Running The Circus
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Briana O.
| Indianapolis, Indiana
Concept Seven tells her that AA is a living, breathing Fellowship kept alive by us—the people who once couldn’t keep a cactus alive
Helping Hands
December 1957
OUTSIDE AA - <emphasis type="italic">Activities and developments outside AA in the field of alcoholism. . .a news report</emphasis>
Hitting the Road
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Dave H.
| Lincoln, Nebraska
Don’t need beer for this! Dave and Pat are having a blast checking off their bucket list. Next stop: GSO in New York City!
My Sober Mom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lynn M.
| Santa Ana, Calif.
Her mother, sober and beloved by AA
Dreams of My Mother
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Carl A.
| Minneapolis, Minn.
His mother’s appearance in his dreams was no coincidence
Triumph of the heart
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Tom B.
| Patchogue, N.Y.
Two alcoholics share an unexpected powerful moment one night in the local jail
Open Up!
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Anonymous
| Cranston, R.I.
What? No meeting today? He was new and now desperate—but he wasn’t alone
One Among Many
March 2018
By:
C.B.
| Bend, Ore.
One enthusiastic AA had service positions in multiple home groups, until her service sponsor helped her understand that less can actually be more
My Last Amend
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
After 40 years and a beautiful life, an old-timer returns to her mother’s grave
Alone with my ex
September 2010
By:
DOUGLAS M.
| Covington, Ky.
During a coerced meeting with a bitter ex-wife, a Ninth Step emerges
Can I Buy You a Drink?
August 1995
By:
Joan B.
| Toronto, Ontario
This AA member tried to buy Bill W. a drink--and got an earful of AA instead
At Wit's End
November 2011
Editor’s Letter
March 2011
Editor’s Letter
February 2011
AA News: Young people party in NYC's Times Square at ICYPAA 52
October 2010
More than 4,000 AAs attend International Conference of Young People in AA
How others can help
September 2010
Twentieth World Service Meeting Held in New York City
February 2009
Delegates share stories, service, and experience
