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
Where Did This Insane Bit Come In?
February 2001
By:
William S.
| Carson City, Nevada
Step 2 - We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Living the Program in All Our Affairs
November 1999
By:
S.M.
| Dublin
<emphasis type="italic">After thirteen more years of sobriety in Ireland, where he first found AA, the author of</emphasis> "The Career Officer" wrote this report. - From the March 1968 Grapevine
Acceptance
February 1983
By:
E. B.
| Dover, Delaware
She finally stopped blaming people, places, and things for her drinking
Living the Traditions
March 1982
By:
D. K.
| Oakland, California
They work for individuals as well as for groups
Surrender
October 1979
By:
R. T.
| Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey
POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL. . . LET GO AND LET GOD. . .
Growing Up
April 1980
By:
J. B.
| Rochester, N.Y.
He spent seven minutes on the Steps the first time and twenty--three years the second. He's still working on them
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
November 1975
By:
Howard W. Haggard, E. M. Jellinek
Two Yale Savants Stress Alcoholism as True Disease
Making Amends
March 1975
By:
Tom A.
| Laguna Beach, California
Freedom comes with facing problems fearlessly
My Good Sponsor
July 1973
By:
Joe H.
| Rocky Hill, Connecticut
A good sponsor is one who believes you can make it some day
Soon I'll Be Sixteen
January 1972
By:
D. B.
| Liberal, Kansas
She knows she is an alcoholic--and that's what counts
Around the World
June 1958
By:
Anon.
| Valladolid
PROGRESSION IN SPAIN <lbNews, 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.
Two Yale Savants Stress Alcoholism As True Disease
June 1944
By:
H. W. Haggard and E. M. Jellinek
| New Haven, Connecticut
Walking with Bill & Lois
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Anonymous
| Conn.
A Stepping Stones volunteer shares his AA story and some wonderful moments at our cofounder’s home
Martinis in a Mayo Jar
August 2015
This mom had a super-sized craving—and she didn’t even like martinis
Recalulating
February 2015
By:
J.B.
| Leicester, North Carolina
In the mountains, a woman faces big changes after a breakup and a move.
Waiting for Things to Get Better
March 1976
By:
J. Y.
| Sparks, Nevada
A twelve-page section in which three AAs write of their experience with the Twelve Steps
Absolutely Crackers in Caracas
September 1967
By:
Lil H-C.
| Castro Valley, California
Nutty as a fruitcake", her sponsor said. But she had the golden key to unlock the door to life