From Outside to Inside
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Audrey S.
| Pompano Beach, Fla.
She found the meeting after the meeting—and discovered the healing power of AA service
Are AAs More Responsible?
February 1982
By:
C. B.
| Santa Maria, California
Or are we simply doing what others have been doing all along?
When Life Happens
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Annie C.
| Parrish, Florida
She was working the program, giving back and loving sobriety. Then one day the phone rang
Finding His Marbles
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Robert S.
| Glendale Heights, Ill.
Coming to his senses in AA
Dear Manuel
July 2017
By:
Matt S.
| Buffalo Grove, Illinois
For one member, corresponding with an inmate has been a long, wonderful journey
Magic Carpet Ride
June 2014
By:
James H.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
Being the area Grapevine chair took him places he never dreamed of
Flood Relief
October 2008
By:
Marie S.
| Indiana
Indiana committee carries the message to AA evacuees
Obsession Progression
June 2007
By:
Melody R.
| Bandon, Oregon
An AA learns that there is more to sobriety than a dry spell
As I Am
December 1997
By:
Will K.
| LaFarge, Wisconsin
Step 12 - PART 1 Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps. . .
Short Snorts
August 1959
Watching Lives Change
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Bill H.
| Visalia, California
While attending a prison reentry event, a member wastes no time helping guys to sponsor each other inside
Ride of Your Life
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Brittanie C.
| Manchester, New Hampshire
Service outside of your AA group can be a wild trip!
Just ask someone who’s doing it
Just ask someone who’s doing it
A Place to Belong
September 2013
From his very first meeting to international conventions, AA was always the right place
Life Underground
January 2012
By:
Joey W.
| Palm Springs, California
His life consisted of living and drinking in a sewer until he made it back to AA
What's it worth?
August 2009
By:
WILL K.
| Westby, Wisc
Service helped him become comfortable being himself