Return to El Salvador
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Santos F.
| Corona, Calif.
Civil war didn’t end his life, but alcohol almost did. Now he gets to bring AA to help people back home
Dear Grapevine
February 2023
| Making Amends
Dear Grapevine
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Dear Grapevine
March 2021
| Making Amends
Born An Alcoholic
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lewis F.
| Loveland, Colo.
From the cradle and almost to the grave, one alcoholic tells his story
Taking Calls for AA
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
John S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
Being on “the firing line” of service—and loving every minute of it
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
Higher Powers and Nonbelievers
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Joe C.
| Toronto, Ontario
He was finally going to admit the fact that he was ‘happy, joyous and God-free.’ Would others in the rooms accept him?
I Might Have A Drinking Problem
August 2018
By:
R.J. H.
After years of humiliation and painful physical injuries, he realized that drinking was not the way to heal his childhood trauma
Close call at 10,000 feet
June 2018
By:
Chris R.
| Spokane, Washington
High above the Grand Canyon, a newcomer was overcome with the obsession. Luckily, he had friends in Phoenix
The home inside us
March 2018
By:
Rick S.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
How two Ricks on very different paths found peace and friendship on the same road
Dear Grapevine
March 2018
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
Close to my heart
June 2017
By:
Marc B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up
Dear Grapevine
January 2017
Taking Calls for AA
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
John S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
Being on “the firing line” of service—and loving every minute of it
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
Higher Powers and Nonbelievers
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Joe C.
| Toronto, Ontario
He was finally going to admit the fact that he was ‘happy, joyous and God-free.’ Would others in the rooms accept him?
I Might Have A Drinking Problem
August 2018
By:
R.J. H.
After years of humiliation and painful physical injuries, he realized that drinking was not the way to heal his childhood trauma
Close call at 10,000 feet
June 2018
By:
Chris R.
| Spokane, Washington
High above the Grand Canyon, a newcomer was overcome with the obsession. Luckily, he had friends in Phoenix
The home inside us
March 2018
By:
Rick S.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
How two Ricks on very different paths found peace and friendship on the same road
Dear Grapevine
March 2018
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
Close to my heart
June 2017
By:
Marc B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up
Dear Grapevine
January 2017
Going Down
June 2016
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
He was escorted to the elevators the day he was fired. Then booze escorted him to AA
I Got My Wish
October 2015
Once she got sober, Alcoholics Anonymous gave this transgender woman something she always wanted
The Final Four Days
June 2014
By:
Joe S.
| Winston Salem, North Carolina
With his wife out of town, he settled into a binge. He didn't know it was his last
I Better Get a Kiss Out of This
April 2014
By:
George K.
| Magnolia, Texas
Lucky for him, a romantic night out took a very strange turn