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
Does Daddy Know?
September 2005
By:
Megan K.
| Destin, Florida
Her father was a military policeman. He'd be furious if he found out what she was doing.
A Remarkable Sensation
March 1997
By:
Trebbe J.
| Thompson, Pennsylvania
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Some Never Make It
April 1996
By:
L.S.
| Bowie, Maryland
A child lives with the pain of a father who couldn't stop drinking
Professor Winkley Invents the Pill
November 1976
By:
R. Z.
Winkley's AA friend is supposed to be the first to try it, but he doesn't after all. . . - From the July 1967 Grapevine
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