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With Pen & Hope

July 2023 | Annual Prison Issue
By: Anonymous
With letters and calls, she walked her through the Steps and on the way to a new life

As Sick As My Secrets

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anonymous | Galway, Ireland
The AA welcome is always waiting

A Much Better View

April 2023 | AA & Families
By: Donna G. | San Diego, Calif.
With a little action and meditation, she can see the love, the hope, the gratitude and the trees

A Grateful And Blessed Alcoholic

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Debra U. | Kansas City, MO
A family crisis leads to a lasting miracle

One Foot in Front of the Other

June 2021 | Dating & Relationships
By: Bridget M. | East Moriches, N.Y.
After months of isolation, members in Long Island band together to stay connected during COVID-19

See? I’m not an Alcoholic!

June 2021 | Dating & Relationships
By: David R. | Fillmore, Utah
He wasn’t about to stop drinking. Then one day a sober Navy buddy put him to the test

Get out of your head

March 2021 | Making Amends
By: Lisa J. | New Hope, Pa.
Anger and sadness sent this newcomer mom right toward the liquor store.
Luckily, she knew what to do

Ready to Handle it

March 2021 | Making Amends
By: Philip C. | Louisville, Ky.
Though he’d made amends to his wife the best he could, one day while cleaning, he lifted a lid and found forgiveness and truth

260 Breakfasts

March 2021 | Making Amends
By: Anonymous | Lafayette, Colo.
A trip to an old boss to make things right led to a long, wonderful friendship he never expected

They Held Me Accountable

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Ian H. | Louisville, KY
Grapevine kept him coming back to his first home group—and showed him how much others appreciated their “meeting in print”

We keep in touch

January 2021 | Oldtimers!
By: Nancy S. | Renton, Wash.
From pay phones to cassette tapes to virtual meetings, she’s still happily doing whatever it takes

Watching my mouth

November 2020 | Our Twelve Traditions
By: Gordon B. | Edwardsville, Ill.
A member shares his thoughts about cussing in meetings and why he says things he doesn’t want to say

Safe landing

October 2020 | Money and Sobriety
By: Jeremy S. | Baltimore, Md.
If ever there was a time for that pink parachute those AAs kept talking about to open, it was right now

$8 an hour

October 2020 | Money and Sobriety
By: Bruno W. | Colinton, Alberta
After liquor destroyed his career, he had to start all over again. With a leap of faith, he took his sponsor’s suggestion

A Journey Toward Responsibility

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
By: Annemarie M. Excerpt from Grapevine article, September 1998 | Raynham, Mass.
How Tradition Nine put her on the path to discover the wonderful world of AA beyond the group, and a host of spiritual principles

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Uncomfortably numb

May 2011
By: Margie S. | Columbus, Georgia
She had to drink to keep running—only AA stopped her.

Nice Jewish Girls Don't Go to Prison

July 2002
By: Sherri B. | Houston, Texas
Unless they find out, as this woman did, that they are also alcoholics who've gotten into trouble

Freedom Under God: The Choice Is Ours

June 1976
By: Bill W.
The first aspect of the Twelve Traditions is protection; the second aspect is progress." - From the November 1960 Grapevine

Let Go and Let God

November 1974
By: M. D. B.
The anxieties that come with problems other than drinking often respond to the AA way of life - From the November 1964 Grapevine

Let Go and Let God

November 1964
By: M. D. B. | Jackson, Michigan
The anxieties that accompany many problems besides drinking often respond to handling the AA way

Freedom Under God: the Choice Is Ours

November 1960
By: Bill W.

A Bright Future

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Laura S. | Bradenton, Fla.
She never would have guessed that happiness was right there waiting for her

Let there Be Light

November 2025 | Early days of AA
By: Elsie T. | Cincinnati, Ohio
An Ohio member expresses her love of our braille literature in a 1957 Grapevine article

Do We Really Want A Spiritual Awakening?

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anonymous | Seattle, Wash.
The importance of letting go of thinking too hard

“You Drink Too Much, Mum!”

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Vicky W. | Buckhaven, Fife
Her son roused her from the depths of her alcoholism

Taking Flight

July 2025 | AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By: A.C. | Issaquah, Washington
Feeling defeated, a newcomer was heading straight for a beer. Luckily, a little feathered friend got in his way

Out of the Woods

January 2025 | Spirituality and Prayer
By: Paul O. | Forest Park, Illinois
A newcomer searching for a Higher Power connects with something big and furry and gets a beautiful lesson about belief

How I Made It Through the Holidays

December 2024 | Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By: Lisa C. | Bozeman, Montana
With less than two weeks sober and liquor everywhere in sight, how on earth was she going to not drink?

Stories Like Mine

September 2024 | Young and Sober
By: M.J. | Jersey City, New Jersey
A young gay woman learns that getting sober and sharing her truth in AA was just the connection she needed

God Grabbed My Heart

April 2024 | Happy Birthday Big Book!
By: J.C. | Craig County, Virginia
Hoping to feel better and get out of the early sobriety woods, a newcomer makes a surprising Twelfth Step call

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