Beyond the Generation Gap
August 1985
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
We all use the tools of the program in much the same ways
Practice Makes Progress
December 1969
By:
R. A. S.
| Tucson, Arizona
An old-timer looks back and decides that time matter in AA--if that time is used well--because
Second Chance
March 1969
By:
Leo
An AA just can't share the benefits of the program without increasing his own
More Life All the Time
September 1966
By:
M. T.
| Miami, Florida
She capered from Texas to Landsberg am Lech, but the best place of all is Miami--sober
All of Me
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
A perfect mom, perfect homemaker, perfect at work— so why was she so unhappy? Step Seven had an answer
Beyond what I Imagined
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
How the Steps helped her become more patient, tolerant, authentic, useful and right-sized
We Never Give Up
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Ky.
A man from Nepal reminds him that we don’t have the power to get people sober. We just hope and keep reaching out
The Walls
June 2017
By:
Robert A.
| Vernon, British Columbia
He built a wall so high others couldn’t get in and he couldn’t get out. Then AA entered his life and he understood he wasn’t alone, after all
AA Around the World
August 1958
NEWS FROM GSO - News, comments, and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
January 1948
By:
Walt K.
| St. Petersburg, Florida
Some of the Answers
Slow motion train wreck
August 2009
By:
STEVE W.
| Westminster, Colo.
After years on the run, an alcoholic comes to the end of the line
Why Study AA History?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tim B’s son
| Raleigh, N.C.
Following the path to personal history, one AA to another
Rescue Dogs Need Sponsors, Too
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ron B.
| Centennial, CO
Being sober for a long time doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a sponsor
Pray for Us
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Pete P.
| Brooklyn, New York
On the way to a sober friend’s funeral, a member is reminded about the blessed gift of showing up
Jen’s Legacy
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.L.
| Colorado Springs, Colo.
A Big Book study group saved a life—and went on to save many more
Retired. Now what?
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Mary O.
| Fullerton, Calif.
After 34 years of being a boss, she’s not sure what comes next. Thankfully she knows to use her AA tools
Making Peace with the Holidays
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Paul B.
| Oak View, Calif.
This Christmas Eve, a lonely newcomer learned that choosing joy was the way to go
Maybe it’ll work for me
March 2018
By:
Laura B.
| Manasquan, New Jersey
Alcohol drove her and her father apart. Then one day she needed the hope he had
Life support
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Carol B.
| South Hadley, Massachusetts
When it got tough, she reached out to the rooms and found love and care. It was a Mother’s Day to remember
From The Hills Of Arkansas
August 2017
By:
Charles G.
| Evans, Ga.
He clawed his way out of a hardscrabble childhood, but alcohol followed him relentlessly. When he couldn’t drink, yet couldn’t die, he finally surrendered