Holy smoke, what now!
May 2017
By:
Bill W.
Nearly half a century ago, our co-founder expressed a few thoughts about young people and inclusiveness
Bill W.'s Letter About Hippies in AA
June 2004
By:
Bill
Excerpted from "The Traditions in Action" by Bernard B. Smith - March 1971
Shower Not Required
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Kevin S.
| Hingham, Massachusetts
Only one thing is asked of him to become a member, he learned, and it’s not whether he has clean socks
Rendezvous in Buxton
October 1961
By:
M. B.
| New York City, New York
The England-Wales Convention as seen by a visiting AA
AA Around The World
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Scottsdale, Ariz.
Traveling sober, she finds gratitude in meetings, sober people—and Grapevine
Laughter is Recovery
October 2018
By:
Joni V.
| Burlingame, CA
The comforting sound of laughter echoing down a hallway meant that the AA room she was about to enter for the first time was a safe place
Meetings Are Where You Make Them
January 1980
By:
R. B.
| Manhattan, New York
He needed a meeting, but there was no meeting available
Continued to Take Personal Inventory. . .
March 1954
By:
M. W.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Step Ten reads
EMBRACED BY LOVE
February 2010
By:
CASEY K.
| Sacramento, Calif.
A need for fellowship overrides a newcomer's fear of rejection
Talk About Bridging the Gap
January 2009
By:
Jason P.
| Carmel, Indiana
Young AAs bring meetings into a juvenile treatment center
Tradition Two: When They Kept It Simple
February 2006
By:
C.M.
| Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Serenity was restored
First Christmas Sober
December 1982
By:
Anonymous
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
That dreaded trip home turned out just fine after all
Carrying the Message
January 1969
By:
Dr. L. W. PARRATT
| Gary, Indiana
Tell your doctor" - but is that all?
IT WAS ALL NEW TO ME
February 2010
By:
KANSAS C.
| Oceanside, Calif.
Involvement in the California young people's committees gives a former loner direction
Following Directions
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Rex H.
| Houston, Texas
Lost after a swimming trip in the Connecticut woods, an AA couple gets a pleasant surprise
Legendary Old-Timers
November 2014
By:
Sue C.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
A woman who got sober in the 1960s lovingly remembers those who paved the path before her
Ham on Wry
October 1987
Scene of the Crime
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Laura B.
| San Francisco, California
In 1968 a drunken college student passed out in a big house in San Francisco. Years later she discovered how important that building was
Making the day count
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Bob H.
| Binghamton, New York
When times get tough, he uses the tools he’s learned to find gratitude, share and help others
My homies
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
She keeps her home group close to her heart—especially when she’s far away
Recovery Begins at the End of the Road
March 2000
By:
Brad C.
| Homer, Alaska
A new opportunity beckoned
4 Continents, 1 Great Summer
January 2013
Making new friends on a whirlwind trip of YPAA conventions