What Happened
August 2017
Detoxing in the hospital after a lifetime of drinking, an alcoholic receives four visitors who bring him the gift of life and sobriety
Area Convention: A Beginner’s View
August 2017
For this newcomer, going to her area convention was like attending a big party where all the guests were happy, friendly and sober
Progress, Not Perfection
August 2017
After a divorce and a monumental life change, the only place she found “safety” was in a hidden bottle. But something else was hidden inside of her: sobriety
A Student of Alcoholics Anonymous
August 2017
After she graduated from college, she became a student learning a new way of life—one without alcohol
Spirits
August 2017
After watching his father die of the same disease that possessed him, a man found a spiritual path out of the “age old malady” of alcoholism
Keeping my place
August 2017
Thanks to his Big Book, a father in Michigan built a history in sobriety—sometimes with crayons
Hello Mr. Blue
August 2017
After a personal loss, a member near Lake Huron made a four-legged friend who helped open his heart
Triggered
August 2017
In a Michigan doctor’s office, a newcomer turned the page in a magazine—and her sobriety
Good medicine
August 2017
One story at a time
August 2017
A former delegate challenges himself to write for Grapevine every month—service with a pen
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