Hurricane season
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
Once a drunken storm of bad behavior and unrealistic expectations, her holidays are now filled with love
From the Psych Ward to Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob H.
| Pinetop, Ariz.
Living a life of “sane and happy usefulness,” one day at a time
Quick, What Does A.A.A.R.G. Stand For?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Brandon B.
| Watsonville, Calif.
Getting grateful comes in three stages—and with an acronym for every one
Sealed & Delivered
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
K.W.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Write a letter to everyone she owed? How would she ever pay them back? Time for a little faith
No Regrets: It Took What It Took
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
David M.
| The Villages, Fla.
Personal pain, two DUI’s, time in jail—he doesn’t regret the past, but he’s not shutting the door on it, either
Bring to the table
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Bradley W.
| Plymouth, Wisconsin
A sober prisoner discovers that hanging out in the day room is the place to be
Traveling With the Soft-Covered Portable Edition
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Barbara C.
| Lyndeborough, N.H.
There she was a blizzard going on and stranded travelers drank cheerfully in the airport bar. Yet there was, locked in a bathroom, weeping…
Out of chaos
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Mary O.
| La Grange, Illinois
For years she controlled everyone else, until alcohol snuck up on her
When the Chickens Came Home to Roost… and Got Drunk
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Courtney K.
| San Antonio, Texas
She was doing everything perfectly in AA, or so she thought, until a relapse caught her by surprise
Fear into Faith
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Chad S.
| Phoenix, Ariz.
Escaping a life tormented by fear to find an existence transcended by faith
21 men
July 2017
By:
Patrick M.
| Wilmington, Delaware
Under difficult circumstances, a group of sober prisoners find that patience and persistance pay off
Coming home
January 2017
By:
A.J.J.
| Alamogordo,, New Mexico
At a troubled time, he did the right thing and went home to be of service. He was met with some beautiful surprises
Wherever We’re Needed
December 2016
By:
Jen K.
| Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
A delegate from the Yukon Territory shares what she’s learned about the challenges of some of our most remote communities
Scooped Up
November 2015
Greta helped many women in AA, but luckily for Emily, this day she had time for one more
We Belong
May 2014
By:
Anonymous
In Michigan, a deaf member joins a group and finds the true meaning of sharing
Hold on tight
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Alice M.
| Cleveland, Ohio
At five months sober, she was about to give up. But a late night motorcycle ride gave her the jump start she needed
11/29/94
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Thom G.
| Boise, Idaho
Seduced, consumed, and abandoned by alcohol, he found a future in AA
Craving
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jim S.
| Virginia Beach, Va.
Looking back after half a century in AA, he remembers his intense craving for alcohol and how the Steps and his Higher Power pulled him through
Looking Inward
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Joseph F.
| Mesa, Ariz.
A newcomer’s prayer on a meeting patio one day leads him to a profound personal experience with a Higher Power
On the edge
March 2018
By:
Joe H.
| New Westminster, British Columbia
Through the smashed furniture and pain, he watched alcohol bring his family down. Then came his moment
“Give Me What I Need, Not What I Want!”
November 2016
Jobless and facing a Federal prison term, a sober man offers up a prayer to God—and is visited by an unlikely angel named Keith.
Listening for 50 years
September 2016
In 1965, an old-timer heard the bartender say last call. Five decades later, he’s still using his ears
Lightening the load
June 2016
With her sponsor showing the way, she unexpectedly becomes a caregiver and learns to take care of herself
OK in my skin
February 2011
By:
Dan S.
| Indianapolis, Indiana
AA taught him not to take any flak for being gay
Soldier on
July 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Mission, British Columbia
A Korean War vet who shot a man while drunk begins to repair his past
Able to dream
June 2010
By:
Pooran K.
| Williamsville
A young Hindi teacher's drinking goes from social to pathological
Joanie's God
August 2009
By:
JEANNE R.
| Monaca, Penn.
A newcomer borrows her sponsor's Higher Power
AA in Uniform
September 2008
By:
Thomas H.
| Palm Springs, California
On the brink of despair, a chaplain finds his true calling
Sharing Her Gifts
June 2008
By:
Anonymous
| St. Louis, Missouri
Once "miserable beyond description," an AA lives life on life's terms
First the Bad News, Then the Good News
July 2003
By:
Joe D.
| Elko, Nevada
A radio man survives seventeen months in prison and five months back in life by doing the unthinkable: he asks for help