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
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| 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
Picture Perfect
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Sherry A.
| Warwick, New York
She can fondly recall the day she came to believe, thanks to a little girl’s drawing on her fridge
The ring
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Roman W.
| Los Angeles, California
This jeweler drank to forget the past. Then one day a customer came in with a request he’ll forever remember
Bring on the Hugs
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
L.W.
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Through some difficult times, a sober mom embraces a little love, fellowship, dignity and grace
Beyond Human Help
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By:
Liza P.
| Middle Park, Victoria
Finding a spiritual awakening through the 12 Steps
Room to Grieve
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Madeleine P.
| Clackamas, Ore.
Losing a struggling AA friend can be devastating. One member thinks we don’t discuss this enough
A Life And Death Organization
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By:
Stephen H.
| Kuna, Idaho
How sobriety and spirituality meet in AA
Hook on, Chica!
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Kristine F.
| Taylorsville, Utah
For her anniversary, she entered a 100-mile bike race. Boy, did the things she learn in AA pay off!
Always Changing
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Mo.
Like waves in the ocean, groups aren’t all the same. The way one flows may not be true for another
The Pleasures of Reading
November 1946
By:
K.T.
| New York
WE HAPPY FEW by Helen Howe (Simon and Schuster, $2.75)
A Letter From My Father
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By:
C.B.
| Miami, Fla.
A long-ago missive from an absent parent makes all the difference
The Random Meeting
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By:
Scott C.
| Portland, Ore.
Picking a random meeting, a man and his sponsor find a new world of sobriety
Before we are halfway through
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Sam Marie E.
| Atlanta, Georgia
A member takes us on a long, wonderful journey as she makes her Ninth Step amends and clears a path to freedom
Dear Grapevine
September 2018
Keeping my place
August 2017
By:
Michael C.
| Mason, Michigan
Thanks to his Big Book, a father in Michigan built a history in sobriety—sometimes with crayons
A Student of Alcoholics Anonymous
August 2017
By:
Kate W.
| Roswell, Ga.
After she graduated from college, she became a student learning a new way of life—one without alcohol
Dry Drunk
June 2017
By:
Mark R.
| Barrie, Ontario
He was told when he came into AA that if he didn’t drink and went to meetings, his life would get better. It didn’t happen that way.
Beyond the Badge
March 2016
After years of stress and alcohol abuse, she left the force, but not her dedication to service
Love in the Valley
April 2013
By:
Surely K.
| Sandy Valley, Nevada
In a small town, a newcomer opens her home to help save lives—and a little gas
Out of the wilderness
July 2010
By:
BILL H.
| Ann Arbor, Mich.
A teacher and canoeist finally accepts that drinking has made his life unmanageable
The Meaning of Money
July 2004
By:
Jim M.
| Shingletown, California
It's about participation, not cash
How Can We Help?
May 2004
By:
David T.
| Spartanburg, South Carolina
Welcoming someone into AA may not be the answer