All are welcome
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Kent S.
| Hartland, Wisconsin
How a barn that love built became the go-to place for meetings, picnics, campouts and joy
Hole in the wall
December 2009
By:
PAUL S.
| Fond du Lac, Wis.
A relapser is shocked back into reality after he breaks his brother's nose in a blackout
Early AA: Still Active After All These Years
March 2007
By:
Mary W.
| Mountain View, California
One of the first female AAs on the San Francisco Peninsula shares her story
A Word to the Wise
May 1987
By:
J. C.
| West Henrietta, New York
The difference between acceptance and change
Personal Stories
September 2011
In "Just a Nice Lady Who Drank Too Much," a woman's notion that she was a polite and genteel drinker had to be smashed before she could face her alcoholism.
No Laughing Matter
April 2013
By:
Kris G.
| Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Her drinking became a big joke; then nobody thought it was funny
Time To Laugh
September 2012
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
What's so funny about the things we say in AA?
I Still Sit up Front, I Still Raise my Hand
March 2012
By:
G.G.
| Huntington, New York
After 20 years, this alcoholic does not have all the answers
Dear Grapevine
August 2011
Where everybody knows my name
October 2010
By:
JILL M.
| West Bend, Wis.
It took only five months for this newcomer to see the healing power in her home group
Finding My Voice
November 2002
By:
Dóni P.
| Tucson, Arizona
First, she had to find out she had a life. Then she had to learn how to live it.
The Seven-year Itch
May 1985
By:
J. D.
| Queens Village, New York
When dissatisfaction with her group crept in, she took at hard look at her changing responsibilities
Gratitude
September 1979
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
How do you manage to feel grateful when you're feeling terrible?
Twenty-five Years on a Bar Stool
June 1969
By:
C. H. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
You AA nuts are sure missing a lot!
The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 3
July 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as <emphasis type="italic">we understood Him</emphasis>
Problems of Cooperation Between AA and Other Treatment Programs
November 2000
By:
Charles H. Aharan, Ph.D.
| Lake Erie Region, London, Ontario
From The April 1971 Grapevine
The Loner
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Richard D.
| Aberdeen, New Jersey
A member shares his experience, strength and hope about being the odd man out when it comes to fellowship
Lighting the way
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Tina W.
| Hobe Sound, Fla.
Though her last day drinking was rudderless and dark, she found a beacon to point the way out
Grabbing the Gold
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Curt W.
| Lake Stevens, Wash.
He always dreamed of having his own boat and crabbing all day in the sun. In sobriety his dream came true and more