A. A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
July 1946
The Main Taproot of Our Society
January 1993
By:
Lou H.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
But a Little Word of One syllable... such a Word Is This Word God Or This Word Love
August 1968
By:
Anonymous
| Buenos Aires
An AA who started his sober life as an atheist shares notes on his continuing spiritual search
Dr. Jung, Dr. Silkworth and AA
January 1968
By:
Bill W.
Except for what Dr. Jung told Roland and what Dr. Silkworth told Lois, there might never have been any AA. Bill got the verdict: He was doomed. Unless. . .
How It Was. . .
June 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
Grapevine's 35th Anniversary - A visit with Bill's "little sister
Grapevine Daily Quote September 13, 2018
“I am learning how to cope with life, people, and situations, not as I want them to be, but as they really are.”
“Reality Can Be Uncomfortable,” Millburn, New Jersey, July 1971, Emotional Sobriety II
Quote September 13, 2016
“I am learning how to cope with life, people, and situations, not as I want them to be, but as they really are.”
Millburn, N.J., July 1971 “Reality Can Be Uncomfortable” Emotional Sobriety II
Quote September 13 2013
"I am learning how to cope with life, people, and situations, not as I want them to be, but as they really are."
Millburn, N.J., July 1971 "Reality Can Be Uncomfortable" Emotional Sobriety II
Grapevine Daily Quote December 6, 2019
“One of the truly great gifts in this Fellowship of mutually concerned people is the gift of the art of listening.”
"May 1960, “Where the Words Come From,”, Spiritual Awakenings
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Quote December 6, 2014
“One of the truly great gifts in this Fellowship of mutually concerned people is the gift of the art of listening.”
May 1960 “Where the Words Come From,” Spiritual Awakenings
A Letter From My Father
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
C.B.
| Miami, Fla.
A long-ago missive from an absent parent makes all the difference
The Random Meeting
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Scott C.
| Portland, Ore.
Picking a random meeting, a man and his sponsor find a new world of sobriety
Before we are halfway through
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Sam Marie E.
| Atlanta, Georgia
A member takes us on a long, wonderful journey as she makes her Ninth Step amends and clears a path to freedom
Dear Grapevine
September 2018
A Student of Alcoholics Anonymous
August 2017
By:
Kate W.
| Roswell, Ga.
After she graduated from college, she became a student learning a new way of life—one without alcohol
Keeping my place
August 2017
By:
Michael C.
| Mason, Michigan
Thanks to his Big Book, a father in Michigan built a history in sobriety—sometimes with crayons
Dry Drunk
June 2017
By:
Mark R.
| Barrie, Ontario
He was told when he came into AA that if he didn’t drink and went to meetings, his life would get better. It didn’t happen that way.
Looking for Peace
April 2016
For years and years he searched for the one thing he finally found in AA
Love in the Valley
April 2013
By:
Surely K.
| Sandy Valley, Nevada
In a small town, a newcomer opens her home to help save lives—and a little gas
Out of the wilderness
July 2010
By:
BILL H.
| Ann Arbor, Mich.
A teacher and canoeist finally accepts that drinking has made his life unmanageable
The Meaning of Money
July 2004
By:
Jim M.
| Shingletown, California
It's about participation, not cash
How Can We Help?
May 2004
By:
David T.
| Spartanburg, South Carolina
Welcoming someone into AA may not be the answer