all desire to drink
Tolerance
June 1978
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
Let's apply it to groups as well as to individuals
The Man Who Wanted to Revise the Lord's Prayer
November 1976
By:
Dick W.
Change the Big Book? Change the program? No thanks, not me," says - From the August 1969 Grapevine
Finding a God of Our Understanding
October 1975
By:
Teet" C.
| North Hollywood, California
An agnostic reviews the stages by which he came to believe
A Very Special Sharing
June 1972
By:
Alberta S.
| Edgewood, Maryland
Each of us has something of his own that is worth giving to others
Your Doctor Can't Help You!
January 1971
By:
Anonymous, MD
| Manhattan, New York
If he doesn't know that you're an alcoholic, if he doesn't know that you react badly to some kinds of medication. . .