Perfect On The Outside
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Paul M.
| Delhi, Ontario
He led a life most people would envy, but only discovered what truly counts when he came to AA
Dear Grapevine
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
My Parachute
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Anonymous
How the Living Sober book helped this day counter make a safe, sober landing
An Experience You Must Not Miss
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Dave A.
| Moncton, New Brunswick
A longtimer in Canada shares his love for helping members behind the walls. To him, it’s a joy like no other
Dear Grapevine
May 2025
| Young and Sober
Dear Grapevine
March 2025
| Sober and Out
Dealing With Drinking Thinking
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Shawn R.
| Toronto, Ontario
The moment when a passing thought becomes an obsession …
The Lake
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By:
Kyle F.
| San Antonio, Texas
In the depths of his alcoholism, he found a way back to the place where he’d once been happy….
The Spiritual Life Is Not A Theory
Web Exclusives
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By:
Matt M.
| San Antonio, Texas
AA reconnected him “to the world, the infinite and to other people”
With lots of love
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Jerry A.
| Gloucester, Va.
When a member loses his sight,
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
A new freedom
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Jack R.
| Marianna, Florida
When the right guy showed up to help him through the Fifth Step, his life changed forever
The stranger
October 2018
By:
Gerry R.
| Clancy, Montana
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
A Moment in the Dark
September 2015
In a sea of empty beer cans, he had made his home a prison. What would it take to break free?
Transformed
January 2014
By:
Jennifer D.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
A past delegate tells how young peoples meetings and service changed her life
Where's My Reward?
September 2005
By:
Christine P.
| North Hollywood, California
Sober twelve years, an AA wonders when she'll get the big pay-off
The Father She Always Wanted
February 2004
By:
Anonymous
| Austin, Texas
The man she loved the most had been what she hated the most!
Chill Wind Of the Soul
July 2003
By:
Hank M.
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina
He thought he was the only one who felt so empty and alone
Recovering From Fear and Resentment
September 2002
By:
Ernest S.
| York Harbor, Maine
One Alcoholic's Story
Mesmerized By Sanity
February 1997
By:
E.M.
| London
Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Friendly Yet Different
June 1990
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
Sixth Tradition - An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.