The mop will set you free
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
When he got to AA, he had disappointed everyone and his self-esteem was shot. Sponsor to the rescue!
Misty’s last night out
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Mary Ann S.
| New York, N.Y.
A Chelsea Hotel survivor tells how the 80s party life nearly killed her. Then one day she met this girl named Cathy
The End of the Party
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
R.S.
| Dana Point, Calif.
A world traveler finds her way home to AA
A God-Shaped Hole
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dayna C.
| Highlands Ranch, Colo.
An accomplished suburban mother “who just loved to drink wine” finds her Higher Power in the rooms of AA
Getting in the cloud
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Patrick M.
| College Park, Md.
During COVID-19 a newcomer gets busy and opens himself and his group up to a new sober world
Attraction or promotion
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Bill W.
| Hurley, N.Y.
A member discusses PSAs, Tradition Eleven and how AA presents itself to the outside world
A Hard Road
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By:
Matt W.
| Kingman, Texas
Learning to forgive himself was the road less traveled—but he took it
It takes a village
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
“Definitely Steve”
| Nashville, Tenn.
A longtime member in Tennessee gleefully remembers the wonderful oldtimers who gave him his start
63 Wonderful Years
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Joan S.
| San Diego, Calif.
Hopping in and out of virtual meetings all over the world, a mother of four who got sober in 1957 has really seen it all
Globe-trotting
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Doug G.
| Fujisawa
When the pandemic caused his AA meeting in Japan to go viral, alcoholics from around the world joined in
Welcome to Key West
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Brent H.
| Reading, Pa.
He knew it was time to stop drinking. He had really reached the end. But first he’d fly to see his old drinking buddy for one last hurrah
What Living Sober Is All About
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Pamela R.
| Bend, Ore.
Beginning in fear, ending in hope: one alcoholic’s journey
Relieved of Command
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By:
Jay W.
| San Diego, Calif.
He commanded a powerful Navy vessel, but he was powerless over his alcoholism
The Committee
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Andy A.
| St. Peters, Mo.,
Voices # 1,2,3 and 4 have lots to say about Andy’s day off. Oh wait, #5 does too
A Father's Legacy
December 2013
Through the 12 Steps, she was able to forgive her father at the end of his life
