The Officer

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
When she went missing a police officer saw her as a sick person, not a bad one. It set her on the road to grateful sobriety

So This Is AA

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
Alone at home with the shades drawn, she was completely powerless against alcohol

Letter from the Editor

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays

Dear Grapevine

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays

No Meetings in Sight

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
What to do when a large section of the state you’re in has no AA meetings? One woman was about to find out

Better with Age

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
During the COVID-19 crisis, a past delegate shares about ways AAs are reaching out to our senior members

On Top of the World

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
On a remote island near Russia, a member lucks out and finds another alcoholic, whose AA lifeline is the phone

Keeping Me Afloat

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
A remote Navy man discovers Loners Internationalists and starts making friends and staying sober in every port

A Very New Year

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
At four months sober, a New Year’s Eve party seemed daunting. But she took her sponsor’s suggestion and got a big surprise

Saddest Christmas Ever

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
No job, no wife, no driver’s license or money. Here he was 30 days sober, in the cold, and now the AA meeting door was locked

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