Everything Is Illuminated
November 2014
By:
Carol S.
After being sober for a while, she reconsidered the narrative of a favorite painting
Pen On Paper
July 2007
By:
Tom Z.
| Woodbridge, Virginia
An AA extends a hand and stays sober on the streets
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
May 1970
By:
Rudy Johnson
Progress on the Bowery
Around AA Items of AA Information and Experience
January 1969
By:
John L. Norris, MD
Open Letter to AA Members
Reaching Out in New Ways
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Gary D.
| Edgewater, Florida
With apps, websites, tablets and computers, a member in Florida shares how Twelfth Step tools keep advancing every day
How To Survive Your First Year of Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hope A.
| Mooresville, N.C.
Some say the first year is the toughest. It doesn’t have to be
My Cold Metal Chair
July 2012
By:
Jackie V.
| Morristown, New Jersey
Holding hands? Styrofoam cups? No way! Yet, she's grateful she stayed
Self-support
July 2007
By:
Jessica C.
| Los Angeles, California
How AA's Seventh Tradition helped soothe a troubled soul
Waking Up Sober
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
L.N.
| Mira Loma, Calif.
The freedom of waking up each morning without fear is something this AA treasures
I just said yes
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Cynthia S.
| Seattle, Wash.
I hit bottom during my kids’ teenage years. Going into juvenile detention centers has been a way of giving back and showing up for teenagers.
In Order to Heal
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Woody R.
| Stockton, Calif.
As with an individual, there’s nothing like an inventory to help a home group stay healthy, happy and focused
Help Wanted
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
David B.
| New York, N.Y.
I had been fired again. I was hitting bottom, though I didn’t know that at the time. I picked up the pay phone in the coffee shop. That was my First Step.
Look Back, But Don’t Stare
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
V.B.
| Naugatuck, Conn.
Our job is to remember the past, learn from it—but don’t repeat it
Balcony brothers
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Luke H.
| Allendale, New Jersey
He made his plan to escape out the back door. But two guys with a coffeepot were waiting
Home Group at Rio Rancho
July 2014
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico
For years, he jumped from meeting to meeting until he learned the value of a place called home
Now Hear This!
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
A drunk finds joy in helping the hearing-impaired find AA
Home Sweet Sewer
June 2011
By:
Joey W.
| Palm Springs, California
Could his bottom have gotten any lower?
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
December 1987
By:
Andrew Meacham
Alcoholism and Crime
