Toronto or Bust!
April 1984
By:
C. M.
| Chicago, Illinois
Did he want a vacation or a geographical cure?
Nuggets of Truth
January 1982
By:
Anonymous
| Pennsylvania
Having trouble with Step Four? Capture your insights as they occur
Three Months Last Friday
April 1981
By:
G. M.
| Brainerd, Minnesota
No one remembered--not even her sponsor
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
April 1947
By:
J.F.H.
| Linda Vista, California
There Are No Graduates
Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces
September 1944
Uncomfortably numb
May 2011
By:
Margie S.
| Columbus, Georgia
She had to drink to keep running—only AA stopped her.
Web Exclusive: Fun and Fellowship—Marathon Style
May 2011
By:
Brian K.
| Telford, Pennsylvania
Road-trip running buddies take a challenge to attend an AA meeting in six different states—all in one day!
Dear Grapevine
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
Two Lives, One Lifetime
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan K.
| Great Meadows., N.J.
One of the great benefits of sobriety? Being able to look yourself in the eye
Lesson Learned
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
He found out the hard way to set romantic boundaries before the sunsets and ice cream arrive
Dear Grapevine
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
Sinking ship
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Steve C.
| Palm Coast, Florida
In the Coast Guard, he couldn’t keep his head above water. But once he dropped anchor in AA, his life got back on course
Getting in the cloud
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Patrick M.
| College Park, Md.
During COVID-19 a newcomer gets busy and opens himself and his group up to a new sober world
The Officer
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Vanessa D.
| Milwaukee, Wis.
When she went missing a police officer saw her as a sick person, not a bad one. It set her on the road to grateful sobriety
A New Light In Zhengzhou
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Terry M.
| Gilbert, Ariz.
Stirring souls and touching hearts, a powerful weekend in China brings hope to millions of alcoholics
Unity is the Gift
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Mykel P.
| Tiburon, Calif.
A secular AA member shares about his struggles, how service heals and how good it is to tear down borders that divide us
Not My Finest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Brian R.
| Brentwood, Calif.
A member says it’s OK to share that we’re not always grateful and that we’re not having a wonderful day
A True Partnership?
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Anonymous
| Cocoa Beach, FL.
Finding out that getting sober can mean finally forming real relationships