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
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
Living Proof
July 2017
By:
Chris M.
| Brookhaven, Georgia
How a good kid descended into a life of liquor and jails and found a new way to live in prison
The Man from AA
May 2016
We show up, we help out, we comfort the suffering alcoholic—because that’s what we do
Dear Grapevine
March 2013
Drunk Tank Awakening
June 2012
By:
Paul S.
| Park Hills, Kentucky
Because he's been there, he's uniquely qualified to help others
"Please God, Show Me What To Do"
November 2011
By:
Bernie S.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
A man learns with the Eleventh Step that we all need a little help getting back into the water
Dear Grapevine
August 2011
The Anecdote Bin
February 1963
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
November 1946
By:
S.W.
| Manhattan, New York
The Thrill of New Groups
I Was a Sissy Drinker
November 1979
By:
M. M.
What'll you have? Beer or Sneaky Pete? - From the September 1952 Grapevine
