A "Loner" at Sea
September 1948
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
December 1947
By:
A.A.
| Los Angeles, California
Making Amends
Group in Bronx
November 1946
A.A. and the Advertising Man
February 1946
Reprinted from <emphasis type="italic">Printers' Ink</emphasis>, Sept. 14, 1945
Glad I Made It
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Shari D.
| Peoria, Ill
She was going to Al-Anon for everyone else. Now it was time to look at herself
Sobriety Rocks
January 2015
By:
Jak L.
| Irwin, Pennsylvania
The blast he had at a concert with sober friends was the moment he was looking for
SCARED SOBER
June 2010
By:
PHILIP P.
| Sheffield, Mass.
Drinking to feel comfortable works—at least for a while
First the Bad News, Then the Good News
July 2003
By:
Joe D.
| Elko, Nevada
A radio man survives seventeen months in prison and five months back in life by doing the unthinkable: he asks for help
Learning to Love AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Stu M.
| Surrey, B.C.
Dethawed from a snow bank, he warmed up quite nicely in AA
Where Attraction Happens
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Pat R.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A place where sobriety is infectious, honesty happens and love and hope rule. My home group—it’s a beautiful thing
How sweet the sound
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Joseph F.
| Budd Lake, N.J.
Peter set out on a search for Dr. Bob’s house. Amazed, he ascended the stairs of the house up to the porch where he cried uncontrollably.
Connecting in a Crisis
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Abby H.
| Denver, Colo.
A Central Office manager shares some joy watching alcoholics bond in the midst of trying time
Seven Years
October 2017
By:
Patrick S.
| Greenburg, Ind.
Looking back, he remembers the moment he walked down the steps to the basement meeting room—and began his life anew
What's On Your Mind? : Court Cards
November 2016
A woman who first came into AA carrying a court card in her pocket finds that tolerance towards signing those cards is waning—and warns that it is not a good idea.
A World of Yets
April 2016
Coming into AA very young, he knew there were other consequences of drinking waiting for him
Wheel of Knowledge
January 2016
24 Ways
August 2015
What About Drugs?
September 2014
By:
Anonymous
One member feels we might be getting too strict when we tell our drinking stories