The payoff is Peace
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
After a phenomenal amount of pain, he came to believe and a little darkness lifted off his soul
Lucky Break
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Thanks to her mother’s love and alcoholic journey, she knew what to do and where to go
Enjoying the Mess
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
A grandmother expresses gratitude for the joy of sobriety, even when it’s time to clean up
Dear Grapevine
March 2020
| Puzzled
Getting back up
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
I came into AA in Los Angeles in 1965. I’ve been sober ever since. Through the years, action has been the magic that has kept me going.
Here all along
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
She couldn’t stop crying and didn’t understand a thing, until a woman in the parking lot said hello
A majestic night
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
What was supposed to be just a ride home from a meeting turned out to be a show of a lifetime
The need to be right
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
He tried all the tools he could think of to end a huge resentmemt toward his wife—except one
The bright side
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
She no longer escapes in dark, dingy bars. She’s found her place in the sun
My old drinking buddies
April 2019
| Relapse
Learning to navigate longtime friends without much of a struggle
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