The best fit
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Jane E.
| Kings Park, N.Y.
A past delegate asks: How can AA do a better job helping alcoholics and addicts find the help they need?
Time to live
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Rachel H.W.
| London
Though she only drank for a few years, it was bad enough to stop early. And what a gift it is to enjoy a long, full, sober life
Zooming past the cops
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Bruce B.
| Killingworth, Conn.
Going to any lengths for his virtual AA meeting caused an encounter he won’t soon forget
Welcome to New York
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
Patrick C.
| New York, N.Y.
A couple and their three cats make a move to a big city where they build a new home in AA
From the Heart
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Steven S.
| Jacksonville, Fla.
He was about to “compare” himself out of the rooms—when he found just the right home group
Keeping My Time
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Temple Terrace, Fla.
A traumatic series of events led people to question how much time she really had. She turned to her Higher Power for an answer
Trust
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Art H.
| Mount Prospect, Ill.
Having lost faith in everything, he needed a starting-over point
Lighting the Way
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Kimberlea M.
| Port Moody, British Columbia
A remote communities chair was surprisingly prepared when the COVID-19 crisis hit
Hats off to Tradition 5
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Morgan J.
| Annapolis, Md.
He finally put down the bottle and got to a meeting. But what was everyone talking about? And what did it have to do with drinking?
Tony Darryl Jan Joe & Nancy
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, Calif.
How chairing in a phone meeting filled one member with joy as he made a bunch of new friends from Nevada to D.C.
Soft landing
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Nanci V.
| Dallas, Texas
A one-chip wonder says she’s grateful she made it here and that her sweet sober life makes her stay
Woody’s gift
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Richard M.
| Dillon, Montana
Why would a man leave his warm home on Christmas Eve to drive 17 miles in the snow?
21 men
July 2017
By:
Patrick M.
| Wilmington, Delaware
Under difficult circumstances, a group of sober prisoners find that patience and persistance pay off
Last Day, First Week, And One Year Later
February 2017
The day she took her last drink was like any other day in a chain of drinking days—but the next day, and the next and the next, were very different
Wherever We’re Needed
December 2016
By:
Jen K.
| Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
A delegate from the Yukon Territory shares what she’s learned about the challenges of some of our most remote communities
