What Do They Mean--"Personality Change"?
June 1957
By:
S. T.
| New York
Some resist it--others embrace it--what is it?
Who’s in Charge?
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Sally T.
| Wilmington, Delaware
She learned that everyone has the same vote, and together with a loving God they make AA happen
Everywhere He Goes
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Chuck H.
| Laguna Woods, Caifornia
His love for meetings and sober connection has taken this longtimer places he never dreamed of
We Keep Going
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Tom M.
| Belvidere, Illinois
A string of major losses gave him the challenge of a lifetime, but his sobriety never wavered. AA was always there
Relapse, Recover, Don’t Repeat
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jonathan C.
| Atlanta, Ga
A lonely birthday is a prelude to finding rebirth in AA
Soaking in the Sun
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Anonymous
| Summerville, South Carolina
On rooftops, at the ocean, on the dance floor, she and her sober crew laughed, cried and celebrated their new lives
A Gift That Led to A Journey
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Cameron M.
| Madison, Wisconsin
She made her Higher Power her AA group, but now she was moving away. Luckily a fellow member had an idea that she could hold on to
My Sober Date
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Michael S
| St. Louis, Mo.
He didn’t want his sober date—but now does everything he can to keep it
On The Road—This Time With AA
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mara S.
| Orangevale, Calif.
Five years on the road—and she finally makes it home again
From the Psych Ward to Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob H.
| Pinetop, Ariz.
Living a life of “sane and happy usefulness,” one day at a time
Decision in the desert
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Dee Anne P.
| Oak Harbor, Wash.
Lonely, angry and exhausted, a newly sober flight operator has a rageful day in hell. Her mission: Step Three
Let's Get a Divorce!
January 1977
By:
G. P.
| Elbert, Colorado
AA worked well and the marriage was happy, so this alcoholic suggested
Helping Others to Recover
March 1976
By:
R. C. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
We have a responsibility to carry the message, whether to the newcomer or to the old-timer
Professor Winkley and the Aversion Treatment
October 1975
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
In pure science, results are often something other than we looked for
Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous
February 1974
By:
Marvin A. Block, MD
A medical doctor and friend of AA tells us what we do well and what we could do better
New Directions from the World Directory
January 1972
By:
D. W.
| Des Moines, Iowa
This traveling salesman was hopelessly lost until AA put him back on the right road
Poor Me' and 'Poor You
September 1970
By:
Jan K.
| Sarasota, Florida
I have to remember that other people suffer just as much as I do
Young People's Groups
July 1969
By:
J. G.
| San Francisco, California
A chance to share our "inexperience" within the framework of AA
May This Not Be the Eulogy of Me, You, Or Anyone We Know . . .
August 1968
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Will I Open the Door to the Truth?
October 1966
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
<emphasis type="italic">Step Discussion Step Five</emphasis> Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
I Needed a Psychiatrist
January 1965
By:
Anon.
| Palm Springs, California
She was sober, divorced and on the prowl--Then she found help in rebuilding her life
AN ANSWER
February 1964
No One Understands...
March 1961
By:
G. G.
| Fort Myers, Florida
the wife of an alcoholic--except the wife of another alcoholic