Never Organized, Huh?
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Harold I.
| Marietta, Georgia
In AA, who really runs the show? You do. We do. A member helps explain
I Came Back
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
He had sponsees and knew the Big Book front and back. But then he slipped. Now for the hard part
Freedom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jack W.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Owning a restaurant meant never having to run out of alcohol
Retired. Now what?
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Mary O.
| Fullerton, Calif.
After 34 years of being a boss, she’s not sure what comes next. Thankfully she knows to use her AA tools
High Stepping Twelfth Steppers
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sherri R.
| Ontario, Toronto
More than 30 years ago, two young women discovered they had a lot in common—including a deep desire to get sober
An Unfamiliar Inner Peace
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
T.T.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
One day he tried what his sponsor had been telling him about Step Seven. Boy, did that feel good
So what is AAWS?
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Tom A.
| Waite Park, Minnesota
A trustee helps explain what one of our three corporations does and how it serves the Fellowship
Rest in Peace
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
John O’
| Martinsville, Ind.
A dying man spreads the message of AA in an Ontario snowstorm—and the person who receives it continues the cycle of love and service
Noon Meeting
March 2018
By:
Jeff H.
Voices heard. Stories told. A lunch meeting on a quiet summer’s day shows one member how to live life on life’s terms
Where Have The Years Gone?
October 2017
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pa.
She may be an “amateur at life,” but she’s a veteran at sobriety, and she finds that doing the best she can works out well in both
Just A Phone Call Away
October 2017
By:
Ed M.
| Louisville, Ky.
A distraught AA reached out his hand for help and, 2000 miles away, another AA grasped it
No accident
July 2017
By:
Janet T.
| Leesburg, Virginia
A harrowing moment on the highway and a surprising experience at work told her something was looking after her
Bird trouble
April 2017
By:
Woody R.
| Stockton, California
He was in a jam alright, but it wasn’t over feathers. This time liquor had him locked up good
Aloha, Long-Timer!
February 2017
Separated by nearly half a century of sobriety time, one woman thanks another for her powerful message of inspiration and hope
Some Serious Good
September 2006
By:
Chris K.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An AA contemplates the magic of recovery
Addendum Ad Infinitum
January 2003
By:
R. J.
| New York, New York
The chants keep getting longer and longer, and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight
Compliance
October 1976
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Who wouldn't be resentful? Wasn't everybody else smarter, richer, and more gifted?
