“He’s Still Breathing”
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Bob B.
| Olympia, Washington
His drinking pushed away the one he loved most. But that didn’t stop him—until it did
Turning Point
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Amanda Z.
| Houston, Texas
At six months sober she left the meeting in a huff. Her plan?
Head straight for the liquor store
Head straight for the liquor store
Anchored
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Patrick R.
| Longville, Minnesota
Opportunity Knocks
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ted K.
| Dublin, Ohio
Taking a chance on the gift of sobriety
Reading & Healing
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Barbara Jean H.
| Pennington, New Jersey
Invaluable questions in the “Twelve and Twelve” helped repair a mom’s relationship with her daughter
Looking Up On A Starry Night
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob C.
| New YorK, NY
Regrets, yes, but sobriety brought him hope—and a wonderful life
A Certain Book
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Connie Y.
| Venice, Fla.
It was not AA-approved literature, but it helped her find a Higher Power that kept her sober
The Man in Dakar
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Ruthie S.
| Lumberton, Texas
I jumped from my seat. I demanded that we didn’t need AA. I remember feeling embarrassed after my tirade because he just continued to speak politely.
My Home Group
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Rob. C.
| Birdsboro, PA
The perfect home group? This AA discovered it the first time he stepped into a meeting
Maybe Next Year
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Nancy W.
| Southbury., Conn.
She used to really tie one on at the annual office holiday parties. What now?
Strong Voice of the Eagle
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Joe S.
| Toronto, Ontario
I’ve been sober more than 30 years. It has been a great journey. Being in AA and being Anishinabe, I believe, go hand in hand, for my culture is very spiritual and giving.
Meeting Makers Can Make It
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Patricia B.
| New York, N.Y.
Whether online or face to face, AA meetings help sobriety grow
A very good April
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Bill S.
| East Orleans, Mass.
It’s now many years later. I will go out and hide the Easter eggs before anyone else gets up. Finding AA and getting sober was a miracle of my life.
Sometimes Miracles Happen
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Anonymous
| Rocky River, Ohio
A central office volunteer tries to help a liver patient find the AA path with a lot of love and hope
Sweet Dreams
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan K-M.
| Sarasota, Fla.
Sobriety, foretold in a dream
Letter of Hope from a Tribal Jail
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Samantha W.
| Quinault Indian Nation, Washington
Thanks to outside volunteers and Grapevine, an incarcerated woman in Washington celebrates a year of sobriety
Nothing In Moderation
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Charles M.
| Freehold, N.J.
In everything—including sobriety, thankfully—he knows no moderation
My Step Three Experience
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mari Beth L.
| Jacksonville,, N.C.
Finding her true Higher Power in a church was like coming home again
God Speaks to Us in Silence
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
M.B.
| Columbus, Michigan
With AA’s help and prayer, a mother puts down the bottle, lets go of the past and reconnects with her family in a new way
A Love Affair with Alcohol
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Deanna S.
| Roswell, Georgia
Her marriage or Long Island iced teas? She had to make a decision. Luckily, she chose AA
Challenges in Mid-Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Southport, N.C.
He thought he was safely sober—but his disease had other ideas
Shower Not Required
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Kevin S.
| Hingham, Massachusetts
Only one thing is asked of him to become a member, he learned, and it’s not whether he has clean socks
Party Guy
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
Many nights after the bar had closed, he’d still be downing whiskey shots. Oh yeah...the wife and kids
Just in Time
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
C.R.
| Columbus, Georgia
Full of rage at 20 years sober, a mail carrier gets a special delivery from her Higher Power
Tough Crowd
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Ore.
A member in Oregon fondly remembers the old geezers at his home group who liked to bark orders. Luckily, he grabbed onto Darrell
