Protecting Us from Ourselves
September 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
An ex-committee member learns how our structure is maintained to ensure Twelve-Step work is always available
Beautiful Ripples
March 2016
The longer he stayed sober, the more he saw how AA changed lives around him
The River's Flow
July 2015
After diving back into the program, a member with 27 years returns to a familiar wooded spot and learns a beautiful lesson
Lost in the Outer Banks
May 2015
By:
Elise F.
| South Lake Tahoe, California
A married couple crossed the country to follow a dream—but the bottle led the way.
Denial: A Story In Three Parts
May 2006
By:
Victoria P.
| Los Angeles, California
The thick wall finally cracks for this hard-drinking lawyer
Gateway to Sanity
February 1989
By:
Jan P.
| Spokane, Washington
Step Two - Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Long Crawl to the First Step
February 1974
By:
T. H. M.
| Oakland, California
Surrender is terribly difficult but reaching that point is even harder
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
Remembering To “Keep Coming Back”
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
P.K.
| Greensboro, N.C.
A well-worn AA phrase takes on powerful new meaning in her life
The 13th Meeting
July 2017
By:
Ray W.
After a drunken-driving conviction, the court ordered him to go to 12 meetings. It took him eight years to make the 13th
Praying for Coworkers
October 2015
He couldn’t stand those guys at the office, but he kept working on it—one prayer at a time
God and Alcohol
September 2015
By:
Katie M.
| Chicago, Ill.
A family tragedy forces this newcomer to work Step Three in a whole new way
Web Exclusive: Looking Back
January 2012
By:
Don S.
| Burlington, Connecticut
An oldtimer reflects on getting sober at a young age
Less Is More
May 2003
By:
Kris W.
| Kensington, California
A GSR seconds the motion: "Keep it simple
. . . As Others See Us
October 1995
By:
Anonymous
Mother of All AA Meetings" - "AA Success Is a Cause for Celebration
Justice
October 1983
By:
L. W.
| Newport, Rhode Island
In sobriety, the present can transform the past
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
August 1981
31st General Service Conference Picks Montreal for 1985 Convention
My Three First Drinks
May 1978
By:
W. C.
| Ajijic
Twice it happened by accident, but the third time was different
Please Be Kinder to Animals
August 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
It's unfair and downright cruel to attribute our character defects to them