Web Exclusive: Fun and Fellowship—Marathon Style
May 2011
By:
Brian K.
| Telford, Pennsylvania
Road-trip running buddies take a challenge to attend an AA meeting in six different states—all in one day!
A Labor of Love
September 1991
By:
Anonymous
a past trustee looks back over a term on the General Service Board
Body & Soul
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Jonathan R.
| Boulder, Colorado
He didn’t even particularly like to get massages. But this trip to the spa changed his life forever
Just like dad
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jake G.
| Leander, Texas
The alcoholic “monster” he tried so hard not to become was the person he turned to for help
Good Reasons
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Greg A.
| Carlsbad, Calif.
It took an especially awful Fourth of July to make him realize he really was “that bad”
A Retread By Any Other Name
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Loni C.
| Redwood City, Calif.
No longer a “retread,” she finally returned to the program and found her life again
In & out
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Dean C.
| Grand Forks, North Dakota
After suffering for years in the revolving door, he finally found the answer outside himself
Take the steps
May 2018
By:
Doc
| Blue Springs, Missouri
An old-timer, once known as Shaky Jake, walks us through the program that changed his life
Bang Bam Boom!
June 2013
By:
Jeanne E.
| Blaine, Minnesota
After 68 years of trips and falls, she finally tumbled into AA
Once More With Feeling
April 1985
By:
R. L.
| St. Petersburg, Florida
On the following pages, five AAs tell us how they "came to believe"--or didn't