Short Snorts
September 1960
They Brought a Meeting to My Madhouse
April 1975
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
A stirring plea for more interest and more hard work in institutions
At Wit’s End
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
AA attendance may reduce depression
May 2010
AA Grapevine Readers Respond to "Singleness of Purpose--what Are AAs Saying Today?" Featured in the May 2004 Issue
September 2004
By:
Earl R.
| Palm Springs, California
Dual-program recovery
The best I can do
September 2018
By:
Lucy B.
| Swannanoa, North Carolina
A member stays sober through incredible sadness and finds a way to be useful in her grief
Dear Grapevine
July 2011
An Evolving Desire
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Jimmy C.
| Peculiar, Missouri
He wasn’t ready to stop drinking at first, but as he hung around and listened, things changed
Worn With Love
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Kathy L.
| Portland, Oregon
It may be falling apart, but her beloved Big Book changed her life in ways she didn’t know was possible
AA News
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
Call for stories for pamphlet “Do You Think You’re Different?”
One Year And Counting
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Fred M.
| Allen, Texas
A newcomer joyfully enumerates the way the program has changed his life
To remember without anger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Jersey Steve
| St. Augustine, Florida
The program helped him find compassion, love and a new definition of forgiveness
More ups than downs
May 2011
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
A prank shows her the futility of her rage while working on the Fifth Step
BIKES AND BAGPIPES
July 2010
By:
KELLY W.
| Maumee, Ohio
A rider in the annual Founders' Day motorcade finds new spirituality in Akron
A Pat On the Back
September 2001
By:
Dale C.
| Tacoma, Washington
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.