Beyond what I Imagined
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
How the Steps helped her become more patient, tolerant, authentic, useful and right-sized
In All Our Affairs
Is it possible to continue to love someone when their behavior goes against our most basic beliefs?
Hobby Becomes Career
October 1965
By:
T. C.
| Sainte Dorothee, Quebec
A new sober-time hobby came in handy when this AA lost his job
Who Supports AA in Colorado?
July 1962
By:
Anonymous
| New York City, New York
With a little alertness misinformation about us in the press can be used to help "carry the message
I Felt Like a Queen
May 2016
She first learned to carry the message washing ashtrays. Her group made her start at the top
One plate at a time
December 2016
By:
Tim S.
| Riverview, Florida
Dirty laundry, piles of trash and stacks of filthy dishes. Little by little, a newcomer cleans up his act
Case History of Someone You Know
March 1951
A Thousand Angels
January 2014
By:
Kathleen D.
| Shirley, New York
Her journey to learn about Tradition One opened her heart to hope
It's Never Too Late!
December 1950
If you think you're too old to start over--<lbhere's a Christmas present <lbfor YOU!
What We Were Like
September 1994
By:
Ab A.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Birthday Plan - excerpts from a talk given by the originator of "The Oklahoma Birthday Plan" at the AA State Meeting in Great Bend, Kansas in the fall of 1955 and first published in the May 1956 Grapevine
Fishing Heaven
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Steve G.
| Rockville, Maryland
Whether it’s the lessons we get to learn or the love we give, living life sober is the big catch
Late Night Shopping Spree
December 2016
By:
Gary R.
| Ventura, California
He just wanted a few things to go with his booze—and hey, why pay? Oh, he paid alright
Hot house
December 2012
By:
Frankie B.,
| Spring Hill, Florida
An old-timer challenges the way his local meeting place is run
Second Tradition Checklist
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
B. L.
| New York, N .Y.
He was going to save AA. Someone had to do it. A member recalls AA’s early days before the Traditions were written
PO Box 1980
May 1983
By:
W. W.
| Everett, Washington
Borrowed time <emphasis type="underline">pays</emphasis> interest
Never Organized, Huh?
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Harold I.
| Marietta, Georgia
In AA, who really runs the show? You do. We do. A member helps explain
At Wit’s End
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
Alone in Thailand
January 1997
By:
D. J.
| Venice, California
This AA traveller was left with "no mental defense against the first drink
My Car
April 1971
By:
R. C. B.
| West Haven, Connecticut
To paraphrase the auto ads: We've changed and it's changed