Off to Founders’ Day
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Patty B.
| Columbus, Ohio
A risky three-day road trip to Akron with her mom? Luckily, a big dose of Bill & Bob was just the right medicine
No Regrets: It Took What It Took
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
David M.
| The Villages, Fla.
Personal pain, two DUI’s, time in jail—he doesn’t regret the past, but he’s not shutting the door on it, either
How I tell my story
July 2018
By:
Anonymous
A former prisoner writes about honesty, acceptance and the careful way he shares about his past
How I learned to love “To Wives”
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Dan C.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
He used to roll his eyes and groan. But not anymore
Secret stash
September 2017
By:
Roxane R.
| Valley Center, California
She kept the answer to her school fears hidden in her locker—a jar of 90-proof liquid courage
The Accident
July 2017
By:
Bill S.
His life began with tragedy and could have ended that way, but then the program intervened
Stranger In My Head
October 2016
Coming into AA in his 70s, it took him a while to get used to the sober “stranger” who now inhabits him and helps guide the way
Diagnosis: fear, cure: action
June 2013
By:
Karen A.
| New York, New York
How a service job she didn't want helped her get past her fear of hospitals
Cycle Buddies
June 2012
By:
David C.
| Jonesborough, Tennessee
A spur-of-the-moment trip to Akron with a few surprises was just the medicine this alcoholic needed
Keep on Trucking
July 2011
By:
Randy N.
| California
On the border of Nevada and California, a trucker threw out his last stash of alcohol on his way to an AA meeting
THERE CAN BE LOVE AND LAUGHTER
November 2010
By:
N. G.
| Neoga, Ill.
In the quiet of a tranquil cove, a woman decides to return to AA
TOAST Is Not the Issue
January 2009
By:
Leslie P.
| Lake Jackson, Texas
A quick inventory saves a young mother a lifetime of regret
The AA Mitten
July 2008
By:
Harry U.
| Cornville, Arizona
A fable about finding a shelter from the storm
Finding My Place
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
P.K.
| Kansas City, Missouri
With help from a friend, a lesbian in Missouri makes it to AA and to a group she calls home
Full Speed Sober
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Jeremy S.
| Baltimore, Maryland
With a little too much energy, a newcomer hits the road to avoid his Ninth Step. Boy, was he in for an adventure!
Crayons, cookies & kisses
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
D.B.
| Carlsbad, California
With Steps, coffee and baskets of toys, some California mothers stay sober together
Group Inventory: A Privilege and a Duty
September 2018
By:
Mel C.
| Toronto, Ontario
Bringing your group together on a regular basis for formal reflection and inventory taking helps your group—and AA as a whole
Connecticut, My Prison
November 2014
By:
Elizabeth E.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
She went to the country for a fresh start. She didn't get very far
Good Things Come
September 2014
By:
Kathy B.
| Kaneohe, Hawaii
With AA, a member in Hawaii weathers some storms and cruises into calmer waters
12-Step Turtle
February 2013
By:
Dawn M.
| Cleburne, Texas
How a backyard red-eared slider showed her the way to Step Two
Meeting at Shivaji Market
April 2012
By:
Deborah D.
| Montclair, New Jersey
She gave back to a city that took her under its wing
Web Exclusive: Sobriety, A Road of Miracles
August 2011
By:
Mike
| New Hampshire
A sober man recalls how AA got him through all of life's ups and downs
Traditions Twelve: Signs Of AA
December 2006
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
An anonymous society, not a secret one
Whose Marriage Is It Anyway?
December 2006
By:
Charles H.
| Laguna Woods, California
A rocky relationship in recovery