Rudy, Pee Wee, Paula, Peggy & Johnny
September 1944
Two Yale Savants Stress Alcoholism As True Disease
June 1944
By:
H. W. Haggard and E. M. Jellinek
| New Haven, Connecticut
Romancing The Holiday Drink
December 2007
By:
Valerie C.
| Oviedo, Florida
Among the beautiful people
How to Make It On the Street
July 2003
By:
Don P.
| Aurora, Colorado
For this AA, it was clear: if he wanted to stop serving time, he had to serve others
How and Why AA Grows
August 1978
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
A presentation to the 28th General Service Conference of trends and developments in our ever-expanding Fellowship
Quote Your Way to Fame
December 1972
By:
L. H.
| Denver, Colorado
An allegory in which some fictional characters act out certain truths about our human experience
The Serenity Prayer
December 1972
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
How one member applies it to his daily living
Fourth Tradition Checklist
April 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Alive, Sober And Joyful
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Julie J.
| West Hartford, Conn.
Dancing to the happy tune of sobriety
A Profound Kinship
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kelsey M.
A visit to a Berlin AA meeting helps her reevaluate an important friendship
Turning Hope Into Faith
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
David S.
| Pooler, Ga.
Someday, the miracle will occur. It’s only a matter of time
What Goes Around Comes Around
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Missouri
It took more than 20 years—and all Three Legacies—for him to become the AA member and man he’d envisioned
Never saw it coming
June 2017
By:
Kelly A.
| Champaign, Illinois
Once she gave up desperately trying to find love, that’s when it finally appeared
Journey home
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Diane C.
| Guelph, Ontario
Though her father and brother didn’t make it, she and her sister knew exactly where to go
Journeying to Faith
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Mike H.
| El Cajon, Calif.
A God of his understanding keeps him sober
No two alike
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Lucinda P.
| Grass Valley, California
A member in California makes peace with the holidays one snowflake at a time
Ageless Miracles
October 2018
By:
Timi T.
| Washington State
When you come right down to it, age doesn’t matter. But the miracle of sobriety does
Flying spaghetti monster
September 2018
By:
Jen L.
| Sullivan, New Hampshire
At 16, she crashed hard. But her sponsor helped her find some hope and even a Higher Power
Not a river in Egypt
June 2018
By:
R.T.
| Queen Creek, Arizona
Even in sobriety, denial ruled his life. But Step Six and a cool Higher Power helped him begin to accept reality and lift his head out of the sand
Nothing held back
May 2018
By:
Steve M
| Joliet, Illinois
An old-timer shares about the freedom the Steps have given him and how he gets to pass them on.
A new lease
March 2017
By:
Richard F.
| Vermont
The day this real estate guy hit rock bottom, a buyer appeared. Boy, was it his lucky day
War stories
February 2017
By:
Ben L.
| Queens, New York
At every bar in town they thought he was a decorated hero. But once he got sober, the truth caught up
Last Chance
November 2016
He’d blown a lot of chances, but one last offer of help came his way, he grabbed it, and began trying to help other people
The Mysterious Social Director
September 2015
That elegant woman who seemed to know everyone had caught her eye. It was a moment that would last for decades
A Hardboiled Egghead
May 2015
By:
Ed C.
| Bowling Green, Kentucky
An AA member talks about what it was like getting sober at 60
Portrait in Blue
November 2014
By:
Chaula H.
| Pittsfield, Massachusetts
A member looks back on all the ways her sponsor helped her change her life
Last Call on Labor Day Weekend
September 2014
By:
Elizabeth V.
| Reno, Nevada
It was a holiday weekend and the end of something
Somewhere in New Mexico
August 2014
By:
Alan H.
| Idaho Falls, Idaho
He had resigned himself to drinking until he died when someone asked him a question that changed everything