Traci
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Traci J
| Ingleside, Illinois
Through painful challenges, she’s managed to get sober, turn her past to good use and find her place in AA
Down & Out in DC
August 2017
By:
Bernard R.
| Dover, New Hampshire
An old-timer remembers when he couldn’t keep a job or a marriage. But he sure knew where the liquor was
“Give Me What I Need, Not What I Want!”
November 2016
Jobless and facing a Federal prison term, a sober man offers up a prayer to God—and is visited by an unlikely angel named Keith.
Quote October 20, 2015
“A coffeepot simmers on the kitchen stove, a hospital sobers the stricken sufferer, general headquarters broadcasts the AA message; our service lifelines span the seven seas. All these symbolize AA in action. For action is the magic word of Alcoholics Anonymous.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1951 “Services Make AA Tick” Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
Quote October 20 2012
"A coffeepot simmers on the kitchen stove, a hospital sobers the stricken sufferer, general headquarters broadcasts the AA message; our service lifelines span the seven seas. All these symbolize AA in action. For action is the magic word of Alcoholics Anonymous."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1951From: "Services Make AA Tick"Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
You’re Already Doing It
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jennifer G.
| Cedar Park, Texas
Spirituality has to come naturally
An Expert Gets Sober
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.P.
| Aurora, Colo.
While helping others, the Steps helped him help himself.
Kindness and a Smile
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Michael G.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
A member challenges himself to show the same love and compassion we get in meetings with those he meets on the outside
My First Foreign Trip Sober
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
John K.
| Sanford, N.C.
It wasn’t quite 90 meetings in 90 days around the world, but wherever this AA went, the warm embrace of Alcoholics Anonymous welcomed him
A Better Chance At A Better Choice
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Joan M.
| Davis, Calif.
Looking into mirror of her past life helped her find the start of sobriety—and sufferings’ end
Breakdown, 3 A.M.
September 2015
A newcomer gets busy making sober friends online, until one night in D.C. it really pays off
Summer of Love
October 2013
By:
Karen W.
| Anderson, Indiana
At a wild and colorful meeting in San Francisco, a chairperson gets a perfect chance to practice Step Ten
Web Exclusive: Senior Trip
March 2011
By:
Brittany S.
| Calvert County, Maryland
A near-fatal fall brought this teen into AA. Now the program is part of her family.
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
Sobriety 1-2-3
April 1960
One of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
Our Everlasting Freshness
February 1960
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
When I finish, I begin! Goethe
More Than Ever
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Hal F.
| McAllen, Texas
The longer he’s sober, the more it means to share whatever has pulled him toward the light
Being there
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Anonymous
In 1962, at the age of 25, I called on God for help and a phone call opened up the doors to AA and a new life. With a good sponsor and lots of meetings, I have enjoyed continuous sobriety ever since.
Coming Clean
March 2013
By:
Nick B.
| London, Ohio
A sneaky gas station thief makes amends for way he used to roll
Alcoholism at Large
December 2012