For the good of the group
January 2015
By:
Ken T.
| Tenmile, Oregon
Our common welfare is at the top of the list when it comes to what we share
Once Over Lightly
December 1983
The Gift of Sharing
December 2014
By:
Rick T.
| Falcon Heights, Minnesota
The words he spoke to his AA group that December opened their hearts forever
Good as Gold
September 2011
By:
Elliot T.
| Indianapolis, Indiana
A sober connection far more valuable than money and riches
A Not-so-new Newcomer
March 2003
By:
Dinah N.
| Oceanside, California
It's never too late to join the Fellowship--even after twenty-four years in AA
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
September 1973
By:
News
| Smithtown, New York
Symbol of Having Fun
Back to jail
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Dani M.
| Charleroi, Pa.
She knew what she had to do. Little did she know it would open a door to something she loves
Open-Minded Wonder
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Stephanie M.
| Bend, Ore.
From “a life lived in the bottle” to a deep appreciation of a sober existence
A Feeling of Serenity
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Pittsburgh, PA
Working her program one day at a time, she found her way back to the career she had lost
Borrow mine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
M.L.
| Placitas, N.M.
I said “Jim, maybe you could use my Higher Power.” I told him I was sure he wouldn’t mind. Jim thanked me and we never spoke of the God thing again.
Walking the Walk
October 2017
By:
Jen S.
| San Antonio, Texas
Stationed far from home and with drinking all around her, a newcomer calls up her AA tools to stay sober another day
Writing The Story Of Her Life
December 2016
She hid her true self behind uplifting poems she literally wrote on walls; it was only after finding sobriety that she also found her essential muse
A Clear Signal
July 2013
By:
Anonymous
After taking a man's life, her need to get sober became as transparent as a prison TV
My Child Heart
March 2012
By:
Snow P.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
A failure to find the "right God" eventually led her to her best friend
Prom Night
May 2007
By:
Carol O.
| Pensacola, Florida
A member recalls her teenage days with the old-timers
AA Works--Inside and Out
July 1982
By:
S. J.
| Bronx, New York
In this section, six AAs tell us how it works, inside and outside