Grape Vignettes
May 1950
A Love Affair with the Traditions
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Richard M.
| Littleton, Colorado
How a day of complaining turned into a 37-year journey of wonder with 12 gems about unity and love
A Plant From the Management
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Arnie G.
| Valley Stream, N.Y.
They told him he couldn’t possibly be an alcoholic. He found out otherwise
“I’m an Alcoholic!”
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Howard P.
| New York, New York
He was thrilled to break his anonymity onstage and even to the press. What could possibly go wrong?
Meet the parents
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Michael O.
| Marysville, Wash.
His folks came to “birthday night” to see what this weird cult was about. By the end of the night, everyone got a surprise
Coming to Believe
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Fred M.
| Hamilton, N.J.
After 29 years of sobriety, a member gets a completely new understanding of Step Two
No Matter What
June 2018
By:
Michelle K.
| Grande Prairie, Alberta
She didn’t expect kindness or understanding after her last DUI, but she got it, and from an unexpected source—the cop who had arrested her
Welcome to the fourth dimension
June 2017
By:
Cheri J.
| Missouri
With a mop in one hand and a rag in the other, she blasted off into the world of AA service
Short Fuse
July 2014
By:
Jeremy B.
| Abilene, Texas
A drive for liquor made him do something he thought he’d never do
Relationships Reconsidered
November 2013
Learning to practice the principles in all his affairs made all the difference
Dear Grapevine
June 2013
Enjoy the Ride
May 2013
By:
George F.
| Drums, Pennsylvania
Learning to have fun again was a trip of its own
Lest We Forget
April 1953
Excerpt from the fourteenth printing of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," pages 41-43.
Fully Present Fully Real
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Sarasot, Florida
A dad in Florida who relapsed learns a powerful lesson— make sobriety No. 1 in life
(A Sober) St. Patrick’s Day
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Liz N.
| West Bloomfield, Michigan
She used to pass out by 4 P.M. Now it’s become a day of corned beef, cabbage, fellowship and fun
Never Organized, Huh?
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Harold I.
| Marietta, Georgia
In AA, who really runs the show? You do. We do. A member helps explain
Blind Spots
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Barnes B.
| White River Junction, Vermont
A member shares about the importance of checking with one another to help see the truth about ourselves
Smooth Moves
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
George H.
| Kingston, New Hampshire
A business meeting is a perfect place, he says, to round the edges, get along and get the job done
Big Shot
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Need for recognition drove his drinking, but in AA he found anonymity was a way to become right-sized
How Things Get Done
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Amazingly, much of AA happens through willing volunteers, but some workers we need to pay for
AA News
August 2023
| AA in the Military
Reaching People Who Need Us
Grapevine talks with Class A trustee Molly (Anderson) Oliver
Grapevine talks with Class A trustee Molly (Anderson) Oliver
Doing The Footwork
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Portland, Ore.
He thought he was only “sort of” an alcoholic—until he took the Steps necessary to admit he was powerless
In the right place
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Peter A.
| Medford, Ore.
Why should he put the cart back where it belongs? It’s raining and no one will notice