How AA Meetings Have Changed
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Gilbert G.
| San Francisco, Calif.
A lot has changed in the rooms, but the heart and spirit of AA still resonates
The hole in my soul
February 2023
| Making Amends
By:
Hattie S.
| Deland, Fla.
For years she searched for something bigger and still felt empty, until AA turned on a light
Whatever comes my way
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
R.A.
| Ames, Iowa
She always wanted to feel safe and believe in something. Getting sober in AA showed her how.
It’s About Love
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Maryellen O.
| San Rafael, Calif.
Although there’s a pandemic and she’s dealing with serious issues, she’s sober, useful and drinking in the kindness
Old-timer? Nah!
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Anonymous
| Georgia
Sponsors still sponsor. Some are tough. Some, like me, are soft. Most sponsors are patient. I have had three and I owe them my life.
3 days to freedom
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Richard T.
| Billings, Montana
They cried, laughed and shared secrets. At a picnic table on the prison yard, his life changed forever
A pillow, a blanket & hot soup
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Lee Y.
| San Antonio, Texas
At his end, with nowhere to go, an alcoholic gets a helping hand from someone from the “other side of town” reached out
At Home in AA History
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Heidi G.
| Port Colborne, Ontario
She wondered why her new apartment had such an aura of serenity. It turned out to be the birthplace of AA in her hometown
Living proof
November 2018
By:
Ames S.
| New York City, New York
No expert advice required. Seeing others live a sober life does this member a world of good
In a safe place
June 2018
By:
Anonymous
While working in a refugee camp, a member tells how she stays sane, sober and most of all, grateful
Anniversaries
February 2018
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By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, N.M.
Celebrating his anniversary may make him uncomfortable, but his entire life is a celebration of the beauty of sobriety found through the AA Fellowship
Serial dater
June 2017
By:
Brian C.
| New York, New York
If you wanted to know how to have a three-month relationship, this was your guy
Through the Gate
August 2014
By:
Charlie D.
| Dallas, Texas
Suffering from alcohol-induced dementia, he took the Third Step
If It Ain't Nailed Down
March 2013
By:
Karen P.
| Franklin, New Hampshire
She cleaned out the treatment center, now it was time to clean up her past
Just Like a Pinball
March 2012
By:
Edward P.
After bouncing around from trouble to trouble, he was facing jail time but chose AA instead
AA Grapevine Readers Respond to "Is AA Just for Christians?" Published in the October 2003 Issue
March 2004
By:
Susan B.
| Clifton, New Jersey
The whole story
AA Grapevine Readers Respond to "Is AA Just for Christians?" Published in the October 2003 Issue
March 2004
By:
Bob P.
| Sanford, Florida
Let it be
Readin' and Writin'
October 1993
