With Pen & Hope
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
With letters and calls, she walked her through the Steps and on the way to a new life
Coming In At An Older Age
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Gary D.
| Edgewater, Fla.
He’d made a lot of “fresh starts”—but the one that stuck was coming into AA
FEARis Wheel
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Ron B.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
A fun sober trip to the circus with the kids—what could possibly go wrong? Cue the Serenity Prayer!
Counting Days in my PJs
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Jill S.
| Glasgow
Even in a pandemic, she got sober, connected, traveled the world and made a host of new friends
Powerlessness
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Catherine F.
A classic Big Book story, often re-read, leads the way to her continued sobriety
At Peace with the World
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Denver, Colo.
Just when he needed to dive back in the program and help someone, he met an old boxer named Jake
A Mom’s Return
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Claudia N.
| Santa Rosa, Calif.
Through living amends, a grateful sober mother comes full circle with the children she once abandoned for booze
More Valuable Than Ever
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Anonymous
| Amherst, Mass.
In the right hands, a Big Book never stops working. And this member’s copy has had some wonderful lives
My Love Affair With Booze
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bill C.
| Okeechobee, Fla.
It was his first love, but not his last, thanks to AA
I Found My God in Perryville Prison
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kirsten M.
She found “the possibility of a God I could trust” in the unlikeliest of places
One Year And Counting
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Fred M.
| Allen, Texas
A newcomer joyfully enumerates the way the program has changed his life
Calm and quiet
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Jason C.
| Fairlawn, Virginia
After struggling to find an Eleventh Step practice that works for him, he took a leap of faith and finally found emotional balance
A mother's lifeline
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Kristin B.
| Chicago, Illinois
Thanks to her online home group, neither an injury nor a need for childcare can keep her from AA
Sunday school
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Judy F.
| Chemainus, British Columbia
With an open heart, a member helps her pastor understand our Fellowship a little better
Pub tour!
October 2018
By:
John K.
| Sierra Vista, Arizona
A man tests himself on a trip to Europe with a bunch of old Army drinking buddies. Boy, was that dumb
Fear
September 1963
By:
Dr. Hal S.
| Claremont, California
How to turn this potential defect into an asset
Case History
July 1961
By:
Mack
| Luling, Texas
Inside prison he learned how to cope with the world outside
Tradition One
April 1952
By:
BILL W.
The first of a new series of articles explaining The Twelve Traditions . . . - Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.