Home Is Where I Am
April 2016
After 20 years, a man returns to his original home group and gets a big surprise
Finding Our Way
October 2012
By:
Jerry S.
| Austin, Texas
An agnostic discovers his place in the Fellowship
Bag of donuts
June 2010
By:
DAVE F.
| Hutchinson, Kan.
Sometimes all it takes is a kind gesture to save a life
No More Breath Mints
April 2012
By:
Clayton C.
| Atlanta, Georgia
AA helped him remove the liquor smell and become a show-up son
Out of gas
October 2017
By:
Mollie M.
| Boone, N.C.
A mother recalls how she used to wait outside the liquor store and wonder how people lived their lives
No Pie in the Sky God
On a drive one day, she had a revelation about her drinking and connected with a Higher Power
We Hope You Like This Issue
December 1950
My Oasıs
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Marcy B.
| Bothell, Wash.
Except for an occasional scorpion or two, this wonderful desert meeting was her safe, sober home
Web Exclusive: Self-Supporting
February 2012
By:
Mike S.
| Morgantown, Indiana
A member discusses the spiritual significance of supporting ourselves
Web Exclusive: Home Group Mementos
January 2012
By:
Barb R.
| Medford, Oregon
Identical leather bracelets serve as ties to a home group amongst fisherman in Mexico
Help Yourself to Self-help
July 1965
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
On the merits of reading for personal enlightenment, with some examples from the author's own experience
Six Weeks In Texas
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Cathy B.
| Mundelein, Ill.
After an accident lands her in a rehabilitation facility, angels from AA descend
Twisted Sisters
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Denise R.
| Santa Cruz County, Calif.
We go on camping trips and service assemblies. When we go on vacation, everyone takes a “toenails in paradise” photo—a picture of where our feet are.
A Full Heart
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Joe R.
| North Little Rock, Ark.,
Tonight he left the hospital concerned, exhausted and grief-stricken. But most of all, he felt joy
Serenity garden
September 2010
By:
KIZZIE P.
| Frankfort, Ky.
Sponsees and a special garden help an ailing teacher defy her deadly diagnosis
Sober at 63
April 2010
By:
RITA C.
| Wimauma, Fla.
The alcohol stops working and her Higher Power steps in
Eye of the Storm
October 1997
By:
J.G. & M.G.
| LaBelle, Florida
An AA meeting in the midst of Rio's Carnival