About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
May 1978
By:
New York Times
Tempest In a Paper Cup?
About Tradition Five
November 1953
By:
Bill
| Jensen Beach, Florida
Each group has but one primary purpose. . .to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
Headquarters Highlights
December 1950
Group Hug
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Gary C.
| Arvada, Colorado
There’s nothing like some AAs stepping up, sharing the love and looking after one another
Teacher of the year
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Rhonda B.
| North East, Md.
Once fearful, unreliable and smelling of alcohol, she now suits up, shows up and can’t believe the life she’s got
My place in the world
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Jim F.
| Devonport
No longer in the center of the universe, a longtime member in Tasmania is content to deal with things as they come along
The best gift
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
D.C. Dave
| Springfield, Virginia
How an old makeshift tree on brown butcher paper reminded him of the most important things in life
Thanks for the call
August 2018
By:
Kristina F.
| Tesuque, New Mexico
All alone and far from home, she really needed a meeting. Luckily, AA has special workers
Silent Friends
May 2017
By:
Matt S.
| Burien, Wash.
His loved ones cared enough about him to get him the help he needed, even as he tuned them out and reached for another drink
Literature Carries the Message
January 2000
--<emphasis type="italic">an Interview with Vinnie M.</emphasis>
No Longer Alone
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
David S.
| New York, N.Y.
With a sponsor’s tough love and unconditional acceptance, he finished his Fifth Step and got back into life
We Can Stay Sober Through Anything
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Susan D.
| Catskill, New York
Her battle with mental health at 17 years sober was super tough, but luckily she got help and stayed close to AA
Respect The Room You’re In
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Suzanne A.
| Loudon, Tenn.
Thirty years later, AA rooms have certainly changed
Forgiving Dad
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Melissa R.
| Cape Coral, Florida
In her drinking years, she blamed her father for abandoning her. Then she got the chance to make things right
Other Towns, Other Meetings
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lana W.
| Saint Helens, Ore.
AA members in new towns? They’re just friends we haven’t met yet
Essential Worker
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sean B.
| Connell, Wash.
After the COVID prison shutdown, he got to work in the factory, but still had no AA. Then one day a little cart came by
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, N.J.
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
My Sponsor—Sweet Pickle
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
George A.
| Lake Oswego, Ore
Remembering the lessons taught by an extraordinary AA
Thanks, G.U.S.
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Robin F.
| Prince George, British Columbia
How a construction worker led him to his new best friend, someone who’d never let him down
100 days to go
July 2017
By:
Michelle L.
| Portland, Oregon
The recovery she was getting inside with this group of AA-loving women was time well spent
Cake or no cake
April 2017
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate