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Patience, joy, expectations and hope. Four decades of sponsoring has been one hell of a journey.

Except for an occasional scorpion or two, this wonderful desert meeting was her safe, sober home

All his life, he hung back a bit, observing from the sidelines. But the AA Fellowship would not let him stand alone

He spent a career putting out fires, but the flames of his alcoholism were the toughest to extinguish

Tucked away under old dog tags and love letters was a worn-looking list of names. Could it be? Yep, it sure was

I received a call that really brought me down to earth. It was a call from a wife on behalf of her husband, who was a serious drinker.

Who pays the bills? Who opens the door? Who buys the coffee? A member shares a few things she knows about how some groups work

A sober trip to Greece brought him face to face with a younger, fresher Alcoholics Anonymous

An exhausted sober relief worker heads for an airport bar and the surprise of her life

Sometimes remembering to not drink is about all newcomers can handle

His strong wish for a 90-minute meeting may not have lasted, but unity sure did

After thirty years of self-destructive drinking nearly killed him, he discovered sobriety that he burnished into a precious jewel

Sometimes when we clean house and pay people back, we get a wonderful surprise

A former delegate challenges himself to write for Grapevine every month—service with a pen

Dirty laundry, piles of trash and stacks of filthy dishes. Little by little, a newcomer cleans up his act