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Quote January 31, 2017

“We well know that our defects, as people and as a Society, have been and still are very great. And we hope that we shall never cease to rededicate ourselves to their correction.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1960 “After Twenty-Five Years” The Language of the Heart
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Quote December 9, 2015

"If we can stop this frantic drive to prove that we are remarkable people, it is quite likely that we will settle down and really enjoy whatever life has to offer us."

New York, N.Y., August 1948 "Those Depressions–Make Them Work for Good!" Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote December 9, 2012

“If we can stop this frantic drive to prove that we are remarkable people, it is quite likely that we will settle down and really enjoy whatever life has to offer us.”

New York, N.Y., August 1948 From: “Those Depressions–Make Them Work for Good!” Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote September 3, 2018

“I had a really good reason for working Step Nine and making amends to my family and friends. I didn’t want a parade of people at my funeral singing, ‘Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead!’”

“Heard at Meetings,” Sarasota, Florida, February 2009, Step By Step
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Quote September 3, 2016

“I had a really good reason for working Step Nine and making amends to my family and friends. I didn’t want a parade of people at my funeral singing, ‘Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead!’”

Sarasota, Fla., February 2009 “Heard at Meetings” Step By Step
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Quote December 2, 2015

"Thank God for all the wonderful people, professional and otherwise, who have helped me or tried to. Even when the help has not succeeded, it has kept me going, kept me trying."

New Canaan, Conn., April 1976 "Just Keep On Going" Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote December 2, 2012

“Thank God for all the wonderful people, professional and otherwise, who have helped me or tried to. Even when the help has not succeeded, it has kept me going, kept me trying.”

New Canaan, Conn., April 1976 From: “Just Keep On Going” Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote September 3, 2013

"I had a really good reason for working Step Nine and making amends to my family and friends. I didn't want a parade of people at my funeral singing, 'Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead!'"

Sarasota, Fla., February 2009 "Heard at Meetings" Step By Step
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Always With Me

june 2026 | Young & Sober
By: C.H. | Corpus Christi, Texas
When she asks her Higher Power for help, it comes—just not always the way she wants it. And that’s OK with her

Why Study AA History?

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Tim B’s son | Raleigh, N.C.
Following the path to personal history, one AA to another

The Spirit of Unity

January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters
By: George H. | Kingston, New Hampshire
After years of seeing AA as a filling station, he stepped up his game and learned how important our common welfare is

Surrounded by Love

January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters
By: Bill O. | Doylestown, Pennsylvania
At a Sunday morning Step meeting in Pennsylvania, helping newcomers is what they do best

Came To Believe

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anonymous | Chico, Calif.
Her obsession to drink had lifted. How was that possible?

A Work of Art!

August 2025 | Atheist & Agnostic Members
By: Pat S. | Stanton, California
A 47-year-old debt over lost artwork became an unexpected gift just in the nick of time

I Came Back

June 2025 | Annual Prison Issue
By: Anonymous
He had sponsees and knew the Big Book front and back. But then he slipped. Now for the hard part

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A Martian Report on the Curious Cult of "Alcohol" Drinkers

May 1961
By: R. Z. | Council Bluffs, Iowa

The Mountains Shall Bring Peace. . ."--Psalms 72:3

February 1961
By: H. G. | Cincinnati, Ohio
Booze and song-plugging went hand in hand for this veteran tunesmith until the merry-go-round broke down

Closed Meeting

February 1961
By: M. H. | New York, New York
An AA seriously trying to live the program has a magic charm against nameless fears

The Colonel Was a Lush

February 1961
By: J. S. | Bedford Hills, New York
No man can change the Army 201 File but the bright record of the sober years goes into it, too

. . .Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On. . .

November 1960
By: L. M. | Augusta

Two Kinds of Sunday Mornings in New Guinea

October 1960
By: R. O'C. | Rabaul, Territory o

Bridge Across the Centuries

June 1960
How the AA program revitalized an author's faith in God and opened her eyes to the importance of the Church in her life

Cloud 99 and Beyond

August 1959
By: Hal of Malibu

The One That Got Away!

July 1959
By: R. L. | Berea, Ohio

New York Revisited

May 1958
By: Anon | Washington, D. C.
THE GEOGRAPHIC CURE, I have been told countless times though I was never the one to try it, never works. . . .

Fast and Slow Horses On the AA Track

May 1958
By: H. T. B. | Dallas, Texas

AA Around the World

August 1957
And From All Around... - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and General Service Headquarters, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSH. <emphasis type="

A Good Look--Backward

June 1957
By: Anonymous | Virginia

Spring House Cleaning

May 1957
By: B.B. | Dillard, Oregon

Let There Be Light. . .

May 1957
By: Elsie T. | Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsie's letter to her AA sponsor, Betty T., first appeared in the February "Exchange Bulletin" from GSH. The Grapevine editors felt it speaks eloquently to all of us.

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