A room full of smoke and grace
January 2010
By:
JOAN N.L.
| Gloucester, Mass.
Sober many years, a woman recalls her first meeting
Energy Crisis
June 1977
By:
G. M.
| Toledo, Ohio
Maybe we need to be reminded that there is no "easier, softer way
Bridge Across the Centuries
June 1960
How the AA program revitalized an author's faith in God and opened her eyes to the importance of the Church in her life
AA at Work. . .or at Leisure
July 1953
By:
Bob
| Troy, New York
The Grapevine is publishing the following article as "one man's opinion," in the belief that the general subject of friendship for "visiting firemen" (on or off the beam) is a matter of importance and interest to the Fellowship as a whole. We invite comme
AA News
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
“On the threshold of a new age for Alcoholics Anonymous”
Safe to Belong
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Sandy C.
| Cypress, California
A member shares about dealing with mental health and finding the right information
Breaking the isolation
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
Anonymous
His alcoholism kept him alone in hell. But once he made it to AA, he got the gift of “we”
Old-timer? Nah!
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Anonymous
| Georgia
Sponsors still sponsor. Some are tough. Some, like me, are soft. Most sponsors are patient. I have had three and I owe them my life.
A Long Overdue Amends
April 2015
By:
Anonymous
A member learns to take care of her body so she can pass on the AA message
Everyone on the Bus
July 2013
By:
Cecilia R.
| Titusville, Florida
Once her fun idea took off, her love for service got rolling
Gay, Joyous and Free
October 2012
By:
K.A.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
She found a safe place to get sober—and finally be herself
Bottom of the Pile
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
With no AA in a county jail, a newcomer wonders how he’ll stay sober
Not This Time
May 2012
By:
Terri R.
In early sobriety, she came face to face with a liquor store and asked God to intervene
The Heartbeat of AA
April 2012
By:
Heidi
| New Hampshire
Asking for help and helping others was her lifeline in the program
Who's Saving The Seat For The Newcomer?
August 2006
By:
Sharon C.
| Santa Rosa, California
Comfort in a greeting and relief in an invitation
The Rhythm of Life
October 1998
By:
Frank K.
| Dearborn Heights, Michigan
It may be heard in the rising and falling of a child's breath at night
Another Invisible Line
October 1981
By:
J. L.
| Decatur, Alabama
From the outside looking in, to the inside looking out
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
January 1971
Catching Up--a Convention, a Conference
My Faith Flickered on and off
January 1970
By:
D. C.
| Los Angeles, California
And then awareness came back in the joy of being alive and of seeing beauty again - The Search for Spiritual Experience
I Stand by the Door
February 1967
Bill's recollections of Sam Shoemaker, one of AA's greatest friends; also his comment upon the excellent recently completed biography by Helen Shoemaker
