Trouble Calling
September 2014
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, New York
A newcomer learns the hard way that when it comes to romance, keep your sponsor on speed dial
Good Things Come
September 2014
By:
Kathy B.
| Kaneohe, Hawaii
With AA, a member in Hawaii weathers some storms and cruises into calmer waters
Pitfalls in Early Sobriety
March 2014
By:
Todd H.,
| Michigan
A member with 120 days describes some of the things that proved difficult
I Remember, I Forget
January 2014
By:
Anthony S.
| Roberts, Montana
Seven years ago, he hit bottom all alone in a dingy house. Things are very different today
You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass
December 2013
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years
Dear Grapevine
December 2013
I was going through a rough spot when I first walked down the stairs of that church
Her New Technicolor World
October 2013
By:
Karen J.
| Portland, Oregon
How a woman on a speaker tape gave her hope and lifted her out of the gray
12-Step Turtle
February 2013
By:
Dawn M.
| Cleburne, Texas
How a backyard red-eared slider showed her the way to Step Two
Two Sisters
February 2013
By:
Anonymous
A sibling’s emergency becomes a powerful reminder of why we don’t pick up
A Strong, Independent Woman
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
She tried her best to not be like Dad, but alcohol was calling the shots
Both Sides of the Fence
July 2012
By:
Christian & Pat A.
One's in, one's out -- but both share the same solution
Many New Beginnings
May 2012
By:
Patrick M.
| Sarasota, Florida
An AA discusses getting sober and getting remarried in sobriety
Meeting at Shivaji Market
April 2012
By:
Deborah D.
| Montclair, New Jersey
She gave back to a city that took her under its wing
From Princess to Pickle
February 2012
By:
Joan L.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
The marriage was going OK until the booze took her away
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
September 1945
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
June 1944
YUKON TERRITORY
June 1993
The Twelfth Concept
December 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concept for World Service
Bad Girls Club
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Cerina B.
| Ada, Oklahoma
After tragic losses and a 20 year sentence, she took what she learned in rehab and got to work helping the women inside
Dear Grapevine
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
Tale of 3 Sponsors
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Joycee C.
| Englewood, Florida
She put some through hell, but she listened and learned about life, love and helping others
Dear Grapevine
April 2025
| Making Amends
Making it Happen
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Karl M.
| Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
A member shares how he and his AA friends got an LGBTQ+ meeting started in their small Pennsylvania town
Faith & Flour
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Bernice S.
| Lincoln, Neb.
With one cup of AA and a pound of love, a sober mom bakes some delicious joy