What Love Means
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Peggy C.
| Bayside, New York
Through good times and bad, an AA friendship turns into a lifelong bond
Memories of Crying
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ronny H.
| Macon, Ga.
Sometimes you have to protect your sobriety even from those who love you
Somehow We Did It
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Cosmas S.
| Moldova and Calif.
An AA member in Moldova shares his journey to nurture local groups despite language barriers
Something wonderful overhead
September 2018
By:
Mindy S.
| Villa Grove, Colorado
A frightening encounter on a lonely desert road helped her find a little faith
Portrait in Blue
November 2014
By:
Chaula H.
| Pittsfield, Massachusetts
A member looks back on all the ways her sponsor helped her change her life
Practice Gratitude and Watch It Grow
November 2011
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
After a visit with her family, she remembers the good things
Not alone in Zanzibar
September 2010
By:
KATHRYN S.
| Zanzibar
With outreach, service and Fellowship, AA swells in Tanzania
Michael's Story
September 2006
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
An AA gets the phone call that every parent dreads
Letting the Shadows Lift
June 1994
By:
Sue F.
| Seymour, Indiana
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Pills--a Minority Report
July 1968
By:
W. S. R.
| East Norwalk, Connecticut
Here's one alcoholic who finds no charm in pills and capsules. His problem, he says, was booze. . .
In a Glass House
December 1966
By:
Shorty H.
| White Salmon, Washington
What it means when a tiny town knows just who's in AA, with an aside on AA conferences
Report from Paris:
October 1961
By:
J. B.
| Paris
in 1960--3 members in 1961--30 members with 100 loner throughout the country
Sobriety Rocks
January 2015
By:
Jak L.
| Irwin, Pennsylvania
The blast he had at a concert with sober friends was the moment he was looking for
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
March 2000
By:
Debbie H.
| Moscow, Idaho
Finding solace in nature
Greed, Fear, and Ignorance
July 1974
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
We can have almost everything we want if we want it badly enough--but we have to pay the price
Lost--One Anonymity
July 1961
By:
F C.
| New York City, New York
The Post Office was communications center in this little seaside resort, and the good folks there really carried the message
Dear Grapevine
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
Dear Grapevine
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
Mom’s Holiday Gift
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
At two years sober, she was tempted by some bubbly Christmas “cheer.” Luckily she thought the drink through
Dear Grapevine
February 2023
| Making Amends
Taking Calls for AA
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
John S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
Being on “the firing line” of service—and loving every minute of it