Love = time
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Peter H.
| Buffalo, New York
A sober husband learns to show love with a sponge, a little dish soap and lots of patience
In silent wonderment
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Tom T.
| New Britain, Connecticut
He hoped his anniversary would pass by unnoticed, but he was in for a surprise
How 14 groups grew to 22
November 2018
By:
Frank S.
| Los Angeles, California
In 1944, AA’s cofounder, Bill W., swings through California to lend a helping hand to the new group
Never too late
May 2018
By:
Linda W.
| Westland, Michigan
It took a little time, but she learned to love her mom, thanks to the wonder of Step Nine
How I “Got” A Sponsor
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Dawn S.
| Phoenix, Ariz.
Her recipe for finding the right sponsor? Go to a meeting, find someone who looks like she really wants to be there—and just ask
It could have been me
June 2017
By:
Rachel W.
| West Lebanon, New Hampshire
A horrible tragedy on the day she got sober reminds a mother when she too was drunk at the wheel
Hidden gifts
January 2017
By:
Deborah M.
| Carson City, Nevada
A strange series of unexpected events led to a decision that changed her life
24-Hour Delivery
February 2014
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Kentucky
Doing service with Meetings on Wheels gives this guy the ride of his life
Me And My Turkey
December 2013
Nearly 35 years into sobriety, he is grateful for some of the particularly bad memories
My Child Heart
March 2012
By:
Snow P.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
A failure to find the "right God" eventually led her to her best friend
Rebuilding a Life
March 2012
By:
Tom F.
| Oceanside, California
In sobriety, he was able to put the pieces of his life back together again
My Heart Is Heavy
July 2011
By:
Snow P.
Learning of the death of a former sponsor, a woman reflects upon her early days in AA
SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT
March 2010
By:
KATHLEEN C.D.
| Sound Beach, N.Y.
Alcoholism destroys a doctor's ambitions for financial stability
Victor E (July 1995)
November 2004
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
For 42 years Victor E. has wanted to drink in almost every issue of the Grapevine--and every time has changed his mind. One AA offers this perspective on Victor's continuing dilemma.
I Slipped Back to Prison
July 1964
By:
Anonymous
| San Quentin
It has been about a month now since you went to your last AA meeting. . .you think you have it all figured out.
Open-meeting Bores
October 1963
By:
Jackson
| Michigan
Want to know how to handle Drink-by-Drink Dave, Mumbling Myron, Sour Sam or Pollyanna Pete? First, look in any mirror
Make Friends with Your Conscience
February 1963
By:
O. Hobart Mowrer
Does alcohol release your "real" personality? "Tommy rot," says a voice from the other side of the swinging doors. And the too severe conscience is largely myth.
Dear Grapevine
May 2025
| Young and Sober
Friends Wherever I Go
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Peter S.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Whether in Paris, Kansas City, Egypt or Iceland, he stays connected to the language of the heart
AA Etiquette
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jack M.
| Libertyville, Ill.
The finer points of meeting behavior from an AA with half a century’s sobriety
My Story
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Kate H.
| Ojai, Calif.
It took years of drinking and denial, but one spring day, she picked up the phone and made the call that changed her life
Game over
September 2009
By:
SARAH B.
| Kingsport, Tenn.
A young woman admits her life is out of control
Saying Goodbye TO A SOBER DAD
September 2008
By:
Debbie C.
| Lerna, Illinois
A father & daughter finally connect
Sk8ing Through Life
September 2005
By:
Baxter J.
| Sacramento, California
A skateboarder takes on a monster ramp with the help of the Steps