God Grabbed My Heart
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
J.C.
| Craig County, Virginia
Hoping to feel better and get out of the early sobriety woods, a newcomer makes a surprising Twelfth Step call
Twenty-six Miles Across the Sea
March 2000
By:
Bill W.
| Fountain Valley, California
Sobriety on Catalina Island
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
December 1947
By:
P.L.C.
| Island Falls, Maine
Going It Alone
How Welcome Are Newcomers?
November 1964
By:
B. L.
| Greenwich Village, New York
Has your group been tested for friendliness lately? Maybe you are reported on here
Sobriety Rocks
January 2015
By:
Jak L.
| Irwin, Pennsylvania
The blast he had at a concert with sober friends was the moment he was looking for
Challenges in Mid-Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Southport, N.C.
He thought he was safely sober—but his disease had other ideas
I’m here we’re here
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Clement C.
| New York, New York
A long-time African-American member tells his story and encourages others to get involved beyond the group
My First Foreign Trip Sober
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
John K.
| Sanford, N.C.
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
Loving arms
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Cam A.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
One of the things I enjoy about AA is going to meetings when I travel or visit a new place.
A.A'.s Country-wide News Circuit
June 1945
Open Up!
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Anonymous
| Cranston, R.I.
What? No meeting today? He was new and now desperate—but he wasn’t alone
The Notebook
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Katy R.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
Her grandfather died sober, and left behind a notebook that showed her how “to be”
One Among Many
March 2018
By:
C.B.
| Bend, Ore.
One enthusiastic AA had service positions in multiple home groups, until her service sponsor helped her understand that less can actually be more
My Last Amend
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
After 40 years and a beautiful life, an old-timer returns to her mother’s grave
Can I Buy You a Drink?
August 1995
By:
Joan B.
| Toronto, Ontario
This AA member tried to buy Bill W. a drink--and got an earful of AA instead
Requirements Beyond Sobriety
March 1974
By:
Zander M.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
Some reflections on the wearing of two hats and some suggestions on AA attitudes
Letter from the Editor
February 2025
| Longtimers
Letter from the Editor
September 2024
| Young and Sober
Alcoholism at large
January 2017
Alcoholism At Large
January 2016
Finally At Peace
March 2014
By:
Janet B.
| Milanville, Pennsylvania
The Promises came true for her after she worked the Steps with her sponsor