Take a step back
October 2009
By:
BERNARDO
| Portland, Ore.
An AA works at not letting emotions take over
A few 24s
October 2009
By:
MORIA B.
| Pomona, N.Y.
When the voice says she no longer needs meetings, a long-timer holds onto her seat
Addicted to service?
May 2009
By:
BOBBI A.
| Oakland, Calif
A GSR learns it's okay to say no to service
Pain Management
May 2007
By:
Bonnie J.
| Solana Beach, California
Staying sober no matter how much it hurts
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Not-so-bad Day
April 2007
By:
J.C.
| Michigan
It's all a matter of how you look at it
The Cpc Desk
May 2006
A staff member at the General Service Office talks about working with professionals
We Were All Just Drunks
May 2005
By:
Sean B.
| Kalamazoo, Michigan
Alcoholism cares nothing for pay-grade or rank
Step Three: Turning It over
March 2005
By:
Mark P.
| Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
How calamity helped one AA to make a decision
The Butt Guy
May 2003
By:
Jim H.
| Adelphi, Maryland
An uppity beginner comes back down to earth, with help from a tough sponsor and some hardcore service
Santa Ana Wind
March 2003
By:
J. B.
| Los Angeles, California
What does it take to blow away the pain?
What We Were Like
December 1992
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
Fragments of AA History - <emphasis type="bold">Exploring Anonymity</emphasis>
But a Little Word of One syllable... such a Word Is This Word God Or This Word Love
August 1968
By:
Anonymous
| Buenos Aires
An AA who started his sober life as an atheist shares notes on his continuing spiritual search
The Twelve Steps and the Older AA--Third in a Series
December 1954
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Lessons Learned
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Bill B.
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
When he was younger, he relapsed a lot. Now sober, he can see how his experience can help others
On Top of the World
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Bill W.
| Everett, Washington
Drunk and celebrating on the ruins of a Mayan temple, he had no idea his life was crumbling too
Home Group Trials and Triumphs
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Wendy C.
| North Vernon, Ind.
When one door closes, another one opens—although not without a boost from an energetic member
The Role of a Lifetime
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Monica C.
| New City, New York
Becoming a movie star was her dream come true, but it turned out the script called for something much bigger
Drunk in Okinawa
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Dennis M.
| Suffolk, Virginia
A Marine officer returns to the island of his hard-drinking days.
But this time he’s joined the winning side
But this time he’s joined the winning side
One Evening At Rehab
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
B.M.
| Punta Gorda, Fla.
Her program of recovery evolved from a simple yet profound question
I Just Kept Praying
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
John K.
| Sanford, North Carolina
The more he made coffee, the more he heard the others talk about prayer. Then one day, he tried it himself
No Demands or Rules
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Laurie T.
| Kihei, Hawaii
A member shares about Tradition Nine and how it helped her see the way AA functions in an easier, softer way
Hope&Tears
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Kristina M.H.
| Sandwich, Illinois
She believed in God, but wasn’t sure he was listening. Then one drunken day she wandered into a church to talk to him
Unity=Love
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
A member shares how we use the tools to keep the group together and how no one is more important than the next