Hold on tight
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Alice M.
| Cleveland, Ohio
At five months sober, she was about to give up. But a late night motorcycle ride gave her the jump start she needed
Stranded
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Roxanne K.P.
| Bismarck, N.D.
Caught in a snow storm, a desperate sober mom uses everything AA taught her to get her family to safety
Getting my attention
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
“Marine” Tom S.
| Sarasota, Fla.
The more he sees the presence of a Higher Power in his life, the less he argues in the parking lot
The Front Lines
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Tom L.
| Albany, Ga.
Dimly lit rooming houses, emergency rooms, even rooftops— he keeps reaching out. And once in a good while they reach back
An Old-Timer For The First Time
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bill S.
| Pittsburgh, PA.
Over 35 years later, he has a beginner’s love of the program—and an old-timer’s wisdom
Centered in AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan W.
| Bristol, Tenn.
During her drinking day, she tossed around like a leaf blowing in the wind. No longer.
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
John K.
| Carleton Place, Ontario
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
A Double life
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Mitzi C.
| Surprise, Ariz.
After decades of sobriety, she was now driving drunk and hiding bottles. The secrecy was killing her
More hope than I know what to do with
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tyler A.
| Globe, Arizona
A young man turns his life around in prison and even becomes his AA group’s GSR
What Goes Around Comes Around
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Missouri
It took more than 20 years—and all Three Legacies—for him to become the AA member and man he’d envisioned
100 quilts
February 2017
By:
Meredith D.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
How a drunken grandma put down the bottle and began to patch together a warm, useful life
Lightening the load
June 2016
With her sponsor showing the way, she unexpectedly becomes a caregiver and learns to take care of herself
Once an Orphan
May 2016
How a priest, a woman, an upholsterer and AA helped a young man live a long, wonderful life
Your Voices In My Head
October 2014
By:
Dave
| Manchester, Washington
An AA thinks back on all the things people in and out of the rooms have said to him about his alcoholism
Able to dream
June 2010
By:
Pooran K.
| Williamsville
A young Hindi teacher's drinking goes from social to pathological
