5 Drunks in Kuwait
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
SFC N.N.
| Forest Lake, Minnesota
A sober member of the National Guard and a few of her Army fellows create a little piece of home overseas
AA In The Boonies
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Danny P.
| Waubun, Minn.
A fond look at small town meetings with big time sobriety
Glad to Empty our Pockets
August 2015
Two AA friends find joy in taking meetings behind five locked metal doors
Hope in the Yard
July 2012
By:
—Chris K.
| New Port Richey, Florida
How a little magazine connected two men who really needed AA
It Beats Being a Jerk
June 2011
By:
George E.
| Vaillant, Maryland
Reading the “Twelve and Twelve” helped this nonalcoholic trustee to finally embrace Step Six
A life exploded
April 2011
By:
Bea S.
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
Cancer, a gambling addiction, a heart attack, a husband’s affair … and she still didn’t drink.
Interview With the Author of "Stars Don't Fall
August 1995
By:
FELICIA M.
Second in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
Helping Others to Recover
March 1976
By:
R. C. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
We have a responsibility to carry the message, whether to the newcomer or to the old-timer
Changing the Channel
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By:
Liz V.
| San Juan Capistrano, California
From Amends to Miracles
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Linda R.
| Billings, Mont.
Her journey to unexpected joy begins with amends
A Wonderful, Strange Twist
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Skip O.
| Anderson, Indiana
A firefighter shares his remarkable journey involving a sponsee, a DNA test and many family secrets
The Best Decision I Ever Made
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Chris K.
| Grain Valley, Mo.
After a very rocky start in sobriety, three crosstown buses changed her life
The Best Is Yet To Come
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Stan S.
When AA told him to change everything, he did
Detox, DT’s, Despair—And Sobriety
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.S.
| Whitehall, Pa.
A journey from hospital and rehab to a new life in AA
Active duty
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
R.H.
| Bend, Ore.
Returning home from war was tough, and getting sober and busy in AA was just the mission he needed
My love affair with alcohol
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Corinna D.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
She hitchhiked her way into a long relationship with liquor and made it to AA through Al-Anon
Another Way to Live This Life
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Angie L.
| Tavernier, Fla.
Her Higher Power kept sending her clues that broke through her denial during one last weekend of drinking
So all can understand
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Amalia C.
| Rewington, Connecticut
A longtime AA interpreter shares her wonderful journey and all the joy it brings
Broadening the Gateway
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Andrew S.
| Snowmass, Colo.
Making sure that our prayers encompass the faith of all alcoholics
The Car Thief
January 2014
By:
Gym C.
| Los Angeles, California
Panic set in as he called the police. Someone had stolen his car—and everyone at work had to know
It Works For Me
September 2007
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
Sober sixty years, a member reflects on AA's principles
Step Six: Wherever And Whenever
June 2007
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
Unlikely riches and satisfied needs