Bored with meetings
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Irving M.
| Washington, D.C.
A rocky encounter with an old friend got one member thinking about the importance of making meetings
Twisted Sisters
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Denise R.
| Santa Cruz County, Calif.
We go on camping trips and service assemblies. When we go on vacation, everyone takes a “toenails in paradise” photo—a picture of where our feet are.
Heads Up
March 2013
By:
Janice H.
| Clayton, California
AA tools help her stand up straight, face her life and see the light of day
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
May 1947
By:
B. W.
| Montclair, New Jersey
Happiness in A.A.
Torn, Tattered and Tired
September 2011
By:
Anonymous
A functional alcoholic comes to terms with the true nature of his problem
At Wit's End
September 2018
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
October 1946
By:
W.R.J.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Retreat from Alcohol
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
September 1946
By:
G.T.M.
| Nashville, Michigan
Leaving Group A Challenge
Showing Up
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Nancy K.
| Galt, California
As a newcomer, she was full of rage. But someone took her to do corrections service and her life changed
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
Step One: My Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Ky
A physician battles alcoholism to return to his patients and recover his life
Dear Grapevine
September 2019
| Young & Sober
Searching for something bigger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Trenton, Missouri
An alcoholic shares about his small-town struggle with judgement, inclusion and Step Three
I'm in
May 2018
By:
David S.
| New York City, New York
An old-timer in New York shares some experience about fitting in and belonging
Dear Grapevine
March 2018