11th Tradition
July 1971
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
Lucky Turns
October 2015
By:
Bruce M.
| Indiana, PA
Just when a sober trucker decides to switch gears, his HP sends him on a most unexpected route
My Friend Bill
April 2012
By:
John M.
An AA reflects upon his friendship with an oldtimer he met at a meeting overseas
Twelfth Step Work Is AA
May 1953
By:
R. J. M.
| Jamestown, New York
If we live AA, we are doing Twelfth Step work. . .how infinitely more powerful is our message, if the suffering alcoholic recognizes that AA has produced in us a patient, humble, and loving friend of God and man.
Mr. Irresistible
November 2005
By:
Chris R.
| Spring City, Utah
He was better, stronger, and faster than anyone else. Why was she talking to him about her drinking?
A Dad’s Love
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
P.M.
| La Mesa, California
After years of drinking and partying, a son reconnects with his father, a true gift of AA
Early AA: Still Active After All These Years
March 2007
By:
Mary W.
| Mountain View, California
One of the first female AAs on the San Francisco Peninsula shares her story
Getting To That First Step
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tom S.
| Arlington Heights, IL.
His problems felt insurmountable—until he realized what his problem really was
Ready to Handle it
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Philip C.
| Louisville, Ky.
Though he’d made amends to his wife the best he could, one day while cleaning, he lifted a lid and found forgiveness and truth
Assemble Carefully
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Pamela N.
| Port Richey, Fla.
A newcomer’s quest to usher in her new life goes much easier when she follows directions
Finding My Place
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
P.K.
| Kansas City, Missouri
With help from a friend, a lesbian in Missouri makes it to AA and to a group she calls home
Crayons, cookies & kisses
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
D.B.
| Carlsbad, California
With Steps, coffee and baskets of toys, some California mothers stay sober together
Dancing with Mom
January 2016
Acting as though she loved the mother she couldn’t stand changed both lives forever
Coming To and Waking Up
June 2011
By:
Danny
| Longview, Washington
Coming to amidst a shattered whiskey bottle on the bathroom floor on his 31st birthday was the beginning of the end
Crayons, Cookies, and Kisses
September 1987
By:
D. B.
| Carlsbad, California
A meeting for mothers, and others
Shore Leave
March 1966
By:
C. C.
| Santa Cruz, California
An ex-sailor calculates the cost of twenty-five years of drinking - What price AA membership?
Editorial
February 1953
Edinburgh Love
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Paul M.
| Galveston, Texas
A dream trip through the U.K. took a tragic turn, but the local AAs knew how to take care of their own