I Know I Cannot Do This Alone
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By:
Bev S.
| Tuxedo Park, N.Y
When she found it in her car—and had no idea how it had gotten there—she knew the glove was pointing her to a new way of life
Ghosts of Meetings Past
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bosco B.
| Midvale, Idaho
His program is peopled by those who are no longer with us, but live on in memory
Sober at 14
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Emma C.W.
| Philadelphia, Pa.
When I was a freshman in high school, my classmates were joining clubs and sports teams. I was stealing money to buy alcohol.
A majestic night
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Chad P.
| Mount Vernon, Indiana
What was supposed to be just a ride home from a meeting turned out to be a show of a lifetime
Return to Jail
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Yvette T.
| Columbus, Ohio
Sober now, she speaks at the prison she was once locked up in—and finds it to be a transformative experience
Land of the giants
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Bob W.
| Lafayette, Louisiana
They taught him who he was and how to live. They were the members who gave him his start
The biggest tip I ever got
October 2018
By:
Tom W.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
In 1951, a 15-year-old boy delivered a telegram to a little house in Akron. He hadn’t a clue why he’d one day return
A Piece of Cake
June 2018
By:
Sara B.
| Chute-a-Blondeau, Ontario
What do a piece of cake and a 12th Step call have in common? Helping a suffering alcoholic
Journey to Sobriety
April 2018
By:
Martin K.
| Charlotte, N.C.
After six DWIs, he realized it was either the end of him or the end of his drinking. Which was it going to be?
Every chair matters
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Michael S.
| New York, New York
Thanks to his buddy Kevin, the meeting before the meeting became a beautiful thing
Jump start
April 2017
By:
Corey F.
| Soledad, California
The information he got in treatment about the program started this young man’s AA engine and put his sobriety in high gear
Big Sis
February 2017
By:
Barbara G.
| New Caney, Texas
Years of pent-up hurt and rage at her brother had gone far enough. So she prayed and picked up the phone
Peace Be Still
October 2015
When he feels the urge to make ripples in the pond, he turns to his Higher Power
To chant or not to chant
March 2015
By:
Anne V.
| New York, New York
Is it good for the group? One member says maybe not
Listen to People's Feelings
July 1980
By:
C. H.
| Grants, N. M.
He found that all the people in those meetings, whether seventeen or seventy were "just like me
Thus Spake the Voice from on High
January 1973
By:
D. M.
| Port Elizabeth
When Heaven commanded, this neophyte had to obey
Soon I'll Be Sixteen
January 1972
By:
D. B.
| Liberal, Kansas
She knows she is an alcoholic--and that's what counts
Do You Believe in Life Insurance?
March 1954
By:
E. P.
| Hopewell
Reading is never a substitute for meetings but. . .
The Pleasures of Reading
August 1945
By:
F. G.
| Manhattan
<emphasis type="italic">The Crack Up: F. Scott Fitzgerald,</emphasis> edited by Edmund Wilson (<emphasis type="italic">New Directions Publishing Co.,</emphasis> $3.50).
It Keeps Getting Better
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Paul K.
| Burlington, Ontario
This husband and dad had lots of questions. Good thing his sponsor Dave had lots of suggestions