A Breakthrough--A Miracle
January 1999
By:
Kevin G.
| Ballina
From <emphasis type="italic">Area A Formguide</emphasis>, August 1998
Staying Open to Change
April 1994
By:
Ed C.
| Lima, Ohio
This AA says we need to feel free to look into "every dark cranny of the past" in order to understand ourselves
Don't Skip Over Six
December 1993
By:
Ralph B.
| New York, New York
My sponsor has been sober, quite contentedly, for eleven years and I respect his experience. So when he talks, I listen.
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
May 1948
By:
B.S.
| New York, New York
There Is A.A. on Vacation, Too
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
April 1948
By:
W.O.R.
| Hoosick Falls, New York
Ballyhoo" Viewed with Alarm
March of Time Film
June 1946
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
February 1946
By:
A.L.M.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A Costly Annoyance
My friend Dave
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Mike F.
| Rochester, New York
Maybe God does look after drunks like me, he thought.
Who knew it would be the guy who sat in the back, dressed like a tramp?
Who knew it would be the guy who sat in the back, dressed like a tramp?
Dream of a Lifetime
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
John K.
| Carleton Place, Ontario
From the soaring Andes mountains, to the rainforest, to the world’s driest desert, he found wonder and AA fellowship at every turn
Hurricane season
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
Once a drunken storm of bad behavior and unrealistic expectations, her holidays are now filled with love
Flight BOOKed
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Lyle A.
| Klamath Falls, Ore
Scared to drink on a layover, he instead went for a sandwich. His luck turned to gold when something blue caught his eye
Living in a human world
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Linda B.
| Calif.
When loss and grief come, we pray and reach out for help. The beauty happens when we share it with others
Outed at work
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
A.U.
| Hood River, Ore.
The last thing she expected was an AA member to reveal her alcoholism at the office. Oh boy, was she rattled!
Sweet Number 20
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Eric G.
| Delray Beach, Fla.
Revisiting two decades of sobriety, he truly understands that “most good ideas are simple”
Never Stop the Action
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Bobbie S.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Fifty-five years sober, she is the very definition of a “sober survivor”
Balancing act
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
James O.
| Parchment, Michigan
On a cold, rainy day, a longtime member gets a powerful lesson about letting go