Let's Try!
August 1977
By:
Liberty Group
| Liberty, Missouri
How a new group grew through faith and a willingness to go to any length
Helping Others to Recover
March 1976
By:
R. C. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
We have a responsibility to carry the message, whether to the newcomer or to the old-timer
Divorce After Sobriety
July 1975
By:
T. J. R.
| Manhattan, New York
It does happen and it's not easy, but application of AA principles can help
Evolution of the Twelfth Step
May 1974
By:
Anonymous
When one has tried to "practice these principles" for a long time, helping alcoholics evolves naturally into helping people wherever there is a need
There Can Be Love and Laughter
February 1974
By:
N. G.
| Neoga, Illinois
Would her decision condemn her to an empty life of somber, solemn sobriety?
Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous
February 1974
By:
Marvin A. Block, MD
A medical doctor and friend of AA tells us what we do well and what we could do better
Self-forgiveness
December 1973
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Look back and see how far you've come. You may be better than you think you are
Whaddya Mean, Unmanageable?
May 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Maybe a little problem here and there, but. . .
The Path of Self-destruction
January 1973
By:
D. E.
| Yachats, Oregon
Depression, guilt, fear, all led downhill until AA charted a new way
The Hard Days
August 1970
By:
E. M. K.
| South Pasadena, California
After sobriety, we may still have problems to work through. But somehow, we are given the power to cope
A Bat in Old New York
November 1966
By:
Ronnie H.
| London
An Englishman who hated the city ten years ago looks again
Sometimes Miracles Happen
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Anonymous
| Rocky River, Ohio
A central office volunteer tries to help a liver patient find the AA path with a lot of love and hope
Letter of Hope from a Tribal Jail
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Samantha W.
| Quinault Indian Nation, Washington
Thanks to outside volunteers and Grapevine, an incarcerated woman in Washington celebrates a year of sobriety
Finding My Place
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
P.K.
| Kansas City, Missouri
With help from a friend, a lesbian in Missouri makes it to AA and to a group she calls home
A Physician’s Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jerry A.
| Escondido, Calif.
One doctor’s journey back to health
And When We Were Wrong
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
A member expresses his love for the Steps, especially the one where we clean things up and keep our mouths shut
Steps to Freedom
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Jim S.
| Cadillac, Michigan
After 35 years of living in the Steps, he gratefully recalls how much better life is
Fresh off the Farm
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Norberto A.
| Cartago, Valle
He learned to drink in Colombia, heard of AA in the U.S., then returned home to get sober and get involved
Full Speed Sober
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Jeremy S.
| Baltimore, Maryland
With a little too much energy, a newcomer hits the road to avoid his Ninth Step. Boy, was he in for an adventure!
Meet the parents
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Michael O.
| Marysville, Wash.
His folks came to “birthday night” to see what this weird cult was about. By the end of the night, everyone got a surprise
Only A Symptom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Gregory S.
| Windsor, Calif.
“I am home, I am safe”—emotional sobriety frees him from fear
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Mark D.
| Eagan, Minn.
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
I just kept coming back
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
K.M.
| Edmond, Okla.
She didn’t understand why they told her to return tomorrow, but it worked. That was just the love she needed
Clear signal
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Ed
| Lexena, Kan.
When times get hard and we’re hit by a storm, we can always make an adjustment to improve the connection
Icing on the Cake
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift