Everywhere He Goes
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Chuck H.
| Laguna Woods, Caifornia
His love for meetings and sober connection has taken this longtimer places he never dreamed of
All in for ITALYPAA!
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
A collective of young AAs
| Treviso
Young Italian AAs share the joy of getting together and making a conference happen
Up to the clouds
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Eddie L.
| Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
A quiet moment under a blue sky calms his soul and reminds him how incredibly grateful he is to be sober
More than music
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Robin S.
| Menomonee Falls, Wis.
A journey across the world to hear a favorite artist gave this member a trip he’ll never forget
When You Can’t Say No
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Anonymous
| St. Louis, Mo.
A sponsor shares what he learned about relationships when he was a young newcomer
Making Space
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Gregory J.
How helping a member opened his eyes to the needs of others and the world of AA accessibilites
Welcome to the jungle
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Jennifer R.
| Quepos
Monkeys, snakes, God, loners and newcomers! All are invited to this little AA meeting in the rainforest
Am I One of These?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Loraine K.
| La Moure, N.D
You could have bowled her over when she discovered she was an alcoholic
Leaning In
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Lance R.
| Lexington, N.C.
After devastating news, he dives into the program, walks through the fear and holds onto faith
Best Cup Ever
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Erin M.
| Amarillo, Texas
Instead of calming, a newcomer mom’s mountain weekend becomes stressful and anxious. Luckily, she goes to get coffee
Time to live
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Rachel H.W.
| London
Though she only drank for a few years, it was bad enough to stop early. And what a gift it is to enjoy a long, full, sober life
What Would Make Me Go Back?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Leslie R.
| Palm Harbor, Fla.
As her mother fought cancer, she was recovering from alcoholism. They did it together
Never Stop the Action
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Bobbie S.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Fifty-five years sober, she is the very definition of a “sober survivor”
The Accident
July 2017
By:
Bill S.
His life began with tragedy and could have ended that way, but then the program intervened
The Gift
June 2017
Drunk on the streets for ten years, he faces the music, joins AA, and a begins marching to the beat of a very different drummer
Stranger In My Head
October 2016
Coming into AA in his 70s, it took him a while to get used to the sober “stranger” who now inhabits him and helps guide the way
Painful ego-puncturing
October 2015
New in town, she dove into service and wanted a position. What she got was an opportunity to grow
Glad to Empty our Pockets
August 2015
Two AA friends find joy in taking meetings behind five locked metal doors
A New Melody
April 2015
By:
M.S.
| Nashville, Indiana
In AA, it's never too late to put down the bottle and learn a brand new song
Lucy Amongst the Stars
February 2015
By:
Lucy M.
| Los Angeles, California
She came back down to earth in Los Angeles one dawn after a night of drinking
Dark Nights and Glorious Dawns
May 2014
By:
Tony N.
| Middleton, Idaho
He learned that sometimes you lose everything to gain the world
The guy in the back corner
March 2014
By:
Dennis S.
| Lakeport, California
He was a man of few words, but when he spoke someone up front listened
A Place in the World
March 2014
By:
Vergil S.
| Warsaw
Living in a predominately white country overseas, an African American man discovers that he can feel at home in an AA meeting anywhere
Diagnosis: fear, cure: action
June 2013
By:
Karen A.
| New York, New York
How a service job she didn't want helped her get past her fear of hospitals
Cycle Buddies
June 2012
By:
David C.
| Jonesborough, Tennessee
A spur-of-the-moment trip to Akron with a few surprises was just the medicine this alcoholic needed
Close Call in Barbados
April 2012
By:
Dorothy H.
| Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
The gulp she took was not club soda
Best Friends
December 2011
By:
Sheila R.
| Fort Worth, Texas
Two women prove to be a lifeline for one another in sobriety
Angel in the Glass
December 2011
By:
Lisa R.
| Denver, Colorado
A woman looks back at the ups and downs of 10,000 days of a sober life