Our Own Conception
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Michael F.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
A member raised in the “Bible belt” feels that religious beliefs are better left outside of meetings
Seeing 20-20
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Mark M.
He stood at a doorway, confused, doubtful and hopeless. And then took a single step forward…
A Sketchy Fourth Step
April 2015
By:
Wave P.
| Fresno, California
With help from her sponsor, a member with a learning difficulty did some Step work she thought she’d never be able to do
Mission: Tradition
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
One member's quest to find out more about how our Fellowship lives and grows
Poison Arrow
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
A young woman describes her toxic nine-year love affair with booze
You Are Already Part of a Miracle
January 1973
By:
A. M.
| St. Petersburg, Fla.
Spiritual awakening can be a sudden experience or a slow growing process
May This Not Be the Eulogy of Me, You, Or Anyone We Know . . .
August 1968
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
25 Years of Regret
September 2013
By:
Richard V.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Clearing the shame from a past marriage brought a few pleasant surprises
Go Forth Without Fear
September 1965
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
An argument against the "give-'em-hell" approach
11th Tradition
July 1971
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
Greed, Fear, and Ignorance
July 1974
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
We can have almost everything we want if we want it badly enough--but we have to pay the price
Payback
February 2023
| Making Amends
By:
Allie F.
| Paw Paw, Mich.
Her drinking and stealing damaged their friendship. But the healing the Steps gave them was priceless
I Miss Jail
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tyler J.
| Pikesville, Md.
During the Covid pandemic, the service that most kept him sober had to stop. He misses it
AA News
November 2025
| Early days of AA
The 75th General Service Conference “Working Together, Increasing Trust”
Greeter? What’s a Greeter?
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Patti M.
| Ellicott, Md.
Setting up chairs? Putting out the books? She’s thrilled to be sober, but what’s everyone talking about?
Dear Grapevine
September 2011
A Message Without Borders
March 2003
Report on the Seventeenth World Service Meeting in Oviedo, Spain
The Ninth Concept
July 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
Detox, DT’s, Despair—And Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.S.
| Whitehall, Pa.
A journey from hospital and rehab to a new life in AA