License to not drink
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
Practicing Principles
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, N.M.
Pausing, praying, talking—a time-honored way to overcome anger, fear and resentment
Pass the Chicken
October 2014
By:
Alicia S.
| Hershey, Pennsylvania
One woman’s recipe to cook up a few laughs in sobriety
Big Book Parrots and Ornery Critters
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
An old-timer says pressuring newcomers to conform might be doing more harm than good
Far and Away
October 2013
On vacation, she had trouble finding a meeting until a little sign showed her the way
Web Exclusive: Not Good Enough
February 2012
By:
Leo
| Portsmouth, Virginia
After being asked to speak, he was uninvited when members objected to his way of working the program
Web Exclusive: To Share Or Not to Share
October 2011
By:
Donna S.
| Enumclaw, Washington
Is there such a thing as too much information in someone's share?
Pre-release AA Contacts for Inmates
July 2003
AA Around the World
December 1958
NEWS FROM GSO - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO.
The Pleasures of Reading
October 1944
The Pleasures of Reading
June 1944
Don’t You Know Who I Am?
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Daryl R.
| New Bern, North Carolina
A meltdown at a conference gives a newcomer the chance to practice his first emergency Tenth Step
Sober in Boston
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Janet S.
| Needham, Mass.
Being gay and an alcoholic, she wasn’t sure she would find her people in AA
The Hitchhiker
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Stephanie G.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
Thumbing her way across Ontario in a raging snowstorm, a newcomer gets the surprise of her life
Tools For Life
January 2006
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
There's one for every problem that comes along
The Bright Spot
October 2004
By:
Cheryl O.
| Niceville, Florida
A teenager talks about her struggles with alcoholism, AA, and not drinking on her 21st birthday