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AA will catch us

May 2022 | 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By: Anonymous | Tucson, Ariz.
As she swings through AA life, she knows it’s OK to take chances because the Concepts help form a safety net

One Meeting. One Commitment. One Purpose.

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Lori J. | New Castle, Pa.
Open door, open hearts—and a cup of coffee

My Trudge Along the Road

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Barry F. | Granville, Ohio
An alcoholism counselor realizes he is one of the “poor sick souls” he works so hard to save

Devil’s rejects

December 2021 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Rob S. | Burnaby, British Columbia
Sobriety can be tough at an isolated oil camp. But these guys stepped up and made AA happen and even found time to celebrate

Why the Hurry?

December 2021 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Tom B. | Hermosa Beach, Calif.
At an intersection, a sober dad is reminded that it’s not the destination, it’s the journey. Time to take the foot off the gas

Speaking up

February 2021 | Sponsorship
By: Tina J. | Dallas, Texas
After much work in sobriety, she now has courage and a voice. Tradition Two helps show her the way

A Feeling of Serenity

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anonymous | Pittsburgh, PA
Working her program one day at a time, she found her way back to the career she had lost

Up from the Ashes

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
By: Carla H. | Chico, Calif.
How a mother kept her cool and stayed close to AA as tragedy struck her family and her California town

Two Years of Sobriety

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Shawna K. | Kingwood Group, Texas
Checking in at two years sober… and counting

A grateful holiday

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings
By: John K. | Carleton Place, Ontario
Though not the fancy getaway he was used to, the journey this year was to himself

Alive, Sober and Free

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
By: Travis S. | Austin, Texas
Facing life in prison, he reads the poem that sets him on the path towards recovery and freedom

From my back pocket to my heart

April 2019 | Relapse
By: Bill R. | Salisbury, North Carolina
A sober pastor thanks AA for helping him find his way back to God

In Gratitude

July 2018
By: Rebecca K. | Saginaw, Mich.
Unable to count on anyone, she became her own higher power—and lived a life of alcoholism, depression and homelessness. Then she found the rooms of AA, and a Power greater than herself

How I “Got” A Sponsor

February 2018 | Title Goes Here
By: Dawn S. | Phoenix, Ariz.
Her recipe for finding the right sponsor? Go to a meeting, find someone who looks like she really wants to be there—and just ask

Walking the Walk

October 2017
By: Jen S. | San Antonio, Texas
Stationed far from home and with drinking all around her, a newcomer calls up her AA tools to stay sober another day

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Editorial:

November 1948
By: Bill W.
On the 12th Tradition

Bottoms Up!

February 1948

Only Nice Things Happened

July 1945
By: E. K. | Jersey City, New Jersey

How It Feels to Make One's First Beginnings in A. A.

November 1944
By: Steve
The First Questions. . .

Finding My Place

March 2025 | Sober and Out
By: P.K. | Kansas City, Missouri
With help from a friend, a lesbian in Missouri makes it to AA and to a group she calls home

A Physician’s Story

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Jerry A. | Escondido, Calif.
One doctor’s journey back to health

Steps to Freedom

May 2024 | How the Steps Changed My Life
By: Jim S. | Cadillac, Michigan
After 35 years of living in the Steps, he gratefully recalls how much better life is

Full Speed Sober

November 2023 | Gratitude
By: Jeremy S. | Baltimore, Maryland
With a little too much energy, a newcomer hits the road to avoid his Ninth Step. Boy, was he in for an adventure!

I just kept coming back

January 2022 | Beginners
By: K.M. | Edmond, Okla.
She didn’t understand why they told her to return tomorrow, but it worked. That was just the love she needed

Icing on the Cake

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anonymous | Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift

The Hummingbird

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Ann P. | Scottsdale, Ariz.
It took a trapped and fragile creature to remind her that trust was essential to her sobriety

Surrender—Literally and Figuratively

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings
By: David M. | Alexandria, Va.
His choice was clear: A spiritual life or an alcoholic death

Gettin' busy

January 2019 | Stories for Day Counters!
By: Tom C. | La Salle, Illinois
A newcomer leaps back into life and becomes a much more interesting guy

Deep blue silent mystery

November 2018
By: Mike J. | Boise, Idaho
Like the flow of the river where he took his first drink, he followed his search, which led him to AA

My own cup

March 2018
By: Leslie Anne M. | Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room

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