A VISION FOR US
July 2010
By:
REVEREND WARD B. EWING
A longtime friend of AA shares his thoughts on the Fellowship's future
They Call Me the Bid Committee Chick
January 2004
By:
Andrea R.
| Orlando, Florida
Get to ICYPAA," her sponsor told her. "It's the biggest party of young people in AA
The Ride of My Life
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Liz W.
| Savannah, Georgia
A sober motorcycle fan in Georgia gets active in AA, lands a great job and finds a soulmate—all on two hardworking wheels
On the go
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Renea C.
| San Diego, California
In our area, we help members. We have a service called “Meetings to Go” that provides AA volunteers to bring meetings to homes or hospitals for those who cannot get to meetings.
Triumph of the heart
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Tom B.
| Patchogue, N.Y.
Two alcoholics share an unexpected powerful moment one night in the local jail
Welcome to the jungle
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Jennifer R.
| Quepos
Monkeys, snakes, God, loners and newcomers! All are invited to this little AA meeting in the rainforest
Keep the focus
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Ann O.
| Needham, Massachusetts
We simply know one thing, says this member—we can help you if you have a problem with alcohol
My Answer for Grandma
July 2015
By:
Wayne R.
| Middletown, Md.
As he slid deeper into his disease, someone he loved kept asking questions. Then one day he knew what to tell her
AA Behind the Walls: A Volunteer's Perspective
December 2003
By:
Liz D.
| Woodside, New York
What could a young, middle-class girl have in common with an inmate at Rikers?
My Trudge Along the Road
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Barry F.
| Granville, Ohio
An alcoholism counselor realizes he is one of the “poor sick souls” he works so hard to save
AA Around the World
July 1959
By:
B. W.
| Melbourne
A Late Report from Australia - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published by the General Service Offic
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
May 1948
By:
B.S.
| New York, New York
There Is A.A. on Vacation, Too
Down the drain
October 2010
By:
CECIL R.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
One last binge ends a Navy medic's drinking days
Beware the Sound of Blaring Trumpets
May 1978
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
The spiritual basis of anonymity gives sense and direction to its practice
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
October 1946
By:
J.O'C.
| Chicago, Illinois
Resentments
The Washingtonians
February 1971
By:
D. P.
| Ogden, Utah
A brief history of the organization that grew strong helping suffering alcoholics and then withered away when it lost track of its primary purpose
The Role of a Lifetime
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Monica C.
| New City, New York
Becoming a movie star was her dream come true, but it turned out the script called for something much bigger
Up from the Ashes
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Carla H.
| Chico, Calif.
How a mother kept her cool and stayed close to AA as tragedy struck her family and her California town
Miracle at the Half Way House
January 2015
By:
Matthew M.
| Youngstown, Ohio
This time after getting released from jail, he did the next right thing
"I Like the Effect"
November 2014
An old timer looks back on life before and after she came to AA as a young woman