Becoming Willing
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bruce W.
| Byron, Ga.
In AA meetings all over the world, he hears the language of the heart
Business Trip
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Addison K.
| Waterville, Vt.
Newly sober and on her first business trip, she finds God’s hand in a raucous AA meeting
Hole in my soul
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Cindee S.
| Coos Bay, Oregon
As she struggled to identify, it was sharing about the emptiness inside that finally opened this mom’s heart
Making the rounds
February 2023
| Making Amends
By:
Lennox S.B.
| San Diego, Calif.
With his sponsor’s help, he headed for an ex’s funeral to make a few amends. Turned out there were more than a few
One Breeze at a time
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Peter F.
| Philadelphia, Pa.
Quarantined in a plywood prison “fishbowl,” he made the decision to spread his wings and be free
No Matter What
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Anonymous
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
Getting sober for this nonbinary trans alcoholic was not easy. And it was about to get harder
Getting connected
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Paula D.
| Peconic, N.Y.
Helping members plug in remotely during COVID-19 gave her valuable lessons she’ll never forget
Letting mom in
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Wendy G.
| New Cumberland, Pa.
Sometimes we make tough choices when we get sober. But there’s always a chance for forgiveness when we try
My friend in the outback
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Terrie S.
| Alexandria, Va.
The new virtual meeting she found wouldn’t interfere with the COVID “date nights” with her husband, would it? Guess again
Sober at ground zero
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
T.Y.
| Olathe, Kan.
A courageous sober doctor fights the good fight in the COVID-19 wards of a hospital near Wuhan
Spot Check On I-94
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Andy A.
| St. Peters, Mo.
Trying to hold it together with a car full of rambunctious kids, a sober dad gets more and more lost. Time for Step Ten!
A Celebration of AA’s 85 Years
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Michele Grinberg
| Chair of the General Service Board, West Virginia
The chair of the General Service Board shares her love for AA’s language of the heart
Isolation? Are You Kidding?
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Ruth H.
| Slinger, Wis
Who said change is easy? Staying sober and sane through a health crisis requires all the Steps she’s got
A Bit of Cheer in a Tough Place
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Ben L.
| Cañon City, Colo.
With tape, cardboard and delicious chocolate cookies, a member helps his cellmates share a little joy
Life's little lessons
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Susanne B.
| Georgetown, Texas
More and more each day, her pre-kindergarten students remind her of the wonder of sobriety
Spectators in AA
November 1973
There are those who really try to work the program and still have trouble. Then there are others who stand on the sidelines waving a flag - From the October 1951 Grapevine
Here and Now
September 1973
By:
D. H. R.
| Ridgefield, Connecticut
In fantasies of wonders to come, we often lose the joy of this moment's reality
Walk in with Him
July 1973
By:
Anonymous
| Massachusetts
This wife finds that a husband seeking recovery needs her by his side
At a Meeting of Doctors' Wives. . .
July 1970
By:
Anonymous
| Southern California
The message she heard lay dormant for years. . .but when the time was right it came alive
Cinderella Has a Ball!
April 1970
By:
E. P.
| Hamburg, New York
But like so many of us, she hated herself in the morning
Counsel for the Prosecutor
March 1970
By:
W. H.
| Sarnia, Ontario
Was it divine law that brought this lawyer through to grateful sobriety?
A Big Book is Born
In a 1954 speech in Texas, our co-founder Bill W. recalls the early days of our book
The Truth in the Myth
August 1969
By:
Ray Stratton
| Fort Supply, Oklahoma
A long-time (nonalcoholic) friend of AA examines the saying "Only an alcoholic can help an alcoholic
You Can Carry the Message on the Job
April 1968
By:
K. R.
| Liberal, Kansas
This AA cooperated with his progressive firm in helping fellow employees start sober living
Professor Winkley Invents the Pill
July 1967
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
Winkley's AA friend is supposed to be the first to try it, but he doesn't after all. . .
Homing Device for the Inner Man
March 1967
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
<emphasis type="italic">The author suggests taking this "continuing" Step in three ways </emphasis> <lbStep Discussion<lbStep Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.