I Don’t Have A Desire to Drink
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By:
D.R.
| Bellevue, Wash.
He took a geographic from India to America. When that didn’t work, he turned to AA
Operation Acceptance: Moving from Rage to Letting Go
April 2005
By:
Anonymous
| O'Fallon, Illinois
How A.A.'S World Services Grew
June 1955
By:
Bill W.
Part Two of a three-part series on AA history by our co-founder, Bill.
Letter of Hope from a Tribal Jail
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Samantha W.
| Quinault Indian Nation, Washington
Thanks to outside volunteers and Grapevine, an incarcerated woman in Washington celebrates a year of sobriety
The Bottom
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By:
Tom F.
| Fort Bragg, Calif.
After searching for a “drinking solution,” he found a sober one
A Plant From the Management
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By:
Arnie G.
| Valley Stream, N.Y.
They told him he couldn’t possibly be an alcoholic. He found out otherwise
The Good Life
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Jim S.
| Loveland, Colorado
In nearly five decades, he’s seen a lot of changes. But one thing he knows for sure—sobriety is amazing
The Power of the Ocean
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By:
Alessandra H.
| Oceanside, Calif.
Getting sober wasn’t easy, but the profound peace she now feels was worth every struggle
It's Worth the Work
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Doug M.
| Long Island, New York
Through years of sober experience, good and bad, he learned about love, faith and sharing the fun
An Easier, Softer Way
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By:
Kevin P.
| Philadelphia, Pa.
Walking into his first AA meeting turned out to be a lot easier than a lifetime of drinking
DR. Sam Parker of Kings County Suggests "Criteria for A.A. Work in Hospitals
March 1945
By:
Sam Parker, M.D.
| Brooklyn, New York
Bill's Wife Remembers When He and She and the First A. A.s Were Very Young
December 1944
By:
Bill W.'s wife, Lois Wilson
Self-Support Today
March 1996
An Alcoholic's Letter to His Son
June 1968
The important part, this father writes, is how it all begins
The Twelve Steps and the Older Member
August 1954
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step One<lbFirst in a series of articles to be published from time to time on the meaning of the Twelve Steps to one member after several years' sobriety.
The Amends I Didn’t Want to Make
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Jim R.
| New York, New York
Once full of rage and anger, he knew he had to make things right with his mom. But when and how?
Joy on a Full Moon
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Paul L.
| Whitefish, Montana
A sober bike ride with his home group in Glacier National Park was just the adventure he was looking for
Keeping The Piggy Bank Full
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By:
Tony V.
| Silver Spring,, Md.
Sober experience, collected and saved like pennies in a piggy bank, help him through the hard times
A Dream is a Promise You Give Yourself
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Elizabeth P.
| New York
Instead of crashing at the gates of alcoholic hell, she got to have cake with her good sober friends
Dear Grapevine
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
From a Distance
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
As the COVID crisis continues, she’s more determined than ever to help reach out any way she can