Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Laura M.
| Palm Harbor, Fla.
She stayed on her pink cloud for decades with the help of God and AA
Complete Defeat
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Cara G.
| Wichita Falls, Texas
She thought it was the world’s fault that she drank too much. It was the Big Book that set her straight
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Fla.
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
Confessions of a cookie longtimer
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Sandy A.
| San Diego, Calif.
Out of all the service positions in which she got to serve, this one was by far the sweetest
Any Hour of The Day
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Karen M.
| Floris, Iowa
After her husband died, COVID-19 hit. Where was she to turn? Luckily, 24/7 virtual meetings came to the rescue
The color of love
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
M.D.
| San Francisco, California
In a big red house in San Francisco, heart after heart opens as AA shows up at his door
A Day of Love, Service and Turkey
November 2018
By:
Kevin D.
| Brockton, Mass.
A group anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving early—and to give thanks to AA through service
Spaghetti legs
August 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Haskell, Oklahoma
Dancing, camping, bowling and water-skiing! His life was definitely not over
The Slippery Slope
June 2018
By:
Ron G.
| Camarillo, Calif.
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
Here I Am
July 2017
By:
Ann W.
| Lusby, Md.
Broken, lost and scared, she found herself in the back of a police car—which, strangely, was the answer to her prayers
“Don’t Change Anything Your First Year In AA”
June 2017
By:
Sheridan K.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Instead of making the wrong changes, he took the Steps he needed to make the ones that have kept him sober for more than 30 years
Any Lengths in Ghana
July 2015
A member gets a firsthand look at the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous in a city in Africa
School Daze
May 2015
By:
Tom F.
| Reno, Nevada
A surprise visit to his sons' college became the final test of his own drinking
Shangri-La
November 2014
By:
Jim H.
| Zephyrhills, Florida
It was the AA guys in prison who taught him about a new freedom and a new happiness
STOPPING THE PAIN
May 2009
By:
CHERYL O.
| Niceville, Florida
Feeling accepted helps her start to live
PLUGGING INTO MY HIGHER POWER
April 2009
By:
Ryan G.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
An atheist's quest for serenity
The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
November 1996
By:
Anonymous
| Saskatchewan
Shining for All the World to See
