The Amends I Didn’t Want to Make
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Jim R.
| New York, New York
Once full of rage and anger, he knew he had to make things right with his mom. But when and how?
Joy on a Full Moon
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Paul L.
| Whitefish, Montana
A sober bike ride with his home group in Glacier National Park was just the adventure he was looking for
Keeping The Piggy Bank Full
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tony V.
| Silver Spring,, Md.
Sober experience, collected and saved like pennies in a piggy bank, help him through the hard times
A Dream is a Promise You Give Yourself
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Elizabeth P.
| New York
Instead of crashing at the gates of alcoholic hell, she got to have cake with her good sober friends
Dear Grapevine
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
From a Distance
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
As the COVID crisis continues, she’s more determined than ever to help reach out any way she can
I Laughed, He Laughed
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Tom L.
| Albany, Ga.
He took him to events, got him into service and even helped him take out the “garbage.” That was Delmar’s way
Rusted Servant
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Dave A.
| Moncton, New Brunswick
Although he recently earned a new title, this past delegate in Canada hasn’t slowed down one bit
Backyard Bowery
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Steve S.
| Manhasset, New York
As a boy, he’d seen men drunk on the street and wondered how they got there. Well, he found out
A Late Bloomer in AA
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Rick
| W. Plains, Mont.
His drinking career stretched around the globe. Oddly, he was stuck in one place
Spotless pots
June 2017
By:
Davis M.
| Rio Rico, Arizona
So why was making coffee the most important job? This newcomer was about to find out
Once an Orphan
May 2016
How a priest, a woman, an upholsterer and AA helped a young man live a long, wonderful life
Hiding Empties
April 2016
By:
Vicki M.
| Fairhope, Ala.
The guy she was dating didn’t down beers like she did, so what else was she to do?
Out of the foxhole
April 2015
By:
Patrick D.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
After his pink cloud went away challenges hit, and isolation led him down a tunnel of white-knuckling pain
Weekend in jail
January 2015
By:
Melissa W.
| Granbury, Texas
With lice shampoo and a stiff orange suit, she was now alone with HP and Step One
A Pragmatic Power
June 1987
By:
P. B.
| Burnsville, Minnesota
He came to believe because he saw it work for others
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Service But Were Afraid to Ask
December 1984
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Secret society? Politics in AA? Elite group? Well, not quite . . .
Care Package
December 1983
By:
J. V.
| Alexandria, Minnesota
His Christmas gift--the grace to accept help gladly
Don't Tell Us What to Do!
June 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 9 - AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve
Something's Wrong With Elaine
December 1978
By:
Abraham J. Twerski, MD
True acceptance of our disease sometimes comes only after we've been sober awhile
Because Someone Did It for Me
December 1977
By:
P. M.
| Greenwich, Connecticut
When we learn to receive, as well as to give, we have learned the true meaning of sharing
Bill's Wife Remembers When
November 1976
By:
Lois W.
Coping with brawls and kooky behavior was part of keeping house for the early AA members - From the December 1944 Grapevine
The Most Important Job in AA
October 1976
By:
C. B.
| Santa Maria, California
Let's pay more attention to the office of GSR--it's the group's most vital link with AA as a whole
Let the Bum Find Us
October 1976
By:
A California PI chairman
Till we get the message to him, the suffering alcoholic is the public