Come & Get It
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
M.S.
| St. Louis, Missouri
These members in St. Louis may be serious about their program, but they sure know how to have a good time
Earning a Dream
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Janet H.
| Tucson, Arizona
A single mom recalls how she followed her sponsor’s suggestion to reach some financial security
The Missing Piece
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Miles G.
| Aloha, Ore.
It turned out that the piece he thought he was missing was with him all the time.
Awakening Into A New Way of Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Joan B.
| Arvada, CO
Freed to live a different way, she is grateful for all the days of her sobriety
We can get through anything
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Bill K.
| Amarillo, Texas
He’s gotten through moves, loved one’s deaths, viral meningitis and age issues, and he hasn’t had a drink since 1970
Best Insurance Ever
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
M.G.
| Montclair, N.J.
Working with a prisoner in a serious COVID lockdown delivered both of them tickets to some sanity and peace
A Very New Year
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Mary P.
| Duluth, Minn.
At four months sober, a New Year’s Eve party seemed daunting. But she took her sponsor’s suggestion and got a big surprise
One last experiment
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Grace S.
| Ann Arbor, Michigan
To Be Sober, You Need To See Sober
July 2018
By:
Barnes B.
| White River Jct., Vt.
One alcoholic stops the fear-based projections and allows himself a vision of a happy, sober and sane life
One requirement
March 2017
By:
Kelsey R.
| Indiana
People and groups may have their rules, but the Third Tradition tells us exactly what’s needed to be a member—a desire to stop drinking
She Said She Was Doing Fine
April 2016
By:
Janice H.
| Clayton, California
Her friend Susan knew everyone in AA and seemed to have it all. So what happened?
Painting the City
January 2014
By:
Jason K.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
As a newcomer, he had AA and a backpack of spray paint. Now he’s a GSR and his life is full color
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1990
By:
Frank J. Prial
Wine Maker Fails to Thwart Street Alcoholics
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
June 1989
By:
Research Institute on Alcoholism
Potential Signs of Alcohol Dependence
An Agnostic Turns It Over
April 1984
By:
S. D.
| Modesto, California
Excerpts from a letter to a newcomer
Reality Can Be Uncomfortable
November 1976
By:
M. McF.
But learning to cope with life, people, and situations is vital to our growth - From the July 1971 Grapevine
AA Lingo
December 1974
By:
Ed. S.
| Needham, Massachusetts
It would seem we have a language all our own--the better to understand each other, we hope
Courage to Change
February 1974
By:
T. C.
| Atlanta, Georgia
Those obstacles in the way of our sobriety can be moved
To Be Alive Again
August 1972
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
To taste, savor, feel the pains and joys of reality
Reality Can Be Uncomfortable
July 1971
By:
M. McF.
| Millburn, New Jersey
But learning to cope with life, people, and situations is vital to our growth
The Arena
February 1950
By:
B. B.
| Middletown, New York
a non-alcoholic wife defends alcoholic women