That Wonderful Sense of Belonging
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Scotty K.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
A motorcycle trip was what he loved most in life. But why could he not enjoy it? Ninth Step to the rescue
Six-Pack Lucky
May 2009
By:
LUCKY R.
| Parksville, British Columbia
After several relapses, a former sailor gets honest and asks for help
Old Thinking vs. New Thinking
January 2007
By:
Pamela D.
| Los Alamitos, California
A mother celebrates more than her AA anniversary
Self-indulgence vs. Self-destruction
March 1966
By:
Percy M. Sessions
A sociologist comments on self-love and self-condemnation in alcoholic behavior
Pleasures of Reading
May 1948
By:
F.G.
| Manhattan
<emphasis type="italic">If A Man Be Mad</emphasis> by Harold Maine (Doubleday, $3)
A majestic night
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Chad P.
| Mount Vernon, Indiana
What was supposed to be just a ride home from a meeting turned out to be a show of a lifetime
My Private Hell
July 2018
By:
Michelle R.
| Winter Garden, Fla.
She couldn’t figure out how anyone could be a “grateful” recovering alcoholic. After her second Fourth Step, she understood….
There Really Are No Coincidences
October 2016
By:
Mike B.
| Prescott, Ariz.
Stuck with his busted motorcycle by the side of the road, he says a prayer—and the “coincidences” come fast and furious
A New Anonymous?
September 2015
One member asks: As we broaden our use and understanding of anonymity, where do privacy and security come in?
Drowning in Red Wine
April 2012
By:
Denise K.
| Groton, Massachusetts
A woman reaches out to a friend she's never met—but knows too well
Story Archive: Attitude Adjustment
April 2011
By:
Gee
| New York, New York
A nice way to start the day
Born An Alcoholic
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lewis F.
| Loveland, Colo.
From the cradle and almost to the grave, one alcoholic tells his story
Dear Grapevine
June 2018
Web Exclusive: A Daily Meditation
September 2011
By:
Judy M.
| Bluffton, South Carolina
A woman discovers a way to practice conscious contact while she goes about the business of the day
What We Were Like
September 1990
GROWING PAINS HERE AND ABROAD - Fragments of AA History - <emphasis type="italic">From the June 1946 Grapevine</emphasis>
Ashamed, Afraid, Nervous--And Sober
December 1982
By:
C. B.
| Winter Park, Florida
It's never too late to get back to the program
ENGLISH
October 1961
By:
Anonymous
| Transvaal
In the language of the Bantu, drink is a tyrant, compelling its slaves to do its bidding
Growing Pains Here and Abroad
June 1946
A Way of Life
December 1999
By:
Jim N.
| West Springfield, Massachusetts
Step 12: 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 our affairs.
And she waits...
December 2016
By:
Kirie P.
| Brinnon, Washington
In a tiny rural village with no street lights and no AA, a woman brews a pot of coffee and reads
AA News
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
This Sober Life
December 2011
In "Get With the Program," an old-timer exhorts newcomers to work the Steps and not just "go to meetings."