A Hard Road
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
Learning to forgive himself was the road less traveled—but he took it
Little Do We Know
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
Sometimes what we think we want is not nearly as good as the way things turn out
To Live in Peace
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
For years she wanted a God she could trust. With a good sponsor and a little faith, she finally found it through the Steps
Staying in the day
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
At night I reflect on my day and do an inventory of my “wins.” I focus on instances when I was kind, generous or gave someone a hand.
To Value You More
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
One day in her Step study group, an oldtimer discovers something brand-new about Step Four. Proof that the learning and growing never stops
Dear Grapevine
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
A Taste of His Own Medicine
March 2021
| Making Amends
In charge of the DWI caseload, a parole officer begins to wonder if he might be on the wrong side of the desk
Kind, Benevolent, Caring
March 2021
| Making Amends
My life then could not have been described as safe and secure, caring and kind, or filled with unconditional love and joy. I found all that when I got to AA.
The One I’d Never Make
March 2021
| Making Amends
In a blackout, she did something very regretful involving a knife and a policeman.
How would she ever face this man again?
How would she ever face this man again?
More Than Ever
February 2021
| Sponsorship
The longer he’s sober, the more it means to share whatever has pulled him toward the light
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