Close call at 10,000 feet
June 2018
By:
Chris R.
| Spokane, Washington
High above the Grand Canyon, a newcomer was overcome with the obsession. Luckily, he had friends in Phoenix
The home inside us
March 2018
By:
Rick S.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
How two Ricks on very different paths found peace and friendship on the same road
Dear Grapevine
August 2017
Living Proof
July 2017
By:
Chris M.
| Brookhaven, Georgia
How a good kid descended into a life of liquor and jails and found a new way to live in prison
Close to my heart
June 2017
By:
Marc B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up
Don’t Drink and Don’t Die
July 2016
Three decades in AA taught him how to use the tools of the program to stay alive through the pain—and deep joy—of living one day at a time in sobriety
Dear Grapevine
January 2016
From 3,000 Miles Away
June 2015
By:
Tod C.
| Chino, California
A man serving 30 to life learns a new way to live from someone he's never seen
I Better Get a Kiss Out of This
April 2014
By:
George K.
| Magnolia, Texas
Lucky for him, a romantic night out took a very strange turn
River of Shadows
January 2014
By:
Dick L.
| Meridian, Idaho
Sometimes it is in the darkest places that the light is most visible
Smile for Mickey
November 2013
By:
Larry H.
| Flagstaff, Arizona
From childhood on, he never fit in the picture, until he got to AA
Dear Grapevine
August 2013
Sneaky Drinker
January 2013
By:
Donna M.
| Sweetwater, Tennessee
Car keys, the neighbor’s liquor, vanilla extract—nothing was safe from this alcoholic
Drunk Tank Awakening
June 2012
By:
Paul S.
| Park Hills, Kentucky
Because he's been there, he's uniquely qualified to help others
Downhill spiral
August 2010
By:
JOHN C.
| Palm Bay, Fla.
A drifter with a long rap sheet reaches out to AA
Can I Buy You a Drink?
August 1995
By:
Joan B.
| Toronto, Ontario
This AA member tried to buy Bill W. a drink--and got an earful of AA instead
AA Around the World
October 1994
By:
Hans W.
| Rotterdam
Excerpted from the March 1994 "European Newsletter," published by the European Service Office of AA in York, England
A Patron Saint of AA
September 1990
By:
Charles M.
| Columbia, Tennessee
Ninth Tradition - AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.