A Journey of Grace
October 2013
An old timer shares his thoughts on the practice of the Eleventh Step
Keep the Link Strong
April 2013
By:
Janice B.
| Midlothian, Virginia
She learned the hard way to play by the rules and not break AA’s connection
Feed Them and They Will Come
February 2013
By:
Harold C.
| Nicoma Park, Oklahoma
A group’s hunger to help their meeting grow gives them food for thought
Dysfunction Junction
October 2012
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
An alcoholic with a happy upbringing speaks up
Not This Time
May 2012
By:
Terri R.
In early sobriety, she came face to face with a liquor store and asked God to intervene
Letter from Prison
April 2012
By:
Ralph D.
| Springfield, Massachusetts
Finding himself locked up yet again, he admitted defeat in his battle with alcoholism
Out of the Whirlwind
January 2012
Her life became filled with chaos as soon as she picked up a drink and until she put it back down
Slip and Slide
October 2011
By:
Jim F.
| Tasmania
This Australian kept getting drunk until he learned to love a new life
Dear Grapevine
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
AA News
November 2025
| Early days of AA
The 75th General Service Conference “Working Together, Increasing Trust”
Dear Grapevine
October 2025
| AA & Technology
We Share Common Ground
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Ward B. Ewing
| Trustee Emeritus, past Chair (non-alcoholic) of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous Ordained Episcopal priest, retired President of The General Theological Seminary From Grapevine, October 2016
A past General Service Board Chair shares his thoughts after attending an atheist and agnostic AA convention
Warm Thoughts from Iceland
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Snorri S.
| Reykjavik, Iceland
A father in Reykjavik shares how AA gave him an amazing life full of wonder, service and joy 26 years ago
Dear Grapevine
February 2025
| Longtimers
Sweet Surrender
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Jeff B.
| Nashville, Tennessee
He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step three to find a peace and purpose he never knew
Sinking ship
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Steve C.
| Palm Coast, Florida
In the Coast Guard, he couldn’t keep his head above water. But once he dropped anchor in AA, his life got back on course
Dear Grapevine
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
Set free
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Bob G.
| Madison, Wis.
Something big changed in him sitting in Eric’s car that afternoon. And it’s a gift he gets to pass on to others
Accepting Dad
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Caitlyn
| Ga.
Making peace with the past can be rocky, but one thing she can count on—in AA she found home
How I Got Sober Later In Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Pat B.
| Chicago, Ill.
What she didn’t know about AA would fill a highball class, but she learned that she was never too old to find a new way of living
Dear Grapevine
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
Dear Grapevine
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
A God-Shaped Hole
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dayna C.
| Highlands Ranch, Colo.
An accomplished suburban mother “who just loved to drink wine” finds her Higher Power in the rooms of AA