Learning to Trust
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Sarah C.
| Puyallup, Washington
The last thing she wanted to do was go to a women’s meeting. She was in for a big surprise
Quiet Gifts
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Anonymous
| Woodstock, Georgia
One day while standing in line, he paid his gratitude forward. Why that day? Why not?
You Go First!
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Valerie H.
| Sonoma, California
One day at the lake a challenge was made and everything changed. Here are both sides of the story
Honest. Open-Minded. Willing
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sue M. Oshawa,
| Ontario
She had 24 years sober. One day, the thought of a drink almost overwhelmed her
Starting Over
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Anonymous
| Wilsonville, Oregon
At 20 years of sobriety, she got the message to step up her program. Boy, is she glad she did
A Gift That Lasts
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
(Doc) Ed G.
| Blue Springs, Missouri
As amazing memories of first sober holidays go, this one of a dad and his sons floats to the very top
Yes, It’s True About Acceptance
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tim H.
| Hayden, ID
Reflections on a cancer diagnosis and lessons learned through AA
We are Brothers
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Kyle C.
| Florence, Arizona
Through the loneliness and fear, there’s a group of men here bonding, sponsoring and sharing the love
Patient Twelfth Stepping
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jimmy C.
| Peculiar, Mo.
Planting the seed is sometimes all you can do
Always Remember
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Liah H.
| Kihei, Hawaii
One morning on a beautiful Hawaiian beach, she heard a share that reminded her to cherish her seat
It Can’t Get Any Better—But It Does
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
D.C.
| Bangor, Maine
To this old-timer, the fruit of sobriety tastes sweeter and sweeter every day
Wrapped in Fellowship
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
J.D.
| Big Lake, Minn.
Being a sober AA member doesn’t mean I will have a life free of trials and tribulations, but what it does give me is a Fellowship I can rely on.
Truly Living One Day At A time
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Rachel M.
| Duluth, Minn.
All her geographic taught her was that she was an alcoholic in a different state. That’s when she learned to take things one sunrise at a time
In need of care
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Dottie C.
| San Diego, Calif.
Helping others all day was this nurse’s job. Now it was her turn to ask for help
Ride Share
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Michelle B.
| Rossford, Ohio
Tired, worried and desperate for a meeting, a newcomer hits the road and meets an angel at the wheel
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1988
By:
Joan Hollobon
Return to Native Traditions
Blessings Then and Now
September 1987
By:
V. R.
| Utah State Prison
A prisoner reflects on AA inside
To Improve Our Conscious Contact
January 1979
By:
N. P.
| Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Four words gave her a key to meditation and opened up a whole new understanding of the Eleventh Step
A Different Kind of Christmas Feeling
December 1977
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
Look inside yourself for something more than tinsel and bells and "Ho, ho, ho
Happy Sobriety
September 1976
By:
L. H.
| Gatesville, Ohio
Does it come from frantic activity, or letting go of responsibilities?
