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
Somewhere to be
November 2018
By:
Aundry B.
| San Francisco, California
His marriage just ended and last night he slept in his car. He was sure happy to see his sponsee
Incoming!
October 2017
By:
Eric C.
| Traverse City, Mich.
Through heat, sand and sniper fire, their AA group kept them sober to show up and do their jobs
Spotless pots
June 2017
By:
Davis M.
| Rio Rico, Arizona
So why was making coffee the most important job? This newcomer was about to find out
Once an Orphan
May 2016
How a priest, a woman, an upholsterer and AA helped a young man live a long, wonderful life
Hiding Empties
April 2016
By:
Vicki M.
| Fairhope, Ala.
The guy she was dating didn’t down beers like she did, so what else was she to do?
39 Reasons to Dance
September 2012
By:
Peggy B.
| New York, New York
She has never forgotten the Bill W. dinner that helps pay for the phones that saved her life
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
August 1970
By:
Delos Smith
Shocking Experiment
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
March 1969
By:
Paul
| San Francisco, California
AAs Face the Drug Problem
From an AA of North American Indian Heritage:
November 1967