Our connected energy
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Amy C.
| Cleveland, Ohio
The power in the rooms that helped her stop drinking also expanded her faith
Out of Fear, Into Service
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Pat S.
| Gravenhurst, Ontario
From panic attacks to being a confident DCM: a story of love, service and sobriety
Two gifts From Zola
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Clif G.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
I do what I can
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Ryan T.
| Port Lucie, Florida
Savor the moment
November 2018
By:
Sue S.
| Bistol, Vermont
Today, she can be grateful for the smell of fruit at her nose and another day to read, learn and create
Ham eggs and warm hugs
September 2018
By:
V.B.
| Naugatuck, Connecticut
Fond memories of a meeting house full of love and fellowship, right above the carwash
War stories
April 2018
By:
Matt S.
| Buffalo Grove, Illionois
Binges, car crashes, funny quips and bottoms. One member has some thoughts about sharing.
In The Stillness
March 2017
She decided, one hungover morning, that it was time for her life to be over. And it was—the minute she stepped into the AA meeting.
The Bus
February 2017
After a slip, she had a stark choice: Ride the AA bus to sobriety, or get off at the liquor store
That Sneaky Devil
April 2016
AA News
November 2025
| Early days of AA
The 75th General Service Conference “Working Together, Increasing Trust”
Dear Grapevine
October 2025
| AA & Technology
We Share Common Ground
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Ward B. Ewing
| Trustee Emeritus, past Chair (non-alcoholic) of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous Ordained Episcopal priest, retired President of The General Theological Seminary From Grapevine, October 2016
A past General Service Board Chair shares his thoughts after attending an atheist and agnostic AA convention
Warm Thoughts from Iceland
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Snorri S.
| Reykjavik, Iceland
A father in Reykjavik shares how AA gave him an amazing life full of wonder, service and joy 26 years ago
Dear Grapevine
February 2025
| Longtimers
Lesson Learned
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
He found out the hard way to set romantic boundaries before the sunsets and ice cream arrive
Finally Free
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Andrea N.
| Lakewood, Colorado
Once deemed a “menace to society,” she got sober in jail, did her time and is now going back in to help others
Sweet Surrender
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Jeff B.
| Nashville, Tennessee
He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step three to find a peace and purpose he never knew
Active Duty
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
David D.
| Largo, Florida
A military dad has two jobs to do. And now that he’s sober he gets to show up for both
Dear Grapevine
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
Set free
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Bob G.
| Madison, Wis.
Something big changed in him sitting in Eric’s car that afternoon. And it’s a gift he gets to pass on to others
Accepting Dad
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Caitlyn
| Ga.
Making peace with the past can be rocky, but one thing she can count on—in AA she found home
How I Got Sober Later In Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Pat B.
| Chicago, Ill.
What she didn’t know about AA would fill a highball class, but she learned that she was never too old to find a new way of living
Getting used to a new town
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
S.H.
| Virginia
After a stressful move, a member has to think out of the box to adjust to a brand-new home group
Dear Grapevine
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue