Who Am I Really?
After a lifetime of pretending to be somebody else, the Steps helped her accept herself
Don't Lose Everything
August 1961
By:
M. A. E.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
You need not if, like this young wife, you diagnose the disease in its first stages
Slips
April 1961
By:
W. D.
| Rowayton, Connecticut
An examination into the causes and consequences of taking that first drink
Panic at the Top
September 2014
By:
Anonymous
With her international acclaim rising sky-high, how could she possibly be an alcoholic?
Taking a Chance
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
John L.
| Hernando, Florida
Little by little, outside help, Steps and faith are helping him overcome his fear of intimacy
Yes, It’s True About Acceptance
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tim H.
| Hayden, ID
Reflections on a cancer diagnosis and lessons learned through AA
My Oasıs
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Marcy B.
| Bothell, Wash.
Except for an occasional scorpion or two, this wonderful desert meeting was her safe, sober home
Grandpa’s Journal
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Kyle F.
| San Antonio, Texas
Tucked away under old dog tags and love letters was a worn-looking list of names. Could it be? Yep, it sure was
My Sponsor—Sweet Pickle
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
George A.
| Lake Oswego, Ore
Remembering the lessons taught by an extraordinary AA
My First Foreign Trip Sober
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
John K.
| Sanford, N.C.
It wasn’t quite 90 meetings in 90 days around the world, but wherever this AA went, the warm embrace of Alcoholics Anonymous welcomed him
Cake or no cake
April 2017
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate
Out of the gutter
June 2016
With the Steps at their back, they take their aim.These sober bowlers are striking it big and sparing nothing but joy
Un Trago?" (A Drink") "!No, Soy Miembro De AA!" ("No I'm in AA!")
February 1965
By:
A. B.
| Stamford, Connecticut
Life on Life’s Terms
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sherry H.
| Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Life is both beautiful and fragile, she discovers. So is recovery
Dear Grapevine
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
Ignite the Spirit
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Liz H.
| Bellingham, Wash.
Through the freedom of the Steps, she’s no longer a prisoner of her mind or the booze that took her away
Searching for something bigger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Trenton, Missouri
An alcoholic shares about his small-town struggle with judgement, inclusion and Step Three
Dear Grapevine
March 2013
Paradise Lost
June 2011
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
A meeting of one turns her vacation from disastrous to delightful
