From Rags to Riches
January 2015
By:
Norma A.
| Austin, Texas
AA taught me how to live, how to love, and how to let go
The Gift of Sharing
December 2014
By:
Rick T.
| Falcon Heights, Minnesota
The words he spoke to his AA group that December opened their hearts forever
The Wizard of Booze
November 2014
By:
Jeff W.
| Maplewood, New Jersey
Lights, camera, action: A good laugh is the kind of service this alcoholic can sing about
Down and Out in Palm Springs
July 2014
By:
Gerard K.
| Palm Springs, California
He ran as far away from his feelings as he could, until they caught up with him the Calfornia desert
You and Me and the DTs
June 2011
By:
Lee B.
| Guelph, Ontario
Twenty years after seeing her mom die of the DTs, this woman got sober after experiencing her own alcoholic seizures and DTs
Standing on the edge
January 2011
By:
Tanya C.
| Bedminster, New Jersey
A suicidal leap was her first step toward recovery
NO ACCIDENT
January 2010
By:
MIKE T.
| Prince George, British Columbia
A teenager calls AA for help and is twelfth-stepped by his friend's father
Visiting Rikers
July 2009
By:
DAVID S.
| New York, N.Y.
A prison commitment yields great rewards for one AA
Early AA: Still Active After All These Years
March 2007
By:
Mary W.
| Mountain View, California
One of the first female AAs on the San Francisco Peninsula shares her story
How The Universe Works
November 2006
By:
John L.
| Pinellas Park, Florida
A false alarm brought real help
Hiding In A Tree House
April 2006
By:
Steve F.
| Glencoe, Illinois
First he got sober; then he grew up
Case History of Someone You Know
March 1951
What We Were Like
March 1997
The New York Intergroup Association - From the Grapevine, February 1951
AA'S 35th Anniversary International Convention July 3-5, 1970, at Miami Beach
October 1970
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
How It Seemed to One Biased Alcoholic Observer
An Adventure in Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lore L.
| Rio Vista, Texas
To help her survive a horrific accident, her AA friends showered her with love
Not So Tough
January 2012
By:
Jason K.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Just how does a bright kid end up on a couch by the railroad tracks?
Web Exclusive: Dark Clouds, Silver Lining
March 2011
By:
Anonymous
A long marriage of fear, mental ward stints, and a terrible car wreck didn’t stop her from finding AA.
Ironies of Grace
December 1997
By:
Beverly A.
| Zagreb
Step 12 - PART 2. . .we tried to carry this message to alcoholics. . .
Anything Wrong With AA?
November 1990
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
From the March 1964 Grapevine
The Smart Set and Survival
July 1972
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist and great friend of AA, said, "Hitting bottom must produce a result, and this result is surrender," In the following articles, three AAs share their thoughts on the surrender experience