A Spicy Pickle
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By:
Mary B.
| Johns Creek, Ga.
Getting sober, finding a Higher Power, falling down the stairs—and doing it all with a sense of humor.
The Magic Formula
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Mike H.
| Pasadena, California
She got sober, then he followed. After some very rocky times, things got good. What was the secret? Read on
Nothing In Moderation
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By:
Charles M.
| Freehold, N.J.
In everything—including sobriety, thankfully—he knows no moderation
The Bottom
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By:
Tom F.
| Fort Bragg, Calif.
After searching for a “drinking solution,” he found a sober one
A Love Affair with Alcohol
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Deanna S.
| Roswell, Georgia
Her marriage or Long Island iced teas? She had to make a decision. Luckily, she chose AA
The second wave
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Morgan J.
| Annapolis, Maryland
What saved him that day on the ocean...or all the other times he was drunk?
Always With Me
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
John L.
| Washington, D.C.
A member recalls getting sober in D.C. in the 1970s and how he got there with God’s grace
And She Came To Believe
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By:
Cheery H.
| Spokane Valley, Wash.
Life happens, good and bad, but now she is able to handle it with the help of her Higher Power
On the right road
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Terry F.
| Menomonee, Wis.
Sandy’s class got him on the highway to AA. Once he passed the test, he got to return the favor
No defense
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Dolly A.
| Old Orchard Beach, Maine
As her meetings slipped away, the wine started looking good. Then one day she reached for the glass
Saved By Strangers
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By:
Dave P.
| San Diego, Calif.
AA was full of strangers—and they all helped to save his life
Long Distance Hope
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By:
Pushan V.
| Thane, Maharastra, India
Today I got a call from a drunken friend. He was so drunk he was having problems forming a sentence.
Harley Mike, Angry Mike & young Andy
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Bill W.
| Everett, Wash
The more he did it, the more he learned that reaching out was the deal. Soon a wonderful band of AA “misfits” appeared
Icing on the Cake
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By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift
Icing on the Cake
December 1987
By:
Alan L.
| Gentry, Arkansas
By using the Traditions we can lead fuller lives
Gifts From the Past
March 1985
By:
T. C.
| Bristol
A slice of history as British members form their AA archives
The Kentucky Colonel
November 1984
By:
E. S.
He was an outstanding adviser in the Bright Ideas Department - From the October 1972 Grapevine
God Didn't Follow Orders
July 1984
By:
V. P.
| Toledo, Ohio
Why a complacent old-timer got back to basics
Is AA's Future Guaranteed?
April 1981
By:
Michael Alexander
Thirty-five years after the long form of the Traditions was printed in the Grapevine, a longtime friend of AA looks at our survival, past and future