In the right place
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Peter A.
| Medford, Ore.
Why should he put the cart back where it belongs? It’s raining and no one will notice
Learning, Not Running
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
L.R.
| Santa Rosa, Calif.
Acceptance and gratitude are the keys to her sobriety
Midnight to Midnight
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Bill K.
| Albans, Vt.
Twenty four hours a day, forty years later, happy, joyous and free
Ride share
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Eliza D.
| West Hollywood, California
How an uncomfortable trip across L.A. became a wonderful chance to reach out
All Greek to me
June 2018
By:
George M.
| Camden, Maine
How a smartphone came to the rescue for some alcoholics in Greece who really needed a meeting
Where Have The Years Gone?
October 2017
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pa.
She may be an “amateur at life,” but she’s a veteran at sobriety, and she finds that doing the best she can works out well in both
The Big Stare Down
May 2014
By:
Juls M.
| Enumclaw, Washington
She couldn’t fool her furry BFF. When she got sloshed, it was the doghouse for her
Out of a Living Hell
May 2014
By:
Nancy B.
| Enola, Pennsylvania
Sober four years, she can now enjoy being alive
Keeping Our Focus
May 2012
By:
Jon C.
| Sacramento, California
Tradition Five reminds him that he's uniquely qualified to do one thing well
A mother's nightmare
November 2010
By:
JENNIFER S.
| Huntley, Ill.
She never wanted a drink more than when doctors said her son might have a brain tumor
Rare and elusive
January 2010
By:
JOE H.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Until he takes the First Step, a collector misses the real value of the Big Book
A Letter to My Son
February 2004
By:
Gerald H.
| Fullerton, California
Sometimes it's a process of "slowbriety," rather than sobriety
We Seek Through Meditation
November 1996
By:
C.C.
| North Hollywood, California
Reprinted from the March 1985 Grapevine
Coffee: The Great and Glorious Bean
December 1962
By:
T.D.
| Manchester, Massachusetts
Bane or bean, inst. or fresh, the caffeine bean is bountiful in AA--and grounds for a strong brew of intra-group controversy
AA Is Getting Too Organized!
February 1961
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
So thinks a conservative old-timer But the Fellowship is the only place where both "conservatives" and "radicals" can win--at the same time
Three-way Marriage
February 1959
One Boy's Life
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Gurney W.
A Grapevine editor’s son recalls a story he wrote in 1961, times with his dad and how AA saved his family
4 Times the Love
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Laura W.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
A tough biker chick shares the love she got from the sponsors who taught her about living
Mystery Man
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Urban D.
| Birmingham, Alabama
Whoever showed him kindness on the stairs that day helped give this alcoholic another 38 years of life
Obsession, Lifted
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Wilsonville, OR
Just like that, it was gone. Or so she thought
The Tools of Sponsorship
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tara C.
| Kingwood, TX
With the help of her sponsors, she is never alone
Fear not
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
C.P.
| Mount Vernon, Ind.
It's hard for me to recognize fear right when it arises, but I have a loving God who reminds me that even dumping a bunch of fears in inventory form is progress.
Grandpa’s Promise
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Charley R.
| Watertown, Wis.
The journey to have his shortcomings removed turned out to be a gift from the one he loved most
An unexpected call
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
J.D.
| Big Lake, Minn.
My phone rang at 3 in the morning. The voice on the other end was crying.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.
Listen and Learn
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Beverly F.
| Tucson, Ariz.
A former pro softball player learns to live all over again in the rooms of AA
Watch Your Aim!
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
E.K.
| Tucson, Ariz.
After a meeting takes a wrong turn, a member has a few thoughts about “principles before personalities”