Helping Hands
November 1957
OUTSIDE AA - Activities and developments outside AA in the field of alcoholism. . .a news report.
Bill Tells of the Beginning of AA
June 1965
First there was Bill W . . . then Dr. Bob . . . then Bill D . . .<lband then there were thousands. . .
Sharp Decline
June 2015
By:
Donna G.
| Rochester Hills, Michigan
International success won't help when you can't get out of the bar
Doctors On Call
September 2003
By:
Omar M.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
This time, the patient emergency was the doctor on call
A Place Where I Feel Wonderful
October 1999
Step Fur
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Sarah S.
| Brentwood, Mo.
If her inventory had been fur-less, she wouldn’t have had a chilly run-in with the truth
11/29/94
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Thom G.
| Boise, Idaho
Seduced, consumed, and abandoned by alcohol, he found a future in AA
Dear Grapevine
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
Taught me to love
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Lisa C.
| Portland, Oregon
A homecoming queen, brought down by liquor, reconnects with her family and learns to live again
Incoming!
October 2017
By:
Eric C.
| Traverse City, Mich.
Through heat, sand and sniper fire, their AA group kept them sober to show up and do their jobs
Once an Orphan
May 2016
How a priest, a woman, an upholsterer and AA helped a young man live a long, wonderful life
Lost & Found
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Paul M.
| Oceanport, New Jersey
How would he ever repay the kindness he received on that dark, cold, drunken night? Years later in AA, he found a way
83 & On the Go
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Chuck H.
| Laguna Woods, California
A longtimer zigzags across the country gathering small-town stories and AA adventures
Clearing the Air
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By:
Peter A.
| West Simsbury, Connecticut
A dad well into sobriety embraces the Tenth Step to come clean and mend his relationship with his daughter
Goodbye My Friend
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Anonymous
| Pennsylvania
A member shares his love, fear and sadness as a longtime AA friend says he’s leaving the program
We Agnostics
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Scott M.
| Farmers Branch, Texas
A Grapevine reader examines AA approaches to finding a God of our understanding
It Will Never Happen To Me
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jennifer J.
| Lone Oak, Texas
Growing up with an alcoholic parent, she thought she knew all the pitfalls
We Never Give Up
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Ky.
A man from Nepal reminds him that we don’t have the power to get people sober. We just hope and keep reaching out
Time to Up My Game
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Anonymous
| Corpus Christi, Texas
The first 11 Steps had transformed his life. Now it was time for Step Twelve
Marine, Mom and Alcoholic
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Janice M.
| Carlsbad, Calif.
To escape the hell she was living in, she put herself in “the middle of AA.” She’s still there
Maybe it’ll work for me
March 2018
By:
Laura B.
| Manasquan, New Jersey
Alcohol drove her and her father apart. Then one day she needed the hope he had
No accident
July 2017
By:
Janet T.
| Leesburg, Virginia
A harrowing moment on the highway and a surprising experience at work told her something was looking after her
Bird trouble
April 2017
By:
Woody R.
| Stockton, California
He was in a jam alright, but it wasn’t over feathers. This time liquor had him locked up good
A Learning Journey
April 2017
In and out of prisons and institutions, with time spent on the streets, he never knew he was on a journey that would lead to hope, sobriety, and a fulfilling life
Highway Patrol or HP?
November 2014
By:
Sarah H.
| Vernal, Utah
A felony DUI conviction set her on the path to sobriety
Somewhere in New Mexico
August 2014
By:
Alan H.
| Idaho Falls, Idaho
He had resigned himself to drinking until he died when someone asked him a question that changed everything