The Invisible Life Raft
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tim M.
| Venice, Calif.
After more than twenty years sobriety, he continues to be grateful to the program that saved him
A Second Time Offender
October 2011
By:
Kathy W.
| Connecticut
She went to get her license back after a second DUI and found a new life instead
Web Exclusive: Filling the Voids
June 2011
By:
Jim
After getting sober, he learns how to fill up all the space alcohol took up in his life
How to Identify a Martian
April 1975
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
A message from an alien living in an Earth person's body
Touching Lives
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dave R.
| Gulfport, Fla.
One person touches another who touches another—it’s the AA ripple effect
Back to Court
June 2016
The last time she was here, she had broken teeth, two broken ribs and an eye swollen shut
Communication breakdown
July 2010
By:
MARY ANN G.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
A member says service keeps the lines open among AAs and keeps her healthy
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
September 1984
By:
The Journal
Doctors' Susceptibility Doubted
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
November 1975
School at Yale Mecca For Many With Same Aim
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
September 1974
By:
Lloyd Watson
Doctor's Orders
Active Appreciation
December 1959
By:
N. E. Ohio General Service Committe
The last of five short talks used in carrying the General Service message in northeastern Ohio.
Back from the Darkness
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Will J.
| Waco, Texas
Although his drinking took him to the very bottom and far away from everyone, his sobriety got some people’s attention
Saved in Honduras
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Jen G-P.
| Durham, North Carolina
Far away in the mountains, a sober nursing student finds herself in tequila hell. Grapevine to the rescue!
Becoming An Atheist Renewed my Faith in AA
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Kirk J.
| Ypsilanti, Mich.
He stopped believing in God—and started believing in the life AA had given him
The Room
January 2017
By:
Jerry L.
| Davis, California
For years, he felt sorry for those people behind that door. Then one day, he asked to go in
The worst meeting ever
February 2011
By:
Anonymous
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
There was a reason he was stuck in this room full of odor and noise