A.A'.s Country-wide News Circuit
June 1945
Carrying the Message in 'Fifty-five
July 1980
By:
Bill W.
From a talk at a New York AA meeting during the twenty-first year of AA's existence - Part 1 of a two-part article
The Trouble Was, I Wasn't Ornamental
September 1965
By:
G. N. G.
| Manhattan,, New York
An AA comments on a recent sociological study of the different social and personal motives people have for drinking
Help Yourself to Self-help
July 1965
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
On the merits of reading for personal enlightenment, with some examples from the author's own experience
The True Confessions of a Man on a Pink Cloud
August 1952
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
Wherein a man retakes his inventory
The New Me
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
John S.
| Newark, New Jersey
After 20 years of AA in prison, he’s not the same guy. With a sponsor’s help and a good foundation, he’s ready to get out and live
Not Needed: My Opinion
October 2025
| AA & Technology
By:
Barbara H.
| Pennington, New Jersey
Our Tenth Tradition helps her group sidestep controversies. It’s also great for family and home
A Promise Come True
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Becky B.
| Allen, Texas
When emotional sobriety kicks in, true serenity follows
Just The Movement of the Hand
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan C.
| St. Louis, Mo.
Sometimes the physical connects us to the spiritual
Ride of Your Life
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Brittanie C.
| Manchester, New Hampshire
Service outside of your AA group can be a wild trip!
Just ask someone who’s doing it
Just ask someone who’s doing it
My Conception of God
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ellen D.
| Olive Branch, Miss.
Her Higher Power fills the AA rooms with “the loving spirit of good”
Baby Zoomer
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Taylor K.
| Carson City, Nev.
In the early days of the pandemic, he moved, lost a beloved spouse and experienced a serious illness. He also discovered that AA works
Too Smart For AA?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lesley G.
| Boston, Mass.
Being in the right place at the right time is more important than all the advanced degrees in the world
Eyes Open
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
L.T.
| Hawaii
A member shares her thoughts about true helpers and people with hidden motives
Problems of Cooperation Between AA and Other Treatment Programs
April 1971
By:
Charles H. Aharan, Ph.D.
| London, Ontario
Opinion - Speaking to the 35th Anniversary Convention at Miami Beach, this friend of AA said some things we ought to think about--whether or not we agree with all he says. . .
Loving What I Have
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
J.G.
| Lawrence, Kansas
A home, a job, a spouse to love, dishes to wash and a morning meeting. For him, sober life doesn’t get any better
Alcoholism At Large
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
Inside job
July 2017
By:
Patty S.
| Chino, California
With a good sponsor and the help of Step Three, an inmate in California finds hope and courage
Morning coincidence
February 2015
By:
Dave S.
| Butler, Pennsylvania
Sometimes the little moments that almost pass us by turn out to be gigantic
A Free Woman
June 2014
By:
Melissa M.
| Gig Harbor, Washington
Because the AA volunteers who came looked at her—not through her—she was able to let the program lift her shame
Drug Talk
September 2013
By:
Sandy H.
| Bienfait, Saskatchewan
A member shares why it’s important for her to hear booze discussed in AA
Meetings in the bank
June 2010
By:
BILL S.
| New York, N.Y.
During a difficult hospital stay, an old-timer's alcoholism comes calling