Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
January 1947
By:
J.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Travel Expenses
It Might Have Been the Time
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Lois W.
| New York, New York
In a 1950 Grapevine article, Lois, our cofounder’s wife, shared how she came to apply the program to her own life
AA In The Boonies
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Danny P.
| Waubun, Minn.
A fond look at small town meetings with big time sobriety
Faith in the Time of COVID
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Louise M.
| Long Island, N.Y.
Could she maintain emotional sobriety with the COVID bully at her door? She and her Higher Power had a plan
Life of the party
May 2018
By:
Mary Lou C.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
Terrified, she opened the door to the Sunset room and heard people laughing. She's been celebrating now for 35 years
Here come the vans
April 2017
By:
Ryan S.
| Oakland Park, Florida
Just when he felt too nervous to do service, some guys who needed help saved the day
This Time, It's For Me
December 2015
After years of Al-Anon, how could she have not recognized her own alcoholism?
The Ultimate Share
October 2014
By:
M.M.
| Parksville, British Columbia
After years of drunken hospital visits, a member finally returns for a much better reason
The Beautiful Smell of Rain
November 2011
By:
Mike K.
| Dana Point, California
An impending storm at sea reminds a member why he's so lucky
Web Exclusive: Cleaning up after the Hurricane
September 2011
By:
Nancy B.
A manual labor job in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina proves to be this woman's spiritual, sober foundation
Quest for Faith
July 2011
By:
Alan G.
| Novato, California
When he truly let go of the bottle, he could finally let go and let God
Tools For Life
January 2006
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
There's one for every problem that comes along
Take the steps
May 2018
By:
Doc
| Blue Springs, Missouri
An old-timer, once known as Shaky Jake, walks us through the program that changed his life
Digging The Steps
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Anonymous
| Mason City, Iowa
Determined to do his Seventh Step, a member grabs his boots, bundles up and gives it his all
Web Exclusive: Free On the Inside
March 2011
By:
Bruce M.
| Garden City, Georgia
Prison AA offers him another chance to be "a real man."
When You Hit the Streets--Call AA
July 1981
By:
E. M.
| Santa Barbara, California
In this section, six AAs tell us how it works, inside and outside