Be Not Afraid
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
E.M.
| Lawrence, Massachusetts
A sober firefighter’s near-death experience reminds him that he’s always taken care of
Problem Solved
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Jake S.
| Henderson, Nevada
His fight with a Higher Power and liquor was puzzling, but one day while practicing Step Six, a solution was revealed
The Importance of Powerlessness
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Coleen F.
| Micanopy, Fla.
Hearing “How It Works” refreshes her sobriety anew each meeting she attends
The Men’s table
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Aim C.
| Pa.
What’s it like to transition after being sober for years in a home group? One member lovingly shares his journey
Harley Mike, Angry Mike & young Andy
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Bill W.
| Everett, Wash
The more he did it, the more he learned that reaching out was the deal. Soon a wonderful band of AA “misfits” appeared
The Kinship of Common Suffering
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Michael O.
| New York, N.Y.
A moving and thoughtful meditation on one man’s Higher Power
Loving Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Susan W.
| Bristol, Tenn.
A lesbian member shares about acceptance, tolerance, relationships, God and staying sober in AA since 1979
From three and a Half Feet
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Anonymous
| Sarasota, Fla.
With a little help and love from her AA friends, she heads off to the bus for her 7 a.m. meeting
Definitions
August 1997
By:
Don S.
| New Haven, Connecticut
How realistically do we look at the world? How do we define our lives?
AA Around the World
October 1994
Excerpted from the March 1994 "European Newsletter," published by the European Service Office of AA in York, England