Hold on tight
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Alice M.
| Cleveland, Ohio
At five months sober, she was about to give up. But a late night motorcycle ride gave her the jump start she needed
Dear Grapevine
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
One step at a time
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Anonymous
| New Britain, Conn.
A member shares about his journey into sobriety and the challenges of living with cerebral palsy
Craving
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jim S.
| Virginia Beach, Va.
Looking back after half a century in AA, he remembers his intense craving for alcohol and how the Steps and his Higher Power pulled him through
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
The Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me
November 2014
By:
Stephen M.
| Neenah, Wisconsin
He thought alcohol had ruined his life. Now he feels differently
Sober Sailor
August 2011
By:
Tommy C.
| Port Angeles, Washington
A seafaring man finds sobriety and the greatest adventure of his life in AA
Sober In The Sixties
July 2006
By:
Fairleigh M.
| La Mesa, California
A long-timer talks about getting sober in her teens
The Varieties Of AA Literature
October 2003
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
--One Member's Experience
Governed By Love
February 1994
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition Two - <emphasis type="italic">For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.</emphasis>
Governed By Love
September 1981
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 2 - For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern
Pipe the Admiral!
May 1965
By:
S. A.
| Weems, Virginia
If the ship is on Broadway, and you're on the ship,--what are you? (three guesses)
Toper's Tale of the Month
February 1961
By:
T. F. C. as told to C.W.
| West Redding, Connecticut
EPISOT 1. Big Man with the Boss's Dough
Two A.M. Reverie at a Picture Window
January 1961
By:
R. M.
| Michigan
Have we sometimes missed the magic of seeing out?
AA Around the World
August 1959
By:
B. R.
| Palmyra
I CAN SEE EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published by the General Service Of
Chicago A.A.
September 1951
The Pleasures of Reading
November 1947
By:
C.P.
| Manhattan, New York
HOW TO KEEP AWAKE--AND LIKE IT!
The Pleasures of Reading
April 1946
By:
R.E.B.
| Manhattan, New York
<emphasis type="italic">Written on the Wind</emphasis>, a novel by Robert Wilder (Putnam; $2.75)
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
September 1966
By:
J. I.
| California
The Deacon's Bench