AA Afloat
February 1958
Cups of love
August 2017
By:
Forrest P.
| Pacifica, California
When it was time to do dishes, he was first in line. Who knew it would calm his crazy mind?
Loud & Clear
May 2017
By:
Angela W.
| Hurst, Texas
A lesbian with extreme hearing loss learns that no matter how different she feels, if she wants to get sober, she belongs
Are We Fulfilling Our Primary Purpose?
September 1986
By:
H. M.
| Bellaire, Texas
The following three articles were originally presentations at the 1986 General Service Conference
It's a Wonderful Life
November 2012
By:
Oliver P./D.M.
| Mondovi, Wisconsin
A World War II vet remembers the woman who saved his life 54 years ago
A Moment of Reflection
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
George B.
| Brooklyn, New York
A morning meeting share inspires a member to write about childhood, loss, awareness and emotions
How to Drink With Impunity (or Anyone Else)
March 1961
By:
K. V.
| Glenview, Illinois
3. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPRICE
One AA's Answer to Dr. Taylor
November 1953
By:
G. Aiken Taylor, Ph.D.
| Burlington, North Carolina, Dr. Taylor is the a
Wherever We’re Needed
December 2016
By:
Jen K.
| Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
A delegate from the Yukon Territory shares what she’s learned about the challenges of some of our most remote communities
Group Inventory: A Privilege and a Duty
September 2018
By:
Mel C.
| Toronto, Ontario
Bringing your group together on a regular basis for formal reflection and inventory taking helps your group—and AA as a whole
What's On Your Mind? : Too Many Meetings?
November 2016
What if “meeting makers” don’t make it? An AA with over 30 years sober suggests that when meetings are substituted for working the Steps and seeking spiritual awakening, sobriety can be endangered.
Doctor, Why Can't I Stop Drinking?
August 1970
By:
G. E. Deering, MD
For guilt and remorse, substitute a worthwhile experience, suggests this doctor friend of AA
A Spiritual Experience—Third Legacy Style
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Beth G.
| Woodland Park, Colo.
Service work came to her late, but once it took hold, she was able to learn and grow in ways she had not anticipated
Suiting Up
October 2015
The second time he came to AA, he did things differently. And he got different results
Obsession, Lifted
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Wilsonville, OR
Just like that, it was gone. Or so she thought
Surrender, Not Submission
November 2013
After a relapse, she changed the way she practiced the program
b discreet when u tweet
March 2012
By:
Polly B.
| Baltimore, Maryland
A computer-savvy member makes his own rules to practice anonymity
Continued to Take Personal Inventory. . .
March 1954
By:
M. W.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Step Ten reads
Learning to Grow in Self-esteem
February 1975
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
A low opinion of self drove us into many of our difficulties