Finding my Crew
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
P.M.
| Holladay, Utah
When he crash-landed in a Cincinnati clubhouse at 23, he had no idea how his new life would take off
Roger & Me
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Jamie M.
| San Francisco, California
A sponsor shares about a longtime relationship that left him with the most precious gifts
Answers Will Come
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
David C.
| Albion, Idaho
A longtimer connects with a kind, loving spirit to quiet his jumbled alcoholic mind
A Fresh Perspective
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Totally overwhelmed at work at 12 years sober, he found the path to peace just down the road
Anonymity Break!
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Betty Y.
| Bishop, Calif.
Revealing our membership is a very personal matter. But one AA recalls an unintentional slip that became a beautiful thing
We are one
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Michael A.
| Seattle, Wash.
Once too unique for AA, he now sees how much we’re the same and how much we need each other
Making Lemonade
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Elizabeth R.
| Florence, Ala.
COVID-19 didn’t slow this group down one bit. Instead, their recipe for service just got better
Maybe I Am One
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Thomas W.
| Avon, Ind.
Even as a hard-drinking cop he thought he had escaped the “plague” that ran in his family. It took AA to show him he hadn’t
Edinburgh Love
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Paul M.
| Galveston, Texas
A dream trip through the U.K. took a tragic turn, but the local AAs knew how to take care of their own
Another chance
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, Ariz.
An old-timer recalls how AA helped him grieve and gave him the opportunity to give the kind of love a dad can give
Assemble Carefully
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Pamela N.
| Port Richey, Fla.
A newcomer’s quest to usher in her new life goes much easier when she follows directions
The night shift
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Lauren C.
| Draper, Utah
Scared and battered, she landed in a place where she got more than good care. She was prescribed a new life
Moment of Clarity, Act of Providence
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Joe C.
| South Philly
He wanted to die because nothing could be worse than the life he was living. But the cop who arrested him had other ideas
Touched by beautiful souls
September 2018
By:
Errol M.
| Virginia
A member with 60 years sober recalls the night it all began
Security check
July 2017
By:
Beverly P.
| Kettering, Ohio
A call for help in a bar-filled airport brings a pleasant surprise and a safe flight home
How Anonymous Should You Be?
November 1998
By:
Anonymous
It may look easy to practice the second A in AA, but it doesn't always work out that way. - Tradition Eleven - Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radi
How Anonymous Should You Be?
May 1965
By:
Anonymous
It may look easy to practise the second A in AA, but it doesn't always work out that way
First Meeting
June 1963
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
She wondered what to wear and hoped we didn't sing hymns. Then she came to a meeting. Were we all lunatics?
Close Encounter
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
David S.
| San Francisco, California
Drunk and desperate, he had reached the end of the line. Luckily, a nearby passenger knew just where to go
I Felt Like a Queen
May 2016
She first learned to carry the message washing ashtrays. Her group made her start at the top
Strapping Myself In
April 2015
By:
Michael J.
| Albany, Oregon
The ups and downs of a super young AA
No One Home
July 2013
By:
Anonymous
With wife and kids gone and no furniture in sight, the lawn was the only place left to land
Something Kept Me Sober
November 1989
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
From the November 1958 Grapevine
The Great Equalizer
May 1980
By:
J. R., MD
| San Diego, California
Loners, leaders, priests, potentates, and just plain folk--alcoholism is