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
No defense
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Dolly A.
| Old Orchard Beach, Maine
As her meetings slipped away, the wine started looking good. Then one day she reached for the glass
Forgive Quickly Laugh Easily
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Caroline M.
| Novato, Calif.
A mom shares how she found purpose in a place where her heart feels at home
A Disease That Settles
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tina C.
| Athens, Ala.
How does General Service keep us sober? She counts the ways
Guilding light
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Ron B.
| Costa Mesa, Calif.
A member shares some powerful thoughts about AA’s patience, resilience and creativity during COVID-19
Everything Is Possible
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Brittany G.
| King of Prussia, Pa.
Alcoholics Anonymous, she realizes, is a program of ‘we’
Icing on the Cake
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By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift
Sobriety and My Spiritual Journey
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mike H.
| El Cajon, Calif.
If he stays connected, his Higher Power always provides “a door to a new and better place”
Wet in a Dry Country
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Lynn W.
| Houston, Texas
A social worker puts on her AA hat and says a few prayers to help an alcoholic on the other side of the world
Why we give
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Brian C.
| New York, NY
A former Intergroup treasurer shares how AA changed the way he thinks about money and giving back
At Home in Bangalore
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Baxter J.
| Gainesville, Texas
Far away in India for work, this Texan discovers a powerful new meaning of language of the heart
The Miracles of Our Fellowship
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By:
Rhonda Z.
| Eugene, Ore.
AA won’t cure her illness, but the profound joy it brings helps her survive
The Hummingbird
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ann P.
| Scottsdale, Ariz.
It took a trapped and fragile creature to remind her that trust was essential to her sobriety
Keeping My Identity
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Amy A.
| North Reading, Mass.
Finding the missing piece
Always A Path Forward
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kendra M.
| Del Mar, Calif.
Her Higher Power opens a new door for her just as the last one seems to close
AA Words And AA Kindness
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bob G.
| Sarasota, Fla.
In a time of great need, AAs come together
Way Beyond
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
Amanda F.
| Oakland, California
Getting sober young brought the gifts early on—but the best gifts were ones you couldn’t touch
An Old-Fashioned Twelfth Step Call
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Debbie D.
| Concord,, Calif.
Giving this kind of call helps keep you from receiving it
The Question of Clubs
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Linda W.
| Libertyville, Illinois
What’s the connection between clubs and AA? When is it affiliation?
Katie And My Story
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Renee W.
| Star Lake, NY
Helping a friend take her first steps toward AA sometimes means “doing what we can do and then turning it over”
I just said yes
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Cynthia S.
| Seattle, Wash.
I hit bottom during my kids’ teenage years. Going into juvenile detention centers has been a way of giving back and showing up for teenagers.
3000 Sober Sisters
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Jen R.
| Chicago, Ill.
She used to drink at women. Now she’s trading numbers, doing service and making lifelong friends
Stranded in North Dakota
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Jerry M.
| Thompson Falls, Mont.
I was feeling pretty jumpy. Excusing myself, I set out across the abandoned Interstate through the howling wind and snow toward the lights of the truck stop.
Getting the service bug
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Irving M.
| Washington, D.C.
Land ho! If you stick around in the service pool long enough, your willingness to serve will be noticed
Shame of the Rocks
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
E.M.
| Amarillo, Texas
Have a hard time not romanticizing the drink? Here’s one way this guy remembers
It’s A Wonderful Life
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Snow P.
| Boca Raton, Fla.
More than four decades of sobriety—and life just keeps on getting better
