PO Box 1980
April 1995
By:
Jody L.
| Northampton, Massachusetts
How much time is enough time to talk?
I Love Me
May 1976
By:
Charlotte E.
| Lake Mahopac, New York
If I didn't could I really love anyone else?
Do You Have the Granulated Sugar?
January 1974
By:
Louise S.
| Chico, California
Let us remember the unbelievably stupid questions we had to ask in the beginning, and let us always be tender with the newcomers who are afraid to ask them
A Great Little Place for Lunch
April 1973
By:
M. S.
| New Jersey
Old drinking patterns fade away when you get together with other AAs
Let's Talk About Material Things
May 1971
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
It's true that money doesn't buy happiness but we do have responsibilities in this world
After the Fall
August 1969
By:
Y. S.
| Sparks, Nevada
Reared in an ancient religion but "having only a foggy spirituality" he is now seeking kinship with whatever God he can identify
Is That Resentment Necessary?
November 1968
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
Maybe you're hanging on to a few because you feel they're justified. Take another look . . .
The Rewards of Not Fighting Back
February 1957
By:
Anonymous
| Woodstock, New York
Peace of mind is no by-product of sobriety, says this letter to a perplexed fellow-AA. . .it takes detailed planning and daily practice.
One Song At A Time
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Landon H.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
This newcomer thought the fun was over, but Living Sober told him it wasn’t so. Time to get out the guitar
Traci
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Traci J
| Ingleside, Illinois
Through painful challenges, she’s managed to get sober, turn her past to good use and find her place in AA
A Place to Fit In
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sandy L.
| Douglassville, Pa.
Beginning with her first drunk at the age of eight, she struggled to find the place where she truly belonged
More hope than I know what to do with
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tyler A.
| Globe, Arizona
A young man turns his life around in prison and even becomes his AA group’s GSR
Here for each other
June 2018
By:
Dorothy J.
| New Salem, Massachusetts
The long, beautiful friendship of two women who met at the New York City St. Luke’s AA meeting in 1959
The Dreaded Job of Making Coffee
May 2013
By:
Les L.
| Medicine Hat, Alberta
An old-timer remembers how washing cups taught him to laugh again
