Right Place Right Time
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Matthew M.
| Oak Park, Illinois
Our Special Wrenches
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
T.R.
| Queensbury, N.Y.
Just coming into AA, she found friends who accepted her without judgement
Sharing Everything
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Julian S.
| Huntington Beach, Calif.
Who knew he’d have a spiritual experience telling his secrets one morning to
a man he barely knew?
a man he barely knew?
Sober Voices
March 2011
By:
Anonymous
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
When asked if he heard voices in his head, he had to pause
My Alcoholic Dog
January 1974
By:
N. D.
| Woodstock, Vermont
Like master, like dog"--including the character defects
Doc Is Doing Real Well Now
July 1964
By:
Anonymous
The only doctor in town wins his battle against drugs and alcohol
63 Wonderful Years
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Joan S.
| San Diego, Calif.
Hopping in and out of virtual meetings all over the world, a mother of four who got sober in 1957 has really seen it all
Finding Independence in AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ralph F.
| North Bellmore, NY
How did he come to be called Ralphie Donuts? It’s a classic AA transformation…
MY ICED TEA FIT
September 2009
By:
NORM H.
| Cary, N.C.
Steeping in a self-centered brew, an old-timer's desire to control resurfaces
Going Solo
December 2003
By:
Shirley Ann C.
| Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
There are reasons why people say not to make Twelfth Step calls alone. Here's one of them. --Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all
I've Never Quit Being Active
November 1999
By:
C.H.S.
| St. Petersburg, Florida
The author of "Home Brewmeister" asserted that in this life-changing program, the growth process never ends. - From the November 1968 Grapevine
One Christmas at a Time
December 1983
By:
J. J.
| Tampa, Florida
When she stopped projecting a dreary holiday, she could relax and enjoy her first good Christmas
Reflections
August 1979
By:
S. S.
| Leesburg, Virginia
Today, he can count hope as one of his strongest gifts
Borrow mine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
M.L.
| Placitas, N.M.
I said “Jim, maybe you could use my Higher Power.” I told him I was sure he wouldn’t mind. Jim thanked me and we never spoke of the God thing again.
Parallel Universes
August 2004
By:
Barbara F.
| Malvern, Arkanas
An AA showed her the crossing place
A Beautiful Calm
December 1979
By:
R. P.
| Margate, Florida
The Serenity Prayer replaced his anger with
Absolute Honesty
October 1976
By:
D. A.
| Atlanta, Georgia
For five years nobody in her group knew about her two Bloody Marys
This Is War!
October 1961
By:
E. G.
| Mons
The battle against alcohol is one in which our "wounds"--or slips--can serve to make us stronger