I’m here we’re here
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Clement C.
| New York, New York
A long-time African-American member tells his story and encourages others to get involved beyond the group
A Solitary Swimmer
June 2011
By:
Nancy L.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
After a childhood of solitary pursuits, she became a secret drinker
You Have the Right to Remain Sober
December 2008
By:
Bob B.
| Portland, Maine
The hard truth shows a newcomer in jail that recovery is serious business
Lonely Refuge
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Henri C.
| Tacoma, Washington
An African-American member recalls rough times growing up and how AA saved him from a long desperate road
Home Is Where I Am
April 2016
After 20 years, a man returns to his original home group and gets a big surprise
No More Breath Mints
April 2012
By:
Clayton C.
| Atlanta, Georgia
AA helped him remove the liquor smell and become a show-up son
The Twelve Steps and the Older Member
August 1954
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step One<lbFirst in a series of articles to be published from time to time on the meaning of the Twelve Steps to one member after several years' sobriety.
Dear Grapevine
November 2023
| Gratitude
Discussion Topic
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
Service for the holidays
Your Move - Responses from Readers on the Topic of "Online AA" from the May 1996 Grapevine
December 1996
By:
Jim D.
| Sacramento, California
A Venture into "Soberspace
Happy New Year
January 1956
From the Grass Roots
August 1953
By:
J. A. D.
| New York City, New York
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS "GROUP RESPONSIBILITY"?
Slice of Life
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Joe S.
| Oakland, California
Sponsoring guys in prison is a real treat for his soul, but watching them get out and help others is like getting a whole pizza
Sobriety on Ice
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Falmouth, Mass.
Each year in Vermont, AA members get out their hockey sticks for a weekend of food, fun and fellowship
Zooming in love
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Bill I.
| Marlton, N.J.
From totally different sides of the country, a “boy meets girl on AA campus” romance in tiny squares
Home But Not Alone
December 2015
Can someone get sober without a home group, a coffee commitment or a 90 in 90? Two alcoholics in Kentucky find out
The Little Group on Hapalmach Street
April 2012
By:
Charley W.
| Jerusalem
In Jerusalem, an old meeting room disappears, but not the years of love
Death and Taxes
January 2008
By:
Larry L.
| Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A spiritual search leading to sobriety
A Matter of Pride
February 2004
By:
Craig M.
| Warrensburg, Missouri
He had to find his own way to sobriety
Friendly Yet Different
June 1990
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
Sixth Tradition - An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
December 1987
By:
Samuel G. Freedman
A Learning Experience
New World of Sobriety
September 1978
By:
D. K.
| Manhattan, New York
He found a better way to take a geographic cure