It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
September 2009
By:
JIM B.
| Portland, Ore.
A long-timer shares about his introduction to AA in New York City
A Roomful Of Light
December 2003
By:
Lori S.
| Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
Once she found the source of her defects, the door to a new life swung open
Despite the Pain
January 2003
By:
Stephen F.
| Rockland, Massachusetts
He never forgot that he was an alcoholic, even when the demons of his mind took hold
Ham on Wry
April 1986
Planting Seeds in Kenya
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Andrew K.
| Hamilton, N.J.
Sobriety reignited his love of farming, but a prayer led him on a journey that enhanced his sense of service forever
Tradition Time
November 2012
By:
Jon C.
| El Dorado Hills, California
He was so busy doing service, he barely noticed his depression had lifted
Web Exclusive: Coming Back and Coming Clean
December 2011
By:
Scott T.
After a relapse, a member tells his homegroup that he took money from the basket
Mid-Sobriety Challenges
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jeannie L
| Wilsonville, Ore.
As an AA “teenager,” she found herself at a crossroads
Knowing When To Quit
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Jacquie M.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
After an accident on a Rocky Mountain hike, a member learns the hard way to ask for help
Land of the Living
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Meagan D.
| Loveland, Ohio
Once drunk behind a bar, she now has a safe, sober place for her heart to rest when life gets heavy
Looking For A Sponsor
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
R.W.
| Ionia, N.Y.
Finding that “touchstone” to a good and lasting sobriety
The Steps Led Me To My Higher Power
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lisa H.
| Boca Raton, Fla.
An old painting in a thrift store carried an unmistakable message from her Higher Power
No Opinion
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By:
Jimmy C.
| Peculiar, Missouri
Thanks to Tradition Ten, he learned that it was OK not to let everyone know what he thought about everything
Breaking the cicle
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
John K.
| Ontario
A member shares about compassion, chronic relapsing and his longtime friendship with his AA buddy Norm
Reaching for the Sky
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Gabrielle S.
| New York, N.Y.
Getting sober opened a brand new adventure of climbing heights—and she hasn’t looked back
Passing the Torch
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Anonymous
| Florence, Ore.
How a well-meaning mission to preach the “right AA” became a beautiful lesson in tolerance and service
Up from the Ashes
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Carla H.
| Chico, Calif.
How a mother kept her cool and stayed close to AA as tragedy struck her family and her California town
Walking the Walk
October 2017
By:
Jen S.
| San Antonio, Texas
Stationed far from home and with drinking all around her, a newcomer calls up her AA tools to stay sober another day
It could have been me
June 2017
By:
Rachel W.
| West Lebanon, New Hampshire
A horrible tragedy on the day she got sober reminds a mother when she too was drunk at the wheel
Quiet example
June 2017
By:
Anonymous
His sponsor never talked about all the service he did. You just had to watch him
Hope
April 2017
During the course of her drinking career, she thought she was “not your typical alcoholic,” but one last relapse finally breaks through her denial
Ordinary hero
November 2016
When it comes to going to any lengths, she’s reminded that she’s just another drunk