Anything for Kicks
May 1970
By:
W. G.
| Fulton, Missouri
This youngster tried it all and now he's trying AA
The Bar Across the Street
He moved in figuring he would just keep drinking. His Higher Power had other plans.
Putting Families Back Together
June 1966
By:
Jimmy M.
| Auckland
How an AA member found a long-lost relative who lives half-way around the world
I’m Just Like Everyone Else
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
The longer he’s sober, the less he knows everything.
He just tries to stay grateful and remain a beginner
He just tries to stay grateful and remain a beginner
Checking Out AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Joe H.
| New Westminster, British Columbia
He partied for years like it was 1999
Other Towns, Other Meetings
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lana W.
| Saint Helens, Ore.
AA members in new towns? They’re just friends we haven’t met yet
Taking Steps
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dan M.
| Boulder, CO
He said he was an alcoholic but didn’t believe it. The Steps convinced him otherwise
The payoff is Peace
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Travis C.
| Geneva, Ill.
After a phenomenal amount of pain, he came to believe and a little darkness lifted off his soul
Report Back at Whetstone Yard
May 2016
A delegate gets to share about our General Service Conference in a most unexpected place
Bogged Down
April 2016
Trying to outrun Step Four made his life worse, but thankfully his sponsor tossed him a rope
Father's Day
June 2015
By:
Stephen M.
| Roslyn Heights, New York
In a restaurant in Little Italy, a sober dad gets a huge serving of love
1000 Steps
October 2014
By:
Dale W.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
His chance at a better life was much closer than he thought, and so was the love
With a Compassionate Heart
October 2013
After her bathroom flooded neighboring apartments, she put the Steps to work
I contribute
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Carrie B.
| Bend, Ore.
How many of us before coming into AA were always looking for a handout? It feels good to be part of something that’s self-supporting.
Lucky Me
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Marcella R.
| Gulfport, Fla.
That man’s share changed my sobriety that day. I stopped wanting fairness; I now wanted mercy, for myself and everyone else.
At Wit's End
February 2014
Letter from the Editor
August 2013
Letter from the Editor
June 2013
Alcoholism at Large
May 2013
Letter from the Editor
May 2013
Editor's Letter
March 2013
Sitting in silence, listening
November 2009
By:
LINDA I.
| El Granada, Calif.
A woman with a chronic illness uses the Eleventh Step to connect to her Higher Power
Denial Washed Away
April 2008
By:
Anonymous
"One alcoholic talking to another” through the words in a magazine
Life and Taxes
June 2005
By:
J.B.
| Connecticut
An AA finds the courage to face the federal government after twenty-three years