485BPOS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2013

File Nos. 2-11023

811-00126

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	¨
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 120	x

and/or

REGISTRATION

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 59 x

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10105

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

(800) 221-5672

Emilie D. Wrapp

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York, 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

Copies of communications to:

Kathleen K. Clarke

Seward & Kissel LLP

901 K Street, N.W.

Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20001

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

¨ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

x on March 22, 2013 pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York, on the 22^nd day of March, 2013.

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND, INC.
By:	Robert M. Keith*
	Robert M. Keith
	President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

	Signature	Title	Date
(1)	Principal Executive Officer
	Robert M. Keith* Robert M. Keith	President and Chief Executive Officer	March 22, 2013
(2)	Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
	/s/    Joseph J. Mantineo Joseph J. Mantineo	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer	March 22, 2013
(3)	All of the Directors:
	John H. Dobkin* Michael J. Downey* William H. Foulk, Jr.* D. James Guzy* Nancy P. Jacklin* Robert M. Keith* Garry L. Moody* Marshall C. Turner, Jr.* Earl D. Weiner*
*By	/s/    Stephen J. Laffey Stephen J. Laffey (Attorney-in-fact)		March 22, 2013

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibits
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CALC	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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Label	Element	Value
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Mar. 01, 2013
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock	The Fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock	This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Investing in the Funds--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 59 of this Prospectus and in Purchase of Shares--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 114 of the Funds' SAI.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesCaption	SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	rr_OperatingExpensesCaption	ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading	PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock	The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys or sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Examples, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 79% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate	79.00%
Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]	rr_ExpensesDeferredChargesTextBlock	Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after eight years. The CDSC decreases over time. For Class B shares the CDSC decreases 1.00% annually to 0% after the fourth year. For Class C shares, the CDSC is 0% after the first year.
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts	You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount	100,000
Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	EXAMPLES
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock	The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses stay the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text]	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption	For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares at the end of the period:
Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	The Fund invests primarily in the equity securities of U.S. companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued, focusing on dividend-paying securities. The Adviser believes that, over time, a company's stock price will come to reflect its intrinsic economic value. The Fund may invest in companies of any size and in any industry. The Adviser depends heavily upon the fundamental analysis and research of its large internal research staff in making investment decisions for the Fund. The research staff follows a primary research universe of approximately 500, largely U.S., companies. In determining a company's intrinsic economic value, the Adviser takes into account many fundamental and financial factors that it believes bear on the company's ability to perform in the future, including earnings growth, prospective cash flows, dividend growth and growth in book value. The Adviser then ranks each of the companies in its research universe in the relative order of disparity between their intrinsic economic values and their current stock prices, with companies with the greatest disparities receiving the highest rankings (i.e., being considered the most undervalued). The Adviser anticipates that the Fund's portfolio normally will include approximately 60-90 companies, with substantially all of those companies ranking in the top three deciles of the Adviser's valuation model. The Adviser recognizes that the perception of what is a "value" stock is relative and the factors considered in determining whether a stock is a "value" stock may, and often will, have differing relative significance in different phases of an economic cycle. Also, at different times, and as a result of how individual companies are valued in the market, the Fund may be attracted to investments in companies with different market capitalizations (i.e., large-, mid- or small-capitalization) or companies engaged in particular types of business (e.g., banks and other financial institutions), although the Fund does not intend to concentrate in any particular industries or businesses. The Fund's portfolio emphasis upon particular industries or sectors will be a by-product of the stock selection process rather than the result of assigned targets or ranges. The Fund may enter into derivatives transactions, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, and swap agreements. The Fund may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indexes, futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indexes) or shares of ETFs. These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Fund's portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges. The Fund may, at times, invest in shares of ETFs in lieu of making direct investments in equity securities. ETFs may provide more efficient and economical exposure to the type of companies and geographic locations in which the Fund seeks to invest than direct investments.
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	PRINCIPAL RISKS
Risk Narrative [Text Block]	rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock	MARKET RISK: The value of the Fund's investments will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as the Fund's value approach, may be underperforming the market generally. FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) RISK: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors. CURRENCY RISK: Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund's investments or reduce its returns. DERIVATIVES RISK: Investments in derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments. INDUSTRY/SECTOR RISK: Investments in a particular industry or group of related industries may have more risk because market or economic factors affecting that industry could have a significant effect on the value of the Fund's investments. MANAGEMENT RISK: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results. As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
Risk Lose Money [Text]	rr_RiskLoseMoney	As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	The bar chart and performance information provide an indication of the historical risk of an investment in the Fund by showing: how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and how the Fund's average annual return for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index. You may obtain updated performance information on the Fund's website at www.AllianceBernstein.com (click on "Individuals--U.S." then "Products & Performance"). The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns	how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and how the Fund's average annual return for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	www.AllianceBernstein.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture	The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading]	rr_BarChartHeading	BAR CHART
Bar Chart Narrative [Text Block]	rr_BarChartNarrativeTextBlock	The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text]	rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads	The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]	rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock	Calendar Year End (%) During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund's: BEST QUARTER WAS UP 17.46%, 2ND QUARTER, 2003; AND WORST QUARTER WAS DOWN -20.01%, 4TH QUARTER, 2008.
Performance Table Heading	rr_PerformanceTableHeading	PERFORMANCE TABLE AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (For the periods ended December 31, 2012)
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate	rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate	Are estimates based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes;
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred	rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred	Are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]	rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown	Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for Class B, Class C and Advisor Class shares because these Classes have different expense ratios;
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | CLASS A
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	4.25%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.28%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.22%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.06%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.28%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.11%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	533
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	763
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	1,011
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,719
2003	rr_AnnualReturn2003	31.76%
2004	rr_AnnualReturn2004	11.92%
2005	rr_AnnualReturn2005	3.78%
2006	rr_AnnualReturn2006	16.93%
2007	rr_AnnualReturn2007	5.51%
2008	rr_AnnualReturn2008	(40.76%)
2009	rr_AnnualReturn2009	20.93%
2010	rr_AnnualReturn2010	13.13%
2011	rr_AnnualReturn2011	5.58%
2012	rr_AnnualReturn2012	17.53%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel	BEST QUARTER
Highest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate	Jun. 30, 2003
Highest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn	17.46%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel	WORST QUARTER
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate	Dec. 31, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn	(20.01%)
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	12.62%	[1]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(0.76%)	[1]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	6.14%	[1]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | CLASS B
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Shareholder Fees Column [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesColumnName	(NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED TO NEW INVESTORS)
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	4.00%	[2]
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	1.00%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.31%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.05%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.36%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.91%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	594
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	800
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	1,032
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	2,025
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	194
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	600
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	1,032
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	2,025
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	12.62%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(0.70%)
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.96%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | CLASS C
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	1.00%	[3]
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	1.00%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.24%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.05%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.29%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.84%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	287
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	579
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	995
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	2,159
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	187
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	579
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	995
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	2,159
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	15.66%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(0.65%)
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.81%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | ADVISOR CLASS
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.22%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.05%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.82%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	84
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	262
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	455
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,014
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	17.80%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	0.38%
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	6.90%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | CLASS R
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.50%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.26%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.05%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.31%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.36%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	138
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	431
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	745
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,635
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	17.32%	[4]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(0.12%)	[4]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	6.36%	[4]
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Nov. 03, 2003	[4]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | CLASS K
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.25%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.20%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.05%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.05%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	107
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	334
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	579
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,283
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	17.36%	[4]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	0.16%	[4]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	6.71%	[4]
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 01, 2005	[4]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | CLASS I
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.12%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.05%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.17%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.72%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	74
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	230
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	401
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	894
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	18.04%	[4]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	0.55%	[4]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	7.03%	[4]
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 01, 2005	[4]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | Return After Taxes on Distributions | CLASS A
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	12.48%	[1]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(0.94%)	[1]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.83%	[1]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | CLASS A
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	8.39%	[1]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(0.69%)	[1]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.37%	[1]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC | Russell 1000(TM) Value Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	17.51%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	0.59%
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	7.38%

[1] After-tax returns: -Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for Class B, Class C and Advisor Class shares because these Classes have different expense ratios; -Are estimates based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor's tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown; and -Are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

[2] Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after eight years. The CDSC decreases over time. For Class B shares the CDSC decreases 1.00% annually to 0% after the fourth year.

[3] For Class C shares, the CDSC is 0% after the first year.

[4] Inception dates: 11/3/03 for Class R shares, and 3/1/05 for Class K and Class I shares. Performance information for periods prior to the inception of Class R, Class K and Class I shares is the performance of the Fund's Class A shares adjusted to reflect the higher expense ratio of Class R shares and the lower expense ratios of Class K and Class I shares, respectively.

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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Investing in the Funds--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 59 of this Prospectus and in Purchase of Shares--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 114 of the Funds' SAI.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC	CLASS A SHARES	CLASS B SHARES		CLASS C SHARES		ADVISOR CLASS SHARES	CLASS R SHARES	CLASS K SHARES	CLASS I SHARES
Shareholder Fees Column [Text]		(NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED TO NEW INVESTORS)
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	4.25%	none		none		none	none	none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	none	4.00%	[1]	1.00%	[2]	none	none	none	none
Exchange Fee	none	none		none		none	none	none	none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC	CLASS A	CLASS B	CLASS C	ADVISOR CLASS	CLASS R	CLASS K	CLASS I
Management Fees	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	0.28%	1.00%	1.00%	none	0.50%	0.25%	none
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	0.22%	0.31%	0.24%	0.22%	0.26%	0.20%	0.12%
Other Expenses	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Total Other Expenses	0.28%	0.36%	0.29%	0.27%	0.31%	0.25%	0.17%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	1.11%	1.91%	1.84%	0.82%	1.36%	1.05%	0.72%

EXAMPLES

The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses stay the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC (USD $)	CLASS A	CLASS B	CLASS C	ADVISOR CLASS	CLASS R	CLASS K	CLASS I
After 1 Year	533	594	287	84	138	107	74
After 3 Years	763	800	579	262	431	334	230
After 5 Years	1,011	1,032	995	455	745	579	401
After 10 Years	1,719	2,025	2,159	1,014	1,635	1,283	894

For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares at the end of the period:

Expense Example, No Redemption ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC (USD $)	CLASS B	CLASS C
After 1 Year	194	187
After 3 Years	600	579
After 5 Years	1,032	995
After 10 Years	2,025	2,159

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys or sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Examples, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 79% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES

The Fund invests primarily in the equity securities of U.S. companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued, focusing on dividend-paying securities. The Adviser believes that, over time, a company's stock price will come to reflect its intrinsic economic value. The Fund may invest in companies of any size and in any industry.

The Adviser depends heavily upon the fundamental analysis and research of its large internal research staff in making investment decisions for the Fund. The research staff follows a primary research universe of approximately 500, largely U.S., companies. In determining a company's intrinsic economic value, the Adviser takes into account many fundamental and financial factors that it believes bear on the company's ability to perform in the future, including earnings growth, prospective cash flows, dividend growth and growth in book value. The Adviser then ranks each of the companies in its research universe in the relative order of disparity between their intrinsic economic values and their current stock prices, with companies with the greatest disparities receiving the highest rankings (i.e., being considered the most undervalued). The Adviser anticipates that the Fund's portfolio normally will include approximately 60-90 companies, with substantially all of those companies ranking in the top three deciles of the Adviser's valuation model.

The Adviser recognizes that the perception of what is a "value" stock is relative and the factors considered in determining whether a stock is a "value" stock may, and often will, have differing relative significance in different phases of an economic cycle. Also, at different times, and as a result of how individual companies are valued in the market, the Fund may be attracted to investments in companies with different market capitalizations (i.e., large-, mid- or small-capitalization) or companies engaged in particular types of business (e.g., banks and other financial institutions), although the Fund does not intend to concentrate in any particular industries or businesses. The Fund's portfolio emphasis upon particular industries or sectors will be a by-product of the stock selection process rather than the result of assigned targets or ranges.

The Fund may enter into derivatives transactions, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, and swap agreements. The Fund may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indexes, futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indexes) or shares of ETFs. These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Fund's portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges.

The Fund may, at times, invest in shares of ETFs in lieu of making direct investments in equity securities. ETFs may provide more efficient and economical exposure to the type of companies and geographic locations in which the Fund seeks to invest than direct investments.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

• MARKET RISK: The value of the Fund's investments will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as the Fund's value approach, may be underperforming the market generally.

• FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) RISK: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

• CURRENCY RISK: Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund's investments or reduce its returns.

• DERIVATIVES RISK: Investments in derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.

• INDUSTRY/SECTOR RISK: Investments in a particular industry or group of related industries may have more risk because market or economic factors affecting that industry could have a significant effect on the value of the Fund's investments.

• MANAGEMENT RISK: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The bar chart and performance information provide an indication of the historical risk of an investment in the Fund by showing:

• how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and

• how the Fund's average annual return for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index.

You may obtain updated performance information on the Fund's website at www.AllianceBernstein.com (click on "Individuals--U.S." then "Products & Performance").

The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.

BAR CHART

The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.

Calendar Year End (%)

During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund's:

BEST QUARTER WAS UP 17.46%, 2ND QUARTER, 2003; AND WORST QUARTER WAS DOWN -20.01%, 4TH QUARTER, 2008.

PERFORMANCE TABLE
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

(For the periods ended December 31, 2012)

Average Annual Total Returns ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC		1 YEAR	5 YEARS	10 YEARS	Inception Date
CLASS A	[1]	12.62%	(0.76%)	6.14%
CLASS A Return After Taxes on Distributions	[1]	12.48%	(0.94%)	5.83%
CLASS A Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	[1]	8.39%	(0.69%)	5.37%
CLASS B		12.62%	(0.70%)	5.96%
CLASS C		15.66%	(0.65%)	5.81%
ADVISOR CLASS		17.80%	0.38%	6.90%
CLASS R	[2]	17.32%	(0.12%)	6.36%	Nov. 03, 2003
CLASS K	[2]	17.36%	0.16%	6.71%	Mar. 01, 2005
CLASS I	[2]	18.04%	0.55%	7.03%	Mar. 01, 2005
Russell 1000(TM) Value Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)		17.51%	0.59%	7.38%

[1] Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after eight years. The CDSC decreases over time. For Class B shares the CDSC decreases 1.00% annually to 0% after the fourth year.

[2] For Class C shares, the CDSC is 0% after the first year.

[1] After-tax returns: -Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for Class B, Class C and Advisor Class shares because these Classes have different expense ratios; -Are estimates based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor's tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown; and -Are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

[2] Inception dates: 11/3/03 for Class R shares, and 3/1/05 for Class K and Class I shares. Performance information for periods prior to the inception of Class R, Class K and Class I shares is the performance of the Fund's Class A shares adjusted to reflect the higher expense ratio of Class R shares and the lower expense ratios of Class K and Class I shares, respectively.

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