A Place to Fit In
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sandy L.
| Douglassville, Pa.
Beginning with her first drunk at the age of eight, she struggled to find the place where she truly belonged
Easy Does It Doing It
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Jack P.
| Holiday, Fla.
After years of going out and coming back in, he discovered that everything happened for a reason
Make Friends with Your Conscience
February 1963
By:
O. Hobart Mowrer
Does alcohol release your "real" personality? "Tommy rot," says a voice from the other side of the swinging doors. And the too severe conscience is largely myth.
Hour Serenity
August 1960
By:
E. S.
| Hartsdale, New York
One of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
80 Years & Counting!
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Jean P.
| Clifton, N.J.
Since 1942, this home group in New Jersey is still going strong, keeping the doors open for all who need them
When no one’s watching
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rick R.
| Poway, Calif.
Little routine things that cost him nothing and clear his conscience begin when he parks the car
Around the World
June 1958
By:
Anon., U. S. S., "Des Moines
GOOD TO BE ALIVE<lbNews, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO.
Celebrity & Sobriety
October 2001
Let’s Go
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Laura Lee W.
| Harrisonburg, Va.
Once fearful of traveling, a newcomer learns how to do it sober. Plus she gets to remember the fun she had
Leaning Into The Wind
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Pat B.
| Napa, Calif.
With a DUI-related jail term and a loved one dying, he decided to confront the ill wind blowing through his life head-on
Four Simple Words
October 2011
By:
Jim S.
| New Brighton, Pennsylvania
A cherished AA slogan comforts a newly sober husband after the loss of his wife
Up, Up & Away
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Sara B.
| Newton Square, Pennsylvania
At 69, with 28 years sober, a brave, determined member discovers rock climbing is remarkably like doing the Steps
Under-Slept, Over-Served
January 2017
He got drunk and missed a crucial career meeting—but found that his Higher Power had an even bigger job in store for him.
Anxiety
December 1975
By:
Barbara B.
| Wellesley, Massachusetts
Most of us can't hold on to two thoughts at the same time--a prayer might replace that fear you feel
Father Edward Dowling
June 1969
By:
K. M.
| Webster Groves, Missouri
I have a special love for Father Dowling. . .
AA: Unfair to Innocent Bystanders
April 1963
By:
J. D.
| East Orange, New Jersey
I ought to know. It ruined a good grudge, set me praying, and even stopped my drinking
A Twenty-four-hour Performer
June 1961
By:
B. P.
| Chappaqua, New York
This gal discovered only professionals are paid to act
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
July 1945
