Making the day count
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Bob H.
| Binghamton, New York
When times get tough, he uses the tools he’s learned to find gratitude, share and help others
Forgiving Dad
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Melissa R.
| Cape Coral, Florida
In her drinking years, she blamed her father for abandoning her. Then she got the chance to make things right
Essential Worker
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sean B.
| Connell, Wash.
After the COVID prison shutdown, he got to work in the factory, but still had no AA. Then one day a little cart came by
My homies
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
She keeps her home group close to her heart—especially when she’s far away
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, N.J.
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
My Sponsor—Sweet Pickle
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
George A.
| Lake Oswego, Ore
Remembering the lessons taught by an extraordinary AA
Growing up
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Bob M.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Another Fourth Step helps a dad let go of a long-time resentment toward his son
A New Set of Eyes
September 2018
By:
Richelle L.
| Export, Pa.
A meditation on seeing the world with the spiritual pair of glasses provided by AA
Father and Son
July 2018
By:
Peter C.
| Springfield, Mass.
Their sobriety date is six week apart. They’ve shared the same joy, pain and love as their lives opened up in sobriety
100 days to go
July 2017
By:
Michelle L.
| Portland, Oregon
The recovery she was getting inside with this group of AA-loving women was time well spent
The Visitor
July 2017
By:
Dan S.
| Soledad, California
After five years of sharing recovery through the mail, the day had come to meet face-to-face
Gone berserk
June 2017
By:
Harold T.
| New York, New York
Texting constantly, always checking up on her, multiple visits to her workplace—was this love?
Cake or no cake
April 2017
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate
A hundred miles of bad road
November 2016
His grandfather told him he was headed the wrong way. He sure wishes he’d listened
Let the Good Things Happen
July 2016
Thanks to a judge, this married couple has been sober and living their dreams for more than 50 wonderful years
Sunshine & Rainbows
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
James M.
| Leland Grove, Illinois
He was scared of Marty. She was tough. Luckily, he took a suggestion that became a long, wonderful friendship
Prickly Worker
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Sacramento, Calif.
Over decades of sobriety, his work life became a great place to grow and apply the principles of the program
No House, No Dog
February 2016
The tough choices she made in early sobriety paid off in a most beautiful way
Hiding In A Tree House
April 2006
By:
Steve F.
| Glencoe, Illinois
First he got sober; then he grew up
The Message in Far-off Places
August 1962
By:
T. D.
| Massachusetts
In Singapore, Hong Kong, New Delhi, and Ceylon, this traveller found AA at work
Something Kindled in My Heart
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Liz O.
| Morro Bay, California
The liquid source of her confidence and wit was killing her. Then one day AA gave back her hope
Taking Ownership
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bryan T.
| Aberdeen, S.D.
Advice helps—but in the end, we find the right tools to work our best program
Getting On With My Day
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Judy H.
| Claremont, Calif.
I’m alone a lot nowadays, and I have disabilities.
I’m not able to work at a steady job either, yet I’m still thankful. I’m trying to make every day count.
I’m not able to work at a steady job either, yet I’m still thankful. I’m trying to make every day count.
We Are All Welcome
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Natalie V.
| Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
A former drinking friend turns into a guiding sponsor
Feel, Deal, Heal
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Briggs C.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
A three-word phrase that he didn’t understand—until he spent some quality time in the program
Where's the Beef?
May 2014
By:
April P.
| Monongahela, Pennsylvania
She realized there was a connection between her spiritual condition and her perception of meetings