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Accepting Who You Are

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: M.C. | Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Alcohol closed the door to self-realization. Acceptance became the key that opened it

OMG We’re Broke!

July 2025 | AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By: Clyde M. | Dallas, Texas
He had just gotten elected to be his group’s new treasurer when the terrible news came in. No money? How would they ever pay the rent?

Scene of the Crime

April 2025 | Making Amends
By: Louis P. | Meford, Oregon
Somewhere in a lava field in Idaho, a bottle of whiskey was calling his name

An Evolving Desire

March 2025 | Sober and Out
By: Jimmy C. | Peculiar, Missouri
He wasn’t ready to stop drinking at first, but as he hung around and listened, things changed

Let the games begin!

July 2022 | The Annual Prison Issue
By: Daniel V. | Garden City, N.Y.
Wondering how to keep a positive outlook in sobriety each day? Here’s how one member rolls

Solidarity

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Mark M. | Grand Rapids, Mich.
When the COVID pandemic hit, he was about to celebrate one year sober. His home group came together to make that happen

How To Belong To A Home Group

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Julie J. | West Hartford, Conn.
To belong to a home group is to discover that we are each imperfect—and each deserving of love

A Thousand wishes

November 2021 | Prayer and Meditation
By: Anonymous
A man fresh out of rehab surprisingly discovers that a childhood rhyme leads him to prayer

My New Best friend

August 2013
By: Megan G. | Prospect, Ohio
A recovery counselor learns to set healthy boundaries

GIMME SHELTER

March 2010
By: JENNIFER P. | Christchurch, New Zealand
In her search for a home for her family, a member finds serenity

Just one drink away

July 2009
By: Tony P. | San Francisco, Calif.
Doing the work and remembering the past reminds an AA not to pick up

Along Spiritual Lines: Honoring One's Faith

May 2006
By: David M. | Los Angeles, California
An Orthodox Jew talks about faith, recovery, and the Steps of AA

The Big Freeze

December 2004
By: B.R. | New York, New York

A Pat On the Back

September 2001
By: Dale C. | Tacoma, Washington
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

The Drover

March 2001
By: Dale S. | Tioga, Pennsylvania

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Our Twelve Steps: 80 Wonderful Years

May 2018
By: Bill W.

Right behind me

March 2018
By: Alison S. | Las Vegas, Nevada

Common bond

January 2018 | Sponsorship
By: Jeffrey C. | Manalapan, New Jersey

Too much too soon?

August 2017
By: JoAnn C. | Minneapolis, Minnesota
One member says reading “How It Works” might not be the best way to set newcomers on the right course

A Family Like No Other

January 2017
Sober for the first time at 61, this woman offers a prayer of gratitude for the welcoming family she found in the AA rooms

100 Cups of coffee

September 2015
We follow spiritual principles whether it's keeping the money or plugging in the pot

Sign of the Times

June 2015
By: Joe H. | New Westminster, British Columbia
A group in Canada struggles with change after a new member raises an uncomfortable question

Party Girl

May 2015
She discovered that she could have fun sober

A Search for the Ringleader

August 2014
By: Crispín P. | San José, California
At a tense military checkpoint in Mexico, a member keeps his cool and gets a big surprise

No AA in Ohio?

June 2014
By: Sean W. | Campo, California

There Will Be Blood

January 2014
By: Deborah G. | Fort Wayne, Indiana
She thought she wasn’t an alcoholic until the unmanageability got a whole lot scarier

50 Preambles

May 2013
By: Lou | San Mateo, California

"Coffee soothes nerves of troubled men"

April 2013
By: James B. | Montgomery, Alabama
How an old yellowed photo led this newcomer to believe

At My Father's Grave

March 2013
By: Ed L. | Wrightwood, California

FOUR DAYS AND COUNTING

February 2010
By: JENN H. | Wildwood Crest, N.J.
A teen, barely sober and struggling, attends a YPAA and is hooked

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