Letting Go
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Susan T.
| Lake Mary, Florida
She made it to AA, but alcohol still kept its grip. Luckily an oldtimer’s suggestion set her free
AA Around the World
March 1995
How It All Began: AA in South Africa"--From the October 1993 Regmaker, the bimonthly magazine of AA in South Africa
A New Generation of Hope
March 1982
By:
M. P.
| Manhattan, New York
1980 survey results show increasing variety in AA's membership
90-day Trial
January 1959
The fourth of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
The Only Faith You Need
February 2004
By:
Michael B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
An agnostic's adventure with the God thing
Closed Doors ----And Open Windows
December 1957
By:
Frank S.
| Perry Point, Maryland
Story of the Birth of a Hospital Group
Dear Grapevine
November 2025
| Early days of AA
Dear Grapevine
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
Dear Grapevine
August 2023
| AA in the Military
Born An Alcoholic
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lewis F.
| Loveland, Colo.
From the cradle and almost to the grave, one alcoholic tells his story
Higher Powers and Nonbelievers
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Joe C.
| Toronto, Ontario
He was finally going to admit the fact that he was ‘happy, joyous and God-free.’ Would others in the rooms accept him?
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
Close to my heart
June 2017
By:
Marc B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up
Dear Grapevine
January 2017
Recycling Day
March 2014
By:
Janet S.
| Eugene, Oregon
She took better care of her trash than she did of herself
Digging Out
March 2013
By:
James L.
| Pegram, Tennessee
The Ninth Step helps a sober man make his way out of the ditch
Seize the Day
January 2008
By:
Jill W.
| Seattle, Washington
Jumping into life 12,000 feet above the earth
A Chance to See Things With Sober Eyes
January 1980
By:
H. D.
| Hovland, Minnesota
His Higher Power enabled him to see reality for the first time
It's Never Too Late!
December 1950
If you think you're too old to start over--<lbhere's a Christmas present <lbfor YOU!
Stayed To Believe
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
C.G.
| Moscow, ID
All he knew for certain was that he didn’t have the answers
The Healing
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jonel J.
| Lantana, FL
Hopeless, lost---and healed
Welcome to Delaware
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Amylynn K.
| Lewes, Del.
Off to the world of retirement I went! Larry and I made our way down from New York. Before we moved, we had visited and gone to a few AA meetings.