Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
September 1946
By:
J.F.H.
| Linda Vista, California
A.A. Is Timeless
Let Go & Let God
November 1982
By:
M. B.
The anxieties that accompany problems besides drinking often respond to handling the AA way - From the November 1964 Grapevine
A Gift That Surpasses Understanding
April 1970
By:
A Priest
The spiritual experience in AA is something quite apart from formal religion, says this priest
Mental Depression--Unnecessary Evil
March 1966
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
What is there to help the sober AA who puts in dull, dispirited hours and days?
Boys don’t cry
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Bree H.
| Fort Myers, Florida
A trans member in Florida shares her personal journey of alcoholism and getting outside help
Return to El Salvador
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Santos F.
| Corona, Calif.
Civil war didn’t end his life, but alcohol almost did. Now he gets to bring AA to help people back home
Friends Wherever I Go
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Peter S.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Whether in Paris, Kansas City, Egypt or Iceland, he stays connected to the language of the heart
Borrowing God
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
E.A.
| Northampton, Mass.
Every day she prayed to Kate’s God, not knowing if it would work.
Then one day, while looking at a beautiful sunrise, she knew
Then one day, while looking at a beautiful sunrise, she knew
Dear Grapevine
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
Learning to love
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Elias L.
| Downey, Calif.
After 30 hard years of liquor, violence and incarceration, he found AA, began to make amends and turned his life around
I Found My Place
February 2016
Through painful obstacles, a woman with mental illness stays sober and learns to help others
Smile for Mickey
November 2013
By:
Larry H.
| Flagstaff, Arizona
From childhood on, he never fit in the picture, until he got to AA
My old drinking buddies
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Tom S.
| Arlington Heights, Illinois
Learning to navigate longtime friends without much of a struggle
Watching over me
March 2018
By:
Mitch G.
| Arlington, Texas
A powerful moment on the porch one day revealed that he was taken care of all along
Wild Geese
April 2015
By:
Joseph C.
| Rock Hill, South Carolina
He wandered from job to job and from home to home until he got sober
Dear HP
November 2014
By:
Jeff H.
| Sturgeon, Missouri
Neither rain nor snow could keep him from giving this prayer thing a shot
Words That Stung
March 2013
By:
Anonymous
She forgot about the charity money she stole—but her son sure didn’t
No Lightning Bolt, No Burning Bush
February 2013
By:
Katherine B.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Her plea was not an earth-shaking moment—but it worked
Still a Great Ride
January 2013
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
An old-timer returns to his beloved young peoples’ group, where, long ago, he learned to survive the ups and downs of early sobriety
Sunsets--Not My Idea
May 2012
By:
Brooke C.
| Ranchester, Wyoming
Having all power didn't get her very far
Out of the Doghouse
April 2012
By:
Brenda N.
| Lakemont, Georgia
After years of hiding booze and driving drunk, she made a phone call to save her life
All Things To All People
March 2012
By:
Mimi M.
| Ridgecrest, California
A member explains why she needs to hear about booze to stay sober
Web Exclusive: I May Be On My Last Chance
July 2011
By:
Tim B.
| Alberta
He learned firsthand that not everyone gets a second chance to get sober
An Inside Job
May 2011
By:
Wayne D.
| Edgefield, South Carolina
An inmate gets the tools from AA to be a worker among workers at a prison factory
An Inside Job
April 2011
By:
Wayne D.
| Edgefield, South Carolina
An inmate gets the tools from AA to be a worker among workers at a prison factory
A Unilateral Approach
April 2011
By:
Billy D.
| Los Gatos, California
When it comes to working Step Four, it’s this sponsor’s way or the freeway