Experiment Justified
September 1951
Out of the Mouths of Babes-
April 1951
By:
Anonymous
| Los Angeles, California
my son had our answer" <lbHow to be helpful to the family alcoholic
A Gift of Time
March 1951
Listening to Life
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Grace L.
| Rochester, New York
Once lost and now sober, an autistic member finally finds the truth about himself. To him, it’s music
Listening to Life
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Grace L.
| Rochester, N.Y.
Once lost and now sober, an autistic member finally finds the truth about himself. To him, it’s music
As the Spirit Moves Us
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Jake H.
| Whitefish, Mont.
On a remote dogsledding trip, a member has a tense white-knuckle moment and his connection with a Higher Power breaks free
Family Secret
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
R.G.
| Slidell, La.
After years of drinking and pain, sobriety prepared a mother for a wonderful unexpected reunion
How Anonymous Do I Want to Be?
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Jim H.
| Largo, Fla.
A member shares his beloved wife’s thoughts on when to be secret about our AA membership
At Peace with the World
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Denver, Colo.
Just when he needed to dive back in the program and help someone, he met an old boxer named Jake
260 Breakfasts
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Anonymous
| Lafayette, Colo.
A trip to an old boss to make things right led to a long, wonderful friendship he never expected
I Found My God in Perryville Prison
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kirsten M.
She found “the possibility of a God I could trust” in the unlikeliest of places
Safe landing
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Jeremy S.
| Baltimore, Md.
If ever there was a time for that pink parachute those AAs kept talking about to open, it was right now
Edinburgh Love
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Paul M.
| Galveston, Texas
A dream trip through the U.K. took a tragic turn, but the local AAs knew how to take care of their own
Another chance
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, Ariz.
An old-timer recalls how AA helped him grieve and gave him the opportunity to give the kind of love a dad can give
A Cold December Night
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Joe G.
| Athens, Ohio
Watching two AA guys on a Twelfth Step call was a Christmas Eve gift he’ll never forget
Free to explore
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
John M.
| Laguna Niguel, California
A lifelong spiritual seeker gets sober and continues his search for a Higher Power
A Child’s Memories
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Jan C.
| Naples, Fla.
Her father sobered up with the help of one of AA’s most important friends
Have kit will travel
June 2018
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Kentucky
You never know when you’ll need a little help staying sober on the road
Seven nights a week
June 2018
By:
Derek R.
| Ottowa, Ontario
How a small group of AAs kept carrying the message until even holidays were covered
86ed
April 2017
By:
Debra S.
| Fort Worth, Texas
She completely changed the menu. The liquor had to go
Chasing The Monsters Away
September 2016
Drunkenly putting his son to bed, he passed on three generations of alcoholism in a single breath—until AA helped him break the cycle.