Scene of the Crime
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Louis P.
| Meford, Oregon
Somewhere in a lava field in Idaho, a bottle of whiskey was calling his name
A Fresh Perspective
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Totally overwhelmed at work at 12 years sober, he found the path to peace just down the road
One of the guys
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
DeAnna K.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She drank the other pilots under the table and out-performed them in the sky. How could she be an alcoholic?
A warm hug
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, Calif.
On a cold winter morning, a tiny group of alcoholics show up for one another like only AA can
At Peace with the World
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Denver, Colo.
Just when he needed to dive back in the program and help someone, he met an old boxer named Jake
A Mom’s Return
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Claudia N.
| Santa Rosa, Calif.
Through living amends, a grateful sober mother comes full circle with the children she once abandoned for booze
Chasing The Monsters Away
September 2016
Drunkenly putting his son to bed, he passed on three generations of alcoholism in a single breath—until AA helped him break the cycle.
Raised in Loisaida
August 2014
By:
Vicky B.
| New York, New York
On New York’s Lower East Side, she did it her way and drank like the boys
Payback
March 2013
By:
C.B.
| Bristol, Pennsylvania
An old-timer remembers the best bargain he ever made
Strawberries and Ice Cream
February 1980
By:
S. M.
| Joliet, Illinois
In about thirty seconds he devoured a quart of it.
Inside and Outside
July 1970
By:
R. P.
| Carson City, Nevada
Wherever you are, it's what's inside the man that matters most
Helping Hands
April 1958
By:
Inventory
OUTSIDE AA <lbActivities and developments outside AA in the field of alcoholism. . .a news report.<lbHERE AND THERE
Humor
June 1950
Dear Grapevine
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
Surfside Beach
September 2017
By:
Leslie P.
| Lake Jackson, Texas
The water at her hometown beach was brown, the sand covered with tar, but, like her alcoholism, it was “normal.” Sobriety gave her a different perspective
Happy Endings
December 2011
By:
Sam G.
| Wingrave
The story of a couple who met in AA and later married
Responsible Sponsorship
January 1973
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
As AA grows, let's not lose that joyous one-to-one relationship
AA in Five Languages
September 1972
By:
R. E. T.
| Denver, Colorado
Around the world, the setting may be different but the message is the same
Some Advice I Don't Take
March 1966
By:
Anonymous
A cool appraisal of a few old AA saws by a gal member who stays sober anyway
What We Need
March 1964
By:
M. D. B.
| Westfield, New Jersey
It isn't always what we want, but the painful truth can be a blessing
Self-Acceptance
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jesse C.
| Livermore, CA.
He decided to stop asking why he was an alcoholic—and to do something about it instead
At Wit's End
October 2014