The Importance of Powerlessness
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Coleen F.
| Micanopy, Fla.
Hearing “How It Works” refreshes her sobriety anew each meeting she attends
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!
Meet the parents
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Michael O.
| Marysville, Wash.
His folks came to “birthday night” to see what this weird cult was about. By the end of the night, everyone got a surprise
Something to see
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Susana C.
Though her husband’s illness came at a most difficult time, the love of the Fellowship came through everyone
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Mark D.
| Eagan, Minn.
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
Working on The Inside
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Todd P.
| Bountiful, Utah
Thanks to the literature, some inmates in Utah are determined to stay sober and go through the Steps
YPAA or bust
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
George S.
| Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
One day, he stumbled into a bunch of young AAs eager to hit the road. That’s when his sobriety went into high gear
Boyish charm
September 2018
By:
Zachary F.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
At 21, his innocent face had only gotten him so far. But this night, standing in the cold, he saw hope
Lookin’ Good
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Carol S.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
She kept up a good front as she drank down the liquor and ran from her emotional past
Rear-Ended
September 2017
By:
Paul H.
| Raleigh, N.C.
He was rear-ended on this way to a meeting, but only because his Higher Power really, really had something to tell him
Shoes to Live For
September 2016
A woman in spike heels kept him sober that night. How did she know all his secrets?
Flung Open
May 2016
With the help of a good sponsor, she looked in every dark cranny and it changed her heart and soul
Back in My Heart
October 2015
She keeps her father's boyhood photo to remind her of how far her healing has come
Christmas in a bar
December 2013
By:
Mike H.
| El Cajon, California
The call to come home pierced his empty soul. It was from his 12-year-old son
You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass
December 2013
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years
AA in Five Languages
September 1972
By:
R. E. T.
| Denver, Colorado
Around the world, the setting may be different but the message is the same
A Taste of Happiness
August 1971
By:
J. J.
| Lowell, Florida
The program reaches inside prison walls to light up a lost life
A Place Where I Feel Wonderful
October 1999
Deadly Hobby for a Retiree
January 1975
By:
Teet" C.
| North Hollywood, California
Free at last from people-pleasing, this veteran movie publicist was all set to please himself
Addendum Ad Infinitum
January 2003
By:
R. J.
| New York, New York
The chants keep getting longer and longer, and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight
