Passing it on
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
What began as a frantic search for a beloved ceramic buddy became a beautiful, unexpected lesson in letting go
Always Hope
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
An oldtimer shares some things he’s learned to keep his head above water on the long, sober swim
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
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
Forgiveness Set Me Free
April 2020
| Home Group
My hatred for this man was festering in my soul. I sat there in court praying that he’d get a life sentence. Then he got up and spoke.
Last call
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
It was 1985. She took out a dime and stared at her shot glass. Then she walked over to the phone and saved her life
What happened to Ted?
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
My place in the world
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
No longer in the center of the universe, a longtime member in Tasmania is content to deal with things as they come along
A day at the museum
May 2018
A few days after doing her Fifth Step, a mother takes her kids on a field trip
Replay Resentment
February 2016
He had a bunch of tapes he could pop into the player and use to justify more drinking
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