Alcoholism Is a Disease
August 1958
By:
E. S.
| Hartsdale, New York
The first of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
The Rewards of Not Fighting Back
February 1957
By:
Anonymous
| Woodstock, New York
Peace of mind is no by-product of sobriety, says this letter to a perplexed fellow-AA. . .it takes detailed planning and daily practice.
Traci
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Traci J
| Ingleside, Illinois
Through painful challenges, she’s managed to get sober, turn her past to good use and find her place in AA
A Place to Fit In
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sandy L.
| Douglassville, Pa.
Beginning with her first drunk at the age of eight, she struggled to find the place where she truly belonged
More hope than I know what to do with
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tyler A.
| Globe, Arizona
A young man turns his life around in prison and even becomes his AA group’s GSR
Running Wild
September 2016
It didn’t matter how young or rebellious he was, the old-timers took him in and showed him love
The Dreaded Job of Making Coffee
May 2013
By:
Les L.
| Medicine Hat, Alberta
An old-timer remembers how washing cups taught him to laugh again
Better Than I Deserve
June 2007
By:
Ben F.
| Costa Mesa, California
A boy becomes a man under the tutelage of AA
AA Is Getting Too Organized
November 1989
By:
Anonymous
| New York City
From the February 1961 Grapevine
AA Is Getting Too Organized!
November 1982
By:
Anonymous
AA has thrived on healthy disagreement from the earliest days of the Fellowship - From the February 1961 Grapevine
A New Generation of Hope
March 1982
By:
M. P.
| Manhattan, New York
1980 survey results show increasing variety in AA's membership
Thank You AA
May 2015
By:
Corliss Burke
| Whitehorse, Yukon
A former high school teacher, now a non-alcoholic trustee, shares her story and returns the love
School Daze
May 2015
By:
Tom F.
| Reno, Nevada
A surprise visit to his sons' college became the final test of his own drinking
A Box of Pears
September 2014
By:
—Stephanie R.,
| Long Island, New York
Her relationship with the mother who gave her up for adoption was chilly and distant until she heard Lisa's story in a meeting
A Back Porch Prayer
September 2011
By:
Vernon J.
| Frankfort, Kentucky
With his wife still missing, a young African-American vows to make things right
Web Exclusive: The Conscious Contact Group
September 2011
By:
Anonymous
A member's story of starting a new group focused on the Eleventh Step
At Home in the World
July 2011
By:
Sara S.
After hiding out from the world while drinking, she got sober and was finally able to make her dreams come true
An Hp For The Present
July 2007
By:
Andrea J.
| Ypsilanti, Michigan
A new vision for a childhood God
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings?
January 1998
By:
Karen L.
| Raleigh, North Carolina
This AA has taken an alternate approach