A Spiritual Homecoming
St. Louis AAs prepare to celebrate the birth of our General Service Conference.
God Speaks to Us in Silence
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
M.B.
| Columbus, Michigan
With AA’s help and prayer, a mother puts down the bottle, lets go of the past and reconnects with her family in a new way
One Giant Step
April 1983
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
Dear Grapevine
February 2020
| Tough Times
Is “Attraction” Spelled With Four Letters?
October 2016
Does profanity at meetings unite us or divide us? And what does the outside world think? One AA gives his opinion
Legal Aid
April 2011
By:
Rick B.
| Phoenix, Arizona
A high-priced attorney’s biggest battle is with the bottle
MY EXCUSE
September 2010
By:
DALE K.
| McKeesport, Penn.
Drinking eased his cerebral palsy symptoms, but drove away his friends
Keeping it green
August 2010
By:
SUE E.
| Hammond, Ind.
Life is again worth living, a hopeful newcomer finds
Odd or God?
September 1998
By:
Kathy J.
| Indiana, Pennsylvania
Have you ever needed to find a meeting in a strange town, or in a different country, or while you were traveling? Here are several stories of people who found themselves "home again" while far from home.
A Purpose in Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Julie M.
| Youngstown, Ohio
The Responsibility Pledge helps her overcome her fear of taking meetings into jail
Staying Afloat
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Erica P.
| Concord, New Hampshire
At 10 months, she thought the Bahamas would be easy breezy. But the disease had a different idea
Greetings From Maine
August 2013
By:
Diane S. and Carolyn H.
| Warren, New Jersey
Two sober friends head to Maine for biking, whale-watching and whoopie pie!
Time out!
June 2013
By:
Jeanne F.
| Atlantic Beach, Florida
When the kids misbehave, mom’s Steps come in for a touchdown
Responsibility man
June 2011
By:
Joe V.
| Munsey Park, New York
The burdens of obligation transform to gifts of sobriety
Farther Off From Heaven
July 1998
By:
T.M.
| Hemet, California
The words of a poem, remembered from childhood
