Holidays, Shmolidays
November 2010
By:
MATT S.
| Buffalo Grove, Ill.
A grump learns that every day sober is a holiday
Keeping it green
August 2010
By:
SUE E.
| Hammond, Ind.
Life is again worth living, a hopeful newcomer finds
Step Four: The Other Man's Inventory
April 2007
By:
John B.
| San Jose, California
A member experiments
Bloom Where You Are Planted
July 2006
By:
Sean F.
| Akron, Ohio
Staying sober inside with meetings and without
It's Not About Me
January 2004
By:
Janis H.
| St. Catharines, Ontario
The freedom of getting out of the way
Closing a Home Group
November 2002
By:
Anonymous
| Roswell, Georgia
The Home Group<lbHeartbeat of AA
Living With Relations
November 1951
General Service Headquarters, through its group relations activities, tries to live a paradox: To give advice in a paternal way without turning into Papa. . .
Sober at 16
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Steve M.
| Exton, Pennsylvania
He drank to escape the world, until one day a guy named Steve told him he wouldn’t have to hurt anymore
80 reasons I love Grapevine
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Jeff W.
| Maplewood, New Jersey
To celebrate our 70th anniversary, 10 years ago an avowed Grape-nut shared 70 reasons he loved Grapevine. With the new apps, the podcast, Instagram and more, he had an easy time updating it to 80.
I’m Your Man
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Eric Z.
| Lafayette, Colorado
His long, beautiful journey with Jack included race cars, Big Books and, yes, matzo ball soup
Step Fur
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Sarah S.
| Brentwood, Mo.
If her inventory had been fur-less, she wouldn’t have had a chilly run-in with the truth
Getting my attention
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
“Marine” Tom S.
| Sarasota, Fla.
The more he sees the presence of a Higher Power in his life, the less he argues in the parking lot
From a Distance
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
As the COVID crisis continues, she’s more determined than ever to help reach out any way she can
Taught me to love
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Lisa C.
| Portland, Oregon
A homecoming queen, brought down by liquor, reconnects with her family and learns to live again
Easy Does It Doing It
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Jack P.
| Holiday, Fla.
After years of going out and coming back in, he discovered that everything happened for a reason