On His Way
October 1991
Autonomy--Not Self-will
April 1990
By:
Richard B.
| Iselin, New Jersey
Fourth Tradition - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
The Light Next to My Heart
February 1989
By:
Bernie B.
| New York, New York
Thirty-three years, a day at time--the first in a series of interviews with some of AA's "old-timers
A Thing Called Hope
July 1985
By:
W. H.
| Bedford Hills, New York
Four AAs write about the "inside," and a nonalcoholic trustee sounds a call to action
Anonymity
August 1981
By:
W. F.
| Centreville, Virginia
Four personal experiences with Traditions Eleven and Twelve
A Life That’s Brand New
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Marie H.
| Hollywood, Fla.
Surviving a horrific blackout incident, she was determined to find a new way of life
We're not alone
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Bob H.
| Dana Point, California
End run
July 2018
By:
Charles H
| Atwater, California
His prison was filled with alcohol and drugs, but luckily he began to do laps with a guy named Skyler
Honest, Open and Willing
March 2018
By:
Dan S.
| Salem, N.Y.
This wandering alcoholic never found a place to call “home”—until he stepped through the doors of a small meeting in Vermont
Light in a long winter
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Erik T.
| Maui, Hawaii
Here’s to the people like Victor, who keep the coffee going even when no one’s around
I Came To Believe That…
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Peter
| Finland
Newly sober and filled with fear, he listened when an older AA asked him: “Have you ever prayed?”
One requirement
March 2017
By:
Kelsey R.
| Indiana
People and groups may have their rules, but the Third Tradition tells us exactly what’s needed to be a member—a desire to stop drinking
Heart and Hip
June 2016
Message Received
June 2015
By:
Anonymous
It used to take many times to hear the truth, and now it usually takes once
A Portrait of a Marriage
May 2015
By:
Lee G.
| Tabernacle, New Jersey
They met in a bar, did a lot of drinking together, and then both got sober in AA
The Laughingstock of Queens
October 2013
By:
Anonymous
It's bad enough he's in AA—what a loser. Now he has to set up chairs?
My Bottom is Mine
January 2013
By:
Paul S.
| Largo, Florida
Was yours high or low? One alcoholic ponders the question
Confessions of a 13th Stepper
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
Ostracized and alone, a man with eight years finally finds help in the rooms
Don't Ask Dr. Mom
July 2011
By:
Jason H.
| Stayton, Oregon
She prescribed booze and weed for a twisted ankle, which triggered her son’s deadly disease