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Listen and Learn

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
A former pro softball player learns to live all over again in the rooms of AA

As We Understood Whatever

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
It didn’t have to be “his” God or “her” God or some church’s God

I Cried as Much as He Did

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
He didn’t like hospitals—not the smells nor the food. But this day, he discov-ered something really special that made him want to come back

Watch Your Aim!

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
After a meeting takes a wrong turn, a member has a few thoughts about “principles before personalities”

What’s On Your Mind: Chanting

July 2019 | The Prison Issue
It does “work if you work it,” but do you really need to keep saying that?

Staying Sober Through Adversity

June 2019 | Letting Go of Resentments
“No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.”

Fear into Faith

January 2019 | Stories for Day Counters!
Escaping a life tormented by fear to find an existence transcended by faith

The sweet side of the mountain

January 2019 | Stories for Day Counters!
Way up in the lofty peaks of Colorado high country, was a meeting two city gals won’t soon forget

Pass It On

August 2018
Twenty-two years ago, this newcomer discovered the gift of listening and really identifying with her fellow AAs

A letter from prison

July 2017

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