To Love a Dad
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Dick H.
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina
A newcomer heads to North Carolina to make amends to his father. Good thing he took his sponsor’s suggestion and prayed
The Hole Within
September 2016
No matter how much he drank, the empty space inside of him could never be filled, until found the Higher Power he had always avoided
NO ACCIDENT
January 2010
By:
MIKE T.
| Prince George, British Columbia
A teenager calls AA for help and is twelfth-stepped by his friend's father
AA Behind the Walls: A Volunteer's Perspective
December 2003
By:
Liz D.
| Woodside, New York
What could a young, middle-class girl have in common with an inmate at Rikers?
Just Give Me Something to Stop the Pain
May 1995
By:
Pattie B.
| Lake Oswego, Oregon
This "pure" alcoholic found herself drinking cough syrup and hooked on pills
Around the World With a Bottle
March 2011
By:
Jerry S.
| St. Petersburg, Florida
After years of booze, jails and despair, an American gets sober in Portugal
DREAM BIG
August 2009
By:
HAILI H.
| Austin, Texas
She was going nowhere fast until her soul cried out for help
Why I Get Involved
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Jimmy W.
| Soddy Daisy, Tennessee
He used to think area service was a waste of time. Boy, did he change his mind!
Freedom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jack W.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Owning a restaurant meant never having to run out of alcohol
God & Love
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
David W.
| Phoenix, Arizona
A longtimer shares how AA helped him find a Higher Power through kindness and nature right in his own backyard
Pint-Sized
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Anthony W.
| Carson City, Nevada
Too anxious to attend AA, he finally found his home in a small meeting room
Tuned In
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
D.K.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
His Higher Power’s voice found its way through all the static of early sobriety
An AA Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
From despair in rural Massachusetts to a fulfilling life in Paris – a story of letting go and taking responsibility
At War With the World
December 1984
By:
A. L.
| Gentry, Arkansas
In this "season to be jolly," three AAs remind us of a common character defect
The Two Phases of Sobriety
November 1983
By:
Anonymous
Soon we begin to feel a certain freedom from the desire to drink - From the September 1973 Grapevine
Without Preaching Or Moralizing
October 1980
By:
A. B.
| Torrance, Calif.
Twelfth Step - He thought it would be like earning merit badges in the Boy Scouts
Reflections of Sobriety
March 1978
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
Our new selves are mirrored in the eyes of our loved ones
That Fabulous Convention!
October 1975
By:
J.G
| Manhattan, New York
AA's 40th Anniversary Denver, Colorado July 4--6,1975
It Was Hard to Believe
May 1975
By:
P. B.
| Carson City, Nevada
How could people so much older understand?
Is There Life Before Death?
October 1973
By:
C. E. C.
| North Hollywood, California
AA sobriety brings awareness of a lot of life to be lived by a man of seventy
Our Slogans--old Sayings Made New
April 1971
A life-support system for beginners, our Slogans grow with us as we grow in the program - The essence of AA
Our Deepest Secrets
When she was able to finally share her shame with her sponsor, a new sober life began