Beginnings in Beirut
April 1984
On the Road to Damascus
April 1975
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Many believe that the reality of conversion can be measured by the results - The Search for Spiritual Experience
The Blonde on the Boat
September 1970
By:
Anonymous
| California
When the picture finally came into focus, a new understanding of responsibility came clear, too
How "White" Is a "White Lie"?
September 1962
By:
Dr. O. Hobart Mowrer
A psychiatrist comments on "the honesty part
AA in the Theater
June 1960
Players and playwrights can mask their drinking problem for just so long. Then fame turns to notoriety--and worse
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1987
By:
The Big issue
Building Self-Esteem
The Boy and the Man
March 1971
A Beginner's Story
May 2012
By:
Elmo
| Hollister, California
He learned he no longer needed to drink over his fears, doubts, anger, and confusion
It takes a village
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
“Definitely Steve”
| Nashville, Tenn.
A longtime member in Tennessee gleefully remembers the wonderful oldtimers who gave him his start
63 Wonderful Years
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Joan S.
| San Diego, Calif.
Hopping in and out of virtual meetings all over the world, a mother of four who got sober in 1957 has really seen it all
The Committee
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Andy A.
| St. Peters, Mo.,
Voices # 1,2,3 and 4 have lots to say about Andy’s day off. Oh wait, #5 does too
No Defense
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
MaryAnn B.
| Tacoma, Wash.
Getting sober later in life, with the help of Grapevine and a spiritual awakening
A True Partnership?
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Anonymous
| Cocoa Beach, FL.
Finding out that getting sober can mean finally forming real relationships
The best part of my week
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Tom C.
| El Paso, Texas
He’s seen men come and go. Some make it and many not, but one thing’s for sure: He keeps coming
Better Late Than Never?
January 2017
It isn’t your age that counts when you come into the program, it’s your willingness, as one older newcomer discovers
Dear Grapevine
September 2014
Downhill Slide
August 2011
By:
Anonymous
She went into her first beer joint at the age of four and life was never the same
Dawn of a Higher Power
November 2010
By:
TOM L.
| Palo Alto, Calif.
Spirituality was elusive until he accepted an energy beyond his understanding
The Perfect weekend
October 2010
By:
MEL B.
| Toledo, Ohio
After 60 years in AA, an old-timer reflects back to the first convention
Laughing in the face of death
September 2009
By:
BELLE M.
| Ocean Springs, Miss.
A 70-year-old accepts her health problems as part of the plan
A Prisoner Of My Own Universe
January 2006
By:
Sheryl M.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her only escape was alcohol
Three Graces
December 2005
By:
Melody V.
| Boulder, Colorado
A family in the throes of this deadly disease