Hurricane season
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
Once a drunken storm of bad behavior and unrealistic expectations, her holidays are now filled with love
Safeguards for Survival
October 1982
By:
E. E.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
AA's Twelve Traditions are a powerful protection for the future
A Rebirth in AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Haley M.
| Sterling, Colo.
Getting sober young, she is born again through AA
Thirty-Six
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Randall H.
| Kapaa, Hawaii
Old-timers have bad days, too
Sobriety on Ice
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Falmouth, Mass.
Each year in Vermont, AA members get out their hockey sticks for a weekend of food, fun and fellowship
It Gets Worse
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jason G.
| Lutitz, PA
It was hard to imagine his bottom getting any lower—but then there was the case of the Palmetto bug in his glass of sweet vermouth
Here all along
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Barb W.
| Westland, Michigan
She couldn’t stop crying and didn’t understand a thing, until a woman in the parking lot said hello
The Pilgrimage Together
October 2014
By:
Webster B.
| Beverly, Massachusetts
A man reflects on his first sponsor and the things they shared
Reconnecting Through the Years
December 2013
Their separate lives took them to various continents but they kept bumping into each other through AA
Leap of Faith
November 2013
By:
Anonymous
He was about to jump, but could he? His answer was a piece of cake
Go Shake His Hand
October 2013
By:
Jim W.
| Hamilton, Ontario
As soon as he got on his feet, Jack taught him how to reach out
Warning! Holidays Ahead
November 2012
By:
M.C.
| Pleasantville, New York
Good news: No matter which holiday you celebrate—it's only 24 hours long!
On My Own Two Feet
July 2012
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
How AA helped a member become self-supporting through his own contributions
Web Exclusive: The Conscious Contact Group
September 2011
By:
Anonymous
A member's story of starting a new group focused on the Eleventh Step
At Home in the World
July 2011
By:
Sara S.
After hiding out from the world while drinking, she got sober and was finally able to make her dreams come true
Sober Passover
April 2016
Remembering the Light
September 2014
By:
Anonymous
The building was abandoned, as was his life, but he had not yet given up on his faith
D.O.S.: February 4, 1947
April 2005
By:
Ginny G.
| Tuscon, Arizona
Fifty-seven years, one day at a time
What’s On Your Mind: Let Us Widen the Doorway
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
John H.
| Colorado Springs, Colo.
The writer believes that religion in AA bars entry to many atheist and agnostic alcoholics
Tom
February 2017
A message of gratitude to the selfless friend who made sure he got to treatment and started him on his way to a quarter-century of sobriety.