Closed Meeting Topic
May 1964
<emphasis type="bold">What help is there for the problem of insomnia?</emphasis> ("Sleepless Nights," p. 36)
No More One Night Stands
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
A woman searches for her sexual ideal in sobriety
Gratitude for a Life
February 1978
By:
W. S.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
The death of a friend taught this AA
Fully Present Fully Real
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Sarasot, Florida
A dad in Florida who relapsed learns a powerful lesson— make sobriety No. 1 in life
Smooth Moves
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
George H.
| Kingston, New Hampshire
A business meeting is a perfect place, he says, to round the edges, get along and get the job done
Different, but NOT different
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Nealy R.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A woman with Down syndrome finds that when it comes to alcoholism, she’s just like everyone else
The Guys Who Got Me Here
February 2023
| Making Amends
By:
Chad P
| St. Louis, Mo.
A member in St. Louis lovingly shares about his many adventures with sponsorship
God Was Not On My Radar
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
B.L.
| Pahrump, Nev.
The act of seeking and even denial, painful as it was, brought him ultimately to his Higher Power
Keep Coming Back
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kent S.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
Every time he relapsed, AA picked him up again—and told him to keep on coming
Memories of Crying
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ronny H.
| Macon, Ga.
Sometimes you have to protect your sobriety even from those who love you
No Meetings in Sight
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Anna W.
| Oregon City, Ore.
What to do when a large section of the state you’re in has no AA meetings? One woman was about to find out
Sentenced: A Good Life
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Norm H.
| Cary, N.C.
An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom
Help for a ‘Garden Variety’ Alcoholic
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Steve H.
He had been an ordinary drinker, but received extraordinary help from AA
The Path To Survival
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Teresa G.
| Oakridge, Tenn.
She thought God wasn’t listening. It turned out he was
The Illusion of Control
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Cody R.
| Shawnee, Kansas
He’d had three chances to stop drinking—and now, on a snowy highway, he faced his fourth
It All Began at a Meeting
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Gina
| Florida
No matter where she goes in her far-flung travels, AA—that is, you—is always with her
Noon Meeting
March 2018
By:
Jeff H.
Voices heard. Stories told. A lunch meeting on a quiet summer’s day shows one member how to live life on life’s terms
The Gift of Receiving
March 2018
By:
Yogi T.
| Incline Village, Nev
Faced with serious surgery and its aftermath, an AA learns that one must be willing to receive as well as to give
