If You Must Move. . .
June 1970
By:
E. C. McG.
| Alexandria, Virginia
Here are twelve suggestions to help you adjust to new people and new surroundings. Wherever you go, you'll find our AA principles in practice
Dear Grapevine
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
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 Spiritual Angle
November 1992
By:
Reverend Samuel M. Shoemaker
There were men like clergyman Sam Shoemaker, whose early teachings did so much to inspire Dr. Bob and me." Bill W. in AA Comes of Age - From the October 1955 Grapevine
The Spiritual Angle
November 1978
By:
The Reverend Samuel M. Shoemaker
The Episcopal clergyman who "passed on the spiritual keys by which we were liberated" speaks of the heart of our program - From the October 1955 Grapevine
Sidebar
December 1949
A Doctor Speaks
May 2001