AA Etiquette
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jack M.
| Libertyville, Ill.
The finer points of meeting behavior from an AA with half a century’s sobriety
No Need to Fear
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
T.S.
| Ripon, Calif.
Alcohol convinced him he was all alone, unable to live life. The Steps brought him back into the light
An Australian’s Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John W.
| Canberra, Australia
An atheist and a humanist takes a “leap of faith” into AA
Dear Grapevine
March 2020
| Puzzled
Dear Grapevine
June 2018
You Too Can Stay Sober
May 2018
By:
Michael S.
| Aurora, Colo.
“Staying sober through adversity” is almost too mild a description for what one alcoholic has survived
Drunk Mother
June 2016
Her husband knew something was wrong, but it took a while to find out why she was acting so strange
Change in Focus
October 2015
By:
Anonymous
Desperate to relate to her difficult mother, she let the Steps help her put the microscope away
The Unwritten Chapter
September 2015
A member living with bipolar depression discusses her experiences in AA
How to Survive Cocktail Hour at 30,000 Feet
August 2015
Facing a stressful trip to see the family on a plane without drinking booze? One guy has some tips
My Parachute
October 2013
By:
Anonymous
How the Living Sober book helped this day counter make a safe, sober landing
The Third Time Is the Charm
June 2011
By:
Cheryl B.
| North Riverside, Illinois
A young mother hits bottom and finds AA but learns through relapse that she still had to concede powerlessness
Who Is A Member Of Alcoholics Anonymous?
November 2007
By:
Bill W.
The origins of our Third Tradition
Chapter XXI . . . Continued
April 1945
Concluding Chapter XXI, begun in the March <emphasis type="italic">Grapevine. September Remember</emphasis>, by Eliot Taintor (a writing team, one of whom is an A.A.), will be published April 16th, by Prentice-Hall.
The Tool Box
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
James B.
| Darlington, Wis.
Successfully navigating sobriety with a toolbox all his own
Things Have Changed
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jeremiah W.
| Hickory, NC
When old drinking buddies meet up again
My prayer was answered
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Charley C.
| Arlington, Va.
I would say out loud in meetings that, “God let me down. I went to church and was praying to stop drinking and now I’m stuck here in AA.” Finally a guy cross-talked me.
A prayer for mom
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Jeff H.
| Sturgeon, Mo.
This time, praying for my mother was different. She was dying. So I thought about what I would want if I were in her place. This is when AA really stepped in.
Alcoholism At Large
May 2018
Out of the Park
March 2016
Leaky thinking
January 2016
By:
Definitely Steve
| Brentwood, Tenn.
My wife couldn’t believe what had happened. Was I finally turning into the type of husband she always dreamed of?