The Clip Sheet
November 1946
Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces
August 1945
By:
Jack G. C., Jr., HA1/c
The Seed Was Planted
The Love of Service
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
A few past and current trustees share their thoughts about serving the Fellowship
Double The Love
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Michael E.
| Port St. Lucie, Florida
Boy, did he luck out. Not only did he get a good sponsor, but two great friends who became his AA family
Three Little Words
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jim D.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
After his first meeting, he decided AA wasn’t for him. Then someone uttered the magic phrase
The Officer
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Vanessa D.
| Milwaukee, Wis.
When she went missing a police officer saw her as a sick person, not a bad one. It set her on the road to grateful sobriety
What Living Sober Is All About
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Pamela R.
| Bend, Ore.
Beginning in fear, ending in hope: one alcoholic’s journey
Not My Finest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Brian R.
| Brentwood, Calif.
A member says it’s OK to share that we’re not always grateful and that we’re not having a wonderful day
Dear Grapevine
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Wherever you go
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Jeanne R.
| Rochester, Pennsylvania
Her move to Florida would’ve gone a whole lot easier had she remembered her sponsor’s wise words
Confessions of a high school cheerleader
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Jennifer M.
| Columbus, Nebraska
When the cheering stopped, she made a play to join the winning team
Dear Grapevine
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
Looking Up
January 2016
When he first got to AA, he could only stare at the floor. Now he can almost see peoples’ eyes
Double Winners
March 2012
By:
Anonymous
| Hastings, New York
An AA shares her experience of being in AA and Al-Anon
Rowing in the Lifeboat
December 2011
By:
Jim
| Tasmania
An oldtimer chronicles his own fight against AA as a cautionary tale
The Winning Essay
June 2003
By:
Ronnie T.
| Paradis, Louisiana
Sometimes it takes a little push to get honest
AA Al Fresco
February 2003
By:
Henry H.
| Malmo, Minnesota
The dark brought a deeper feeling of vulnerability and honesty
What Might Have Been
January 1994
By:
Anonymous
| Woodside, New York
those who can't be helped can be a powerful example