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
80 Years & Counting!
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Jean P.
| Clifton, N.J.
Since 1942, this home group in New Jersey is still going strong, keeping the doors open for all who need them
Safe to belong
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
John C.
| Berlin, Wis.
He expresses his gratitude for Tradition Three and how it helped hin claim his chair
A reach across the globe
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Nancy K.
| Galt, Calif.
Quick action and love for service helped a newcomer across the world get connected
A Matter of Prayer
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Terry R.
| Melbourne, Fla.
How did these men and women get it? Did it fall from the sky? Did they learn it in Sunday school? Did they find it in the self-help section at a bookstore?
I don’t think so.
I don’t think so.
We Can Do This
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Brian M.
| Redmond, Ore.
It takes time and work, but a deaf member shows how to make AA meetings more accessible to all
We can get through anything
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Bill K.
| Amarillo, Texas
He’s gotten through moves, loved one’s deaths, viral meningitis and age issues, and he hasn’t had a drink since 1970
My one wish
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Alison G.
| Salinas, Calif.
I thought, But for the grace of God I get to be here. When I left the jail, I sat in my car and cried tears of joy and thanked God that I had been given a heart that could love like this.
Fear not
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
C.P.
| Mount Vernon, Ind.
It's hard for me to recognize fear right when it arises, but I have a loving God who reminds me that even dumping a bunch of fears in inventory form is progress.
At Long Last
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ray D.
| China, Mich.
Despite certain knowledge that he was an alcoholic, he kept drinking for 30 years. AA freed him
The 3 R’s of Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tracey M.
| Albany, Ohio
Regain. Remember. Rediscover
Who Gets What
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Irving M.
| Washington, D.C
Miffed that his financial advice wasn’t followed, a member learns to let go.
According to Tradition Four, a group can do as they see fit
According to Tradition Four, a group can do as they see fit
A Good Sign
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Helen E.
| Juneau, Alaska
Sullen and defiant, she sat in the cheery room and sulked. But something on the wall kept her there until the AA message could sink in
Surrender
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Howard O.
| Cambridge, Wis.
A moment on a winter day reminds him that if we just let go and give up
fighting we can let others help us fly again
fighting we can let others help us fly again
Saddest Christmas Ever
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Vance O.
| Marion, N.Y.
No job, no wife, no driver’s license or money. Here he was 30 days sober, in the cold, and now the AA meeting door was locked
Calvin’s Prayer
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Calvin M.
| Argyle, N.Y.
I heard two things that night: “Come back” and “Pray, if you can.” I knew I was in a fix. But desperation led me to say this prayer anyway.