Giving It Back
March 2011
By:
Chris M.
| Mahawah, New Jersey
After 20 years, she is finally experiencing the joys of being a sponsor
Web Exclusive: A Never-Ending Adventure
March 2011
By:
Tom K.
| Millard, Nebraska
One man’s story of how important emotional balance becomes as the desire to drink fades.
Time for Takeoff
March 2011
By:
Pete B.
| Fort Worth, Texas
A pilot shares the steps he takes to assure that his day has a smooth ride
Tradition 2: Our Way, Not My Way
February 2008
By:
Dan B.
| Rochester, New York
Giving group will a try
Off The Elevator
November 2007
By:
Karen C.
| Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania
An AA steps off before bottom
The Mommy Track
June 2006
By:
Peggy B.C.
| Fairfield Glade, Tennessee
The fast path to being the drunk she swore she'd never be
A Prisoner Of My Own Universe
January 2006
By:
Sheryl M.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her only escape was alcohol
Does Daddy Know?
September 2005
By:
Megan K.
| Destin, Florida
Her father was a military policeman. He'd be furious if he found out what she was doing.
Boogeying Without Booze
August 2003
By:
Susan C.
| Woodland, California
It was better sober. Imagine that.
4. Working with professionals
November 1961
By:
M.S.
| Honolulu, Hawaii
How we can best rededicate our lives to the service of the sick alcoholic
I Didn't Want to Want to. . .
June 1960
By:
Warden Clinton Duffy
San Quentin's former warden tells how Prison Groups offer alcoholic inmates a means for recovery from the disease that is often directly responsible for criminal records
Here's Why
April 1959
What AA Meetings Taught a Non-AA Counselor
December 1977
By:
Lee A. Grutchfield, M.Ed.
Personal growth and help for clients come from participating in the AA experience
January 10, 1957
March 1958
By:
H. W.
THE GOLDEN THREAD<lbNews, comments and letters from about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and General Service Headquarters, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSH
When Life Goes Down
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
John D.
| Big Lake, Minnesota
When tough times come, he says God and the Fellowship always seem to show up
Little by Little
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Anonymous
| Tucson, Arizona
Step Three was challenging, but she started small, looked around, saw the change and knew there was something more
A Way to Serve
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
J.M.
| Waldport, Oregon
The member who told his lawyer about AA probably saved his life, he says. Now he gets to return the favor
When The Moment Came
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Judy K.
| Newport BEach, California
It took a little time, but after watching her son’s and father’s lives change, she realized the truth
Back in the Game
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Carl S.
| Littleton, Colorado
His bottom literally began halfway up a mountain. With the love of AA and his family, he made it to the top
Relapse or S.L.I.P.?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J. S.
| Forks, Wash.
She could go for weeks at a time without drinking, so why did she need AA?
Who Would Ever Have Imagined?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lori L.
| Indianapolis, Ind.
She thought she had it all, but without sobriety it meant nothing