Heard at Open Meetings
November 1962
Welcome
June 1949
Bottoms Up!
December 1947
A.A. Street
February 1946
Brighter Days
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
Even in the darkest times, she’s found, there is a warm, sunny sky and moments of joy
Keeping it Green
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Tina W.
| Hobe Sound, Florida
Brewing a Resentment
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Warren J.
| Comstock Park, Michigan
To do his 90 in 90, a newcomer starts a meeting at a church. But why wasn’t the priest providing more coffee?
Striking Gold
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Tracy F.
| Shabbona, Ill.
There’s nothing like carrying the message inside and seeing hope take hold
A Life That’s Brand New
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Marie H.
| Hollywood, Fla.
Surviving a horrific blackout incident, she was determined to find a new way of life
Laughter is Recovery
October 2018
By:
Joni V.
| Burlingame, CA
The comforting sound of laughter echoing down a hallway meant that the AA room she was about to enter for the first time was a safe place
Pass it On
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Irving M.
| Washington, D.C.
First his grand-sponsor carried it, then his sponsor, and finally him—the continuity of AA, all in one twenty-five year medallion
Surrender, Not Submission
November 2013
After a relapse, she changed the way she practiced the program
Letter from the Editor
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
Letter from the Editor
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
The Math in my Head
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Matt M.
| Oak Park, Illinois
After a decade of sobriety, a guy with 10 years wonders whether or not he’s now cured of alcoholism
Letter from the Editor
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
Letter from the Editor
August 2023
| AA in the Military
Letter from the Editor
May 2023
| Home Group
Letter from the Editor
April 2023
| AA & Families
Virtual Newcomer
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Barnegat, N.J.
I don’t know what would have become of me if not for these online AA meetings. I want to thank the members who had the foresight and did the hard work.
Letter from the Editor
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
Letter from the Editor
March 2021
| Making Amends
Welcome to the club
February 2017
By:
Peter C.
| Oyster Bay, New York
A long-forgotten wild night out becomes an opportunity to finish his Ninth Step and clear the stage to help others
A Cake for Charley
September 2014
By:
Charley K.
| Manhattan, Kansas
Here I am, a man of 74 years, celebrating his fourth AA birthday, happy to be here and happy to be alive.
What Are the Requirements?
October 2013
An AA considers religion in meetings in the context of the Third Tradition