Let there be light
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
After some drama and quick action, their annual AA holiday breakfast went on like a charm
The Wisdom of Norm
October 2022
| Relapse
What was it that he said to get Mike to stop relapsing? It must have been pretty powerful
Two Hands Reaching In
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
A member in prison shares gratitude for the love and guidance he gets from men going to any lengths on the outside
Sentenced: A Good Life
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom
A Desire to Stop Drinking
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
Although she couldn’t say the words at first, she knew she was an alcoholic in every fiber of her being
Recovery, Romance, and a Pre-nup!
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
It turned out the only pre-nup the two of them needed was the principles the program provided
My First Foreign Trip Sober
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
It wasn’t quite 90 meetings in 90 days around the world, but wherever this AA went, the warm embrace of Alcoholics Anonymous welcomed him
This Storm Too Shall Pass
October 2018
Learning how to hang on until the miracle of sobriety occurs is not easy, but it is life changing
All It Takes Is One
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
Finding within herself the “tiny key of willingness,” a woman who had drifted away from the program discovers that she, too, can carry the message
Rear-Ended
September 2017
He was rear-ended on this way to a meeting, but only because his Higher Power really, really had something to tell him
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