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A Life That’s Brand New

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Marie H. | Hollywood, Fla.
Surviving a horrific blackout incident, she was determined to find a new way of life

Frequent contact

May 2019 | Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By: David L. | New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Some favorite passages in the Big Book help a father get through the darkest days of his life

End run

July 2018
By: Charles H | Atwater, California
His prison was filled with alcohol and drugs, but luckily he began to do laps with a guy named Skyler

Felt like home

June 2018
By: Janis L. | Bangor, Maine
How the warm welcome at a shelter meeting helped her take off a “backpack” of fear and shame

Cursing At God

February 2018 | Title Goes Here
By: Becky G. | Langhorne, Pennsylvania
With her husband dying, she expressed her pain and found a way to greater faith

Learning to trust

January 2018 | Sponsorship
By: Rhoni M. | Scottsdale, Arizona
Whether piloting a plane or adjusting the way she sponsors, she lets her Higher Power lead the way

Yesterday’s mistakes

April 2017
By: Alex M. | Louisville, Kentucky

One requirement

March 2017
By: Kelsey R. | Indiana
People and groups may have their rules, but the Third Tradition tells us exactly what’s needed to be a member—a desire to stop drinking

Heart and Hip

June 2016

Up a Steep, Snowy Trail

April 2014
By: Judy A. | Missoula, Montana
After an honest look in the mirror, she found herself on a way to a meeting

Cookies and More

February 2014
By: Robert J. | Sacramento, California
His granddaughter's appreciation of meetings taught him a humble lesson

Time Will Tell

March 2013
By: Anonymous
He’s grateful the Third Tradition gave him the freedom to find his place

Lightning strikes twice

February 2010
By: ANONYMOUS | Maryland
Step Two helps an alcoholic get past his denial and see how alcohol was affecting his life

My Place of Hope

December 2009
By: BRENDA M. | Boise, Idaho
Near a favorite childhood refuge, a woman surrenders her will

SOMETIMES I CRAWLED

November 2009
By: LESLIE M. | Pickerington, Ohio
A difficult life in early sobriety has a newcomer doubting her recovery

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French Without Tears

May 1951
By: C. C. | Montreal, Quebec

Vino Vignette--

September 1948
By: T.D.Y.
The Wild Irishman

You Don't Know What Lonesome Is!

December 1947
By: I.S. | Portland, Oregon

In Shambles

April 2020 | Home Group
By: Betsy S. | Tucson, Ariz.
At four months sober, she had no money—not even for toilet paper. Thankfully, she had a sponsor

What Meeting Are You Going to Tomorrow?

November 1999
By: Chris R. | Santa Rosa, California

One Banana at a Time

March 2026 | AA & the Family
By: Kelli S.B. | Seattle, Washington
To connect with God better, her sponsor suggested she help others. What finally worked may surprise you

Surrounded by Love

January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters
By: Bill O. | Doylestown, Pennsylvania
At a Sunday morning Step meeting in Pennsylvania, helping newcomers is what they do best

Up in Smoke

July 2024 | Annual Prison Issue
By: Garry and Renee J. | Surprise, Arizona
Members out west find a fun and sometimes chilly way to gather in fellowship and embrace Step Seven

So How Did I Get Here?

May 2024 | How the Steps Changed My Life
By: Patrick J. | Albuquerque, New Mexico
What made him say yes to that kind AA man more than four decades ago? Ask his Higher Power

Goodbye My Friend

February 2024 | Getting Through Tough Times
By: Anonymous | Pennsylvania
A member shares his love, fear and sadness as a longtime AA friend says he’s leaving the program

Passing it on

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
By: Ron A. | St. Cloud, Minnesota
What began as a frantic search for a beloved ceramic buddy became a beautiful, unexpected lesson in letting go

High Stepping Twelfth Steppers

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Sherri R. | Ontario, Toronto
More than 30 years ago, two young women discovered they had a lot in common—including a deep desire to get sober

No two alike

December 2018 | Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By: Lucinda P. | Grass Valley, California
A member in California makes peace with the holidays one snowflake at a time

Long Strange Trip

June 2018
By: Andy G. | Midland, Mich.
They were childhood buddies who drank and drugged together, then got sober. Now they were taking one final road trip

Bird trouble

April 2017
By: Woody R. | Stockton, California
He was in a jam alright, but it wasn’t over feathers. This time liquor had him locked up good

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