How It Feels to Make One's First Beginnings in A. A.
November 1944
By:
Elliot B.
The First Time. . .at 60
Dear Grapevine
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
Sober Parenting
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sarah M.
| Zürich
A “stunning swell of love” for her children—and for AA
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
My guide to the wild west
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Kim S.
| Boise, Idaho
Getting sober can be a wonderful journey with the right someone showing the way
Business is not a bad word
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Billy N.
| Buford, Georgia
One member says that anything less than good business practice in AA is just untreated alcoholism
The Sand Dollar
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Kristen C.
| Tappan, N.Y.
Higher Powers often have interesting ways of revealing themselves, as this young alcoholic discovered one day at the beach
10 years sober
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Mike G.
| Madison, Missouri
There in the basement on his plywood bed, he was going to be OK. Something had changed
Crazy for service
August 2018
By:
Vera F.
| Bend, Oregon
A district Grapevine rep discovers a wonderful world of service, meeting others and carrying the message
The Lucky Ones
May 2018
By:
Nancy G.
| New York, NY
Not everyone makes it to AA, but she was one of the lucky ones who got help and received tools for guidance and living
OK for this day
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Kate K.
| Lakewood, Washington
She got sober just in time to face a breakup and a new baby—and her sponsor’s words held true
He Opened The Door
September 2017
By:
Michael M.
| Placentia, Calif.
She was a dry drunk, searching and lost, until a suggestion by a teacher unexpectedly showed her the door to sobriety
The Bug
May 2017
His father warned him that alcoholism was part of his make-up, but it took him two different careers to discover he had "the bug"
What’s good for the group
January 2017
By:
Dan W.
| Eatonville, Washington
Through lots of trial and error, a member learns the importance of AA unity