30 days at sea
February 2023
| Making Amends
By:
A.R.
| Lancaster, Pa.
Marshall created a 30-day coin for me with the cruise papers. I held onto that like it was my key to freedom. I owe him my life.
Do I Want to Be Right … Or Happy?
February 2012
By:
Debbie B.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
Rage made her leave the car, but her Higher Power brought her back
A Drunk by Any Other Name. . .
August 1975
By:
D. B.
| Port Angeles, Washington
This alcoholic deplores the loss of his prior status
Making it Happen
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Karl M.
| Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
A member shares how he and his AA friends got an LGBTQ+ meeting started in their small Pennsylvania town
Travel The AA Way
October 1974
By:
Anonymous
Some suggestions on seeing the world through sober eyes
The Best Day of My Life
Magazine Issue
May 2026
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Service/Into Action
Our Best Four Years
Magazine Issue
June 2025
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Personal Stories
Just Like Mom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ashley J.
| Winthrop Harbor, Ill.
Her mother was the sober example she didn’t know she needed
Holding my breath
March 2018
By:
Elizabeth J.
| Shrewsbury,, New Jersey
The scene she witnessed at the checkout line was hard to swallow, but it made her grateful she was sober and free
AA Encounters of the Universal Kind
March 2005
By:
Murray M.
| Ironwood, Michigan
Four meetings, one heart
Only a Gimmick!
October 1964
By:
M. T.
| Miami
How a red poker chip helped this AA make a first anniversary
A Grateful Heart
November 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Midlothian, Va.
Nearly 30 years later, a grateful alcoholic reflects on the experience of getting sober young
My Friend Danny
November 2014
By:
Michael B.
| Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
A winner in AA might not always look like what we expect
The Idea of Co-sponsorship
October 1962
By:
W. L. G.
| New Rochelle, New York
Are some things so intimate we can't discuss them with our regular sponsor?
Web Exclusive: Let's Work Together
March 2011
By:
Dave B.
| Guelph, Ontario
An AA member suggests some helpful guidelines to keep in mind while doing service.
Planting Seeds
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Karen C.
| Oakland, Calif.
After years of hard work, a committee in Northern California starts a successful prison sponsorship program