Sharing The Grief
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Kentucky
A member who lost his wife shares how we help one another through overwhelming loss
A Little Faith
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Patrick M.
| College Park, Maryland
Because of his religious childhood, he had a hard time with Step Two—until he found that all he needed was willingness
Accepting the Road Ahead
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Helen C.
| Rockwood, Tennessee
A couple reaches for every tool AA has to find grace, peace and closure after a cancer diagnosis
Hurricane season
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
Once a drunken storm of bad behavior and unrealistic expectations, her holidays are now filled with love
From the Psych Ward to Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob H.
| Pinetop, Ariz.
Living a life of “sane and happy usefulness,” one day at a time
My Time on The Hump
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Morgan J.
| Annapolis, Md.
Road trips, coffeepots, Steps and donuts—a member recalls the journey he took with his first sponsor
Dog Spelled Backwards Is God
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Pamela W.
Her long road toward recovery from the spiritual and physical effects of alcoholism led through the program—and a four-legged friend
Getting A Sponsor
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mike P.
| Las Cruces, N.M.
One man’s extended journey through sponsorship
Bring to the table
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Bradley W.
| Plymouth, Wisconsin
A sober prisoner discovers that hanging out in the day room is the place to be
Traveling With the Soft-Covered Portable Edition
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Barbara C.
| Lyndeborough, N.H.
There she was a blizzard going on and stranded travelers drank cheerfully in the airport bar. Yet there was, locked in a bathroom, weeping…
Out of chaos
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Mary O.
| La Grange, Illinois
For years she controlled everyone else, until alcohol snuck up on her
When the Chickens Came Home to Roost… and Got Drunk
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Courtney K.
| San Antonio, Texas
She was doing everything perfectly in AA, or so she thought, until a relapse caught her by surprise
Fear into Faith
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Chad S.
| Phoenix, Ariz.
Escaping a life tormented by fear to find an existence transcended by faith
21 men
July 2017
By:
Patrick M.
| Wilmington, Delaware
Under difficult circumstances, a group of sober prisoners find that patience and persistance pay off
Coming home
January 2017
By:
A.J.J.
| Alamogordo,, New Mexico
At a troubled time, he did the right thing and went home to be of service. He was met with some beautiful surprises
It Takes a Home Group to Raise a Delegate
March 1999
By:
Eric D.
| Kalispell, Montana
In the summer of 1998, the Grapevine announced a plan to publish articles from all eight regions in the United States and Canada, one by one, This is the first installment of that plan, and we hope it will give readers a sense of how AA works in the West