No Dues Or Fees, but. . .
October 1972
By:
F. F.
| Bethesda, Maryland
Just because we're sober, do we have to get tight?
What’s on your mind?
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Members tell us what they think about meetings, fellowship, sobriety and more. What do you think?
Meeting in Montgomery
December 2012
By:
Tom A.
| Trumbull, Connecticut
He went to the bus stop to right a wrong and left with a beautiful new friend
Still Willing To Go To Any Lengths?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Holly G.
| Eugene, Ore.
She’s still willing to take the “uncomfortable” actions that sobriety sometimes requires
Something Had to Change
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
M.W.
| Auburn, Calif.
She thought changing her outsides would work, but once she met Heather, she got to work on the insides
Step Fur
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Sarah S.
| Brentwood, Mo.
If her inventory had been fur-less, she wouldn’t have had a chilly run-in with the truth
AA News
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
David R.
| Garwood, N.J.
Seeds Blossoming on Every Continent
D.U.I.
June 2006
By:
Emory W.
| Bristol, Virginia
A relapse became the bedrock of one man's sobriety
A Story From Far-off India
February 1963
By:
N. S. N.
| Dehra Dun
In the wooded valley of Dehra Dun, between the holy Ganges and the Jumna Rivers a desperate man took the First Step--
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1979
By:
The Journal (Addiction Research Fou
British Problems Grow
About Alcoholism -alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
December 1972
By:
AP
Tributes to a Trusty
Warm Thoughts from Iceland
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Snorri S.
| Reykjavik, Iceland
A father in Reykjavik shares how AA gave him an amazing life full of wonder, service and joy 26 years ago
Toward a Clarification of Construction
May 1975
By:
N. D.
Our English cousins struggle to understand AA structure--as do we. . .
What It’s Worth
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Heather K.
| Holbrook, New York
How do we decide the amount of money we put in the basket each meeting? One member shares what she does
One night in London
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rose M.
| Jersey, Channel Islands
After 50 years, she’s curious to find the man who kept the doors open so she could find us
Raised in Loisaida
August 2014
By:
Vicky B.
| New York, New York
On New York’s Lower East Side, she did it her way and drank like the boys