Grapevine Online Exclusives

A Teaspoon of Willingness

She was nearly dying of cirrhosis before she decided to try to stop drinking

I was the eldest of five girls. My mother had me when she was 16 years old, in 1957. My father committed suicide by shooting himself in front of me and my mother three days before my sister was born. Widowed, my mom took me and my sister to live with her mother.

WANT TO CONTINUE READING?

You must have an active online AA Grapevine subscription to access full stories and audio.

Login Renew Subscribe

Need help with customer service?

Call 800 631-6025 (English), 800 640-8781 (Spanish), 212-870-3456 (French) or email: [email protected]
or [email protected]

Have Something You Want To Share?

We want to hear your story! Submit your story and it could be published in a future issue of AA Grapevine!

Submit your Story