In need of care
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Dottie C.
| San Diego, Calif.
Helping others all day was this nurse’s job. Now it was her turn to ask for help
Most Thankful
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
John B.
| Louisville, Ky.
Messy, sad and sorry, his worst Thanksgiving ever is the one this old-timer never wants to forget
A Purpose in Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Julie M.
| Youngstown, Ohio
The Responsibility Pledge helps her overcome her fear of taking meetings into jail
Puzzled
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Molly M.
| Augusta, Maine
Confused after arrests and relapses, she was finally ready to listen and put the pieces together
Can I buy you a drink?
November 2018
By:
Joan B.
| Toronto, Ontario
In 1963, at a ski lodge in Quebec, an alcoholic makes a friendly offer. Boy, did she get the wrong guy
Never too old
May 2017
By:
Larry M.
| Devon, Alberta
A delegate from Canada reminds us not to forget about our octogenarian members
Time out!
June 2013
By:
Jeanne F.
| Atlantic Beach, Florida
When the kids misbehave, mom’s Steps come in for a touchdown
Web Exclusive: A Place Called Home
October 2011
By:
Timothy D.
| Baldwin City, Kansas
While making a Ninth Step amends to his family, he learns that his father is a member of AA
A Lifer's Story
July 2011
By:
Barry M.
| Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina
The only way to endure his prison sentence was to drink as much as possible
New Frontiers: Highlights Of AAWS' Year Abroad
September 2003
From a presentation by GSO staff member Bill A. to the 2003 General Service Conference in New York City.
Shower Not Required
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Kevin S.
| Hingham, Massachusetts
Only one thing is asked of him to become a member, he learned, and it’s not whether he has clean socks
A Year of Tuesdays
September 2015
Her life used to be punctuated by drinking, now it's measured in meetings
Freedom Through Acceptance
July 1977
By:
G. T.
| State College, Pennsylvania
But when. . .we could gladly make right choices. . .then we had our first view of what perfect freedom under God's will could be like.
The Golden Rule in Action
April 1962
By:
E. M.
| Tacoma, Washington
a clergyman friend of the Fellowship finds in our Program ". . .al the elements of true religion
Rendezvous in Buxton
October 1961
By:
M. B.
| New York City, New York
The England-Wales Convention as seen by a visiting AA
A Dad’s Love
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
P.M.
| La Mesa, California
After years of drinking and partying, a son reconnects with his father, a true gift of AA
The corner
August 2017
By:
Chuck B.
| Hillsboro, New Mexico
The comfort he gave a deathrow prisoner for a crime committed in a blackout changed his life forever