Quote March 25, 2017
“I’m better able to love people when the storm of my judgmental mind settles, when I understand and empathize rather than criticize and condemn.”
September 2008 “The Fine Art of Listening” AA Grapevine
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME
May 1995
What would happen to the Fellowship when Bill and Dr. Bob were no longer around to guide us? AA's answer: The General Service Conference
Let Go & Let God
November 1982
By:
M. B.
The anxieties that accompany problems besides drinking often respond to handling the AA way - From the November 1964 Grapevine
Inside Job
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Y.K.P.
| Agassiz, B.C.
How on earth could he get sober in a jail where everyone was getting wasted? It was tough, but he made a solitary decision
A Full Heart
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Doug G.
| Fujisawa, Kanagawa
An AA interpreter shares about all the love he experienced at Japan’s 50th AA Anniversary
All Aboard
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tennessee
A longtimer recalls the time he had four months sober and was rescued by AA on a Caribbean cruise
From My Head to My Heart
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Terri R.
| Fort Worth, Texas
After years of being dry, a woman in Texas discovers a new hope and freedom by diving back into the Steps
Goodbye to the Bondage of Self
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Peter A.
| West Simsbury, CT
Discovering that Power greater than ourselves
The God Paper
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tracy C.
| Green Bay, WI
Finding the true power of AA in acceptance
Keep Listening
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
David C.
| Estero., Fla.
Voices from the rooms that keep us sober
OMG We’re Broke!
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Clyde M.
| Dallas, Texas
He had just gotten elected to be his group’s new treasurer when the terrible news came in. No money? How would they ever pay the rent?
Digging The Steps
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Anonymous
| Mason City, Iowa
Determined to do his Seventh Step, a member grabs his boots, bundles up and gives it his all
My Best Friend
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
L.G.
| Brooklyn, New York
Once alone and full of self-pity, she made a decision to let Step Three introduce her to a partner for life
Surrender to the Unknown
August 1978
By:
E. P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She learned to turn over her life and will without knowing what the future held in store
Long Crawl to the First Step
February 1974
By:
T. H. M.
| Oakland, California
Surrender is terribly difficult but reaching that point is even harder
Look Beyond Yourself
May 1973
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
When self-forgetfulness occurs, "the spirit" takes over
The Eleventh Concept--part 2
October 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
One-shot Deal Or Constant Companion?
March 1972
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
The following nine-page section speaks to the question--Are AAs using the Big Book as much today as the early members did in the past?
Past / Present / Future
July 1968
By:
G. N. G.
| Forest Hills, New York
. . . <emphasis type="italic">Thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool; and time, that takes survey of all the world, must have a Stop.</emphasis>"--Shakespeare
Out of a Drunken Home ... and into a Loving Fellowship
June 1967
By:
D. H.
| North Dakota
the story of a youngster's discovery of ALATEEN
I Took the Eighth
March 1964
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
Too many fifths and a high-flying act led to a real-life courtroom scene
Recipe for Sobriety
November 1963
By:
K. P.
| Calgary, Alberta
I found at least "three parts Tradition" to be necessary as secret ingredients in mine
The Dilemma of No Faith
April 1961
By:
Bill W.
First of a series on the workings of AA principles ". . .in all our affairs." God As We Understand Him
The 12 Steps Revisited
March 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable. --First in a series of searching articles