One Among Many
March 2018
By:
C.B.
| Bend, Ore.
One enthusiastic AA had service positions in multiple home groups, until her service sponsor helped her understand that less can actually be more
Delivering the truth
August 2017
By:
Jennifer O.
| Oak Park, Illinois
It was family pizza night and the food had arrived. So had her moment of clarity
Jump start
April 2017
By:
Corey F.
| Soledad, California
The information he got in treatment about the program started this young man’s AA engine and put his sobriety in high gear
Big Sis
February 2017
By:
Barbara G.
| New Caney, Texas
Years of pent-up hurt and rage at her brother had gone far enough. So she prayed and picked up the phone
Cheat Sheet To Sobriety
January 2017
The period from five to ten can be a little dangerous if AA’s turn complacent, but one woman has found a solution
Defects, What Defects?
June 2016
By:
Anonymous
Step Six doesn’t make us into robots. It helps us get the willingness to change
Outside the Circle
November 2015
A member feels uncomfortable as he learns more about one of the prayers we use
What a Concept
September 2015
Our Concepts aren’t only for service geeks. A member in New Jersey explains why
Who's In Charge?
August 2015
Luckily, in his quest to save AA, he ran across one of our special workers
Morning at the Resort
June 2015
She was starting to feel uneasy while on a trip when she ran into some old friends
The man behind the curtain
February 2015
By:
Anonymous
An old-timer finds that a Twelfth Step call right after surgery is a delightful operation.
O Brother Where Art Thou?
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
They grew apart as they got older and got to drinking. Sobriety brought them back together
Listen Sonny
September 2014
By:
Robert B.
| Fremont, California
Desperate to not pick up one morning, a 60-year-old newcomer meets his match
Finding Bottom
August 2014
By:
Jackie H.
After she had to move out of the motels and onto friends' couches, she reached for the phone book to look up AA
The scroll given to Sister may now be seen at Rosary Hall. This is the inscription:
August 1966
By:
Bill W.
our everlasting gratitude
Back To Where I Started
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Brad N.
| Springfield, Va.
Life, death and sobriety in Tidewater Virginia
The Hope of Change
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Agatha H.
| Bel Air, Md.
Finding her way sober meant fulfilling her potential
We Can Stay Sober Through Anything
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Susan D.
| Catskill, New York
Her battle with mental health at 17 years sober was super tough, but luckily she got help and stayed close to AA
And So From My Heart I Say
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Rev. Canon Samuel M. Shoemaker, D.D.
| New York, New York
Reverend Shoemaker’s thoughts about helping alcoholics and the very early days of AA
Learning to Trust
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Sarah C.
| Puyallup, Washington
The last thing she wanted to do was go to a women’s meeting. She was in for a big surprise
