Return to Rwanda
May 2018
With no meetings in his country, he reached out for help. Now he's sharing his hope
Welcome back, sucker
April 2015
After 11 years, he stopped going to meetings and an old friend returned
At the Kitchen Table
February 2015
She hadn't had a drink for 14 years -- until the night her father died
Letter from Spain
June 2014
An AA from Gijon, on Spain's northern coast, shares his story with Grapevine readers
You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass
December 2013
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years
Slip and Slide
September 2011
This Australian kept getting drunk until he learned to love a new life
Slim to None
August 2011
After several days in a cheap motel, he wasn't betting heavily on his chances for sobriety
IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME
January 2010
A friend's death after relapse tells a newcomer that alcohol would never be the solution
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