A Cold January Night
July 2014
By:
Gary G.
| New Jersey
The night that he tried to end his life would wind up being the night his life began again
A Father's Legacy
December 2013
Through the 12 Steps, she was able to forgive her father at the end of his life
Just Another Bozo on the Bus
August 2004
By:
Anonymous
Celebrating the ways we are all exactly alike
I Could Apply a Full Face of Makeup Without Ever Looking Myself in the Eye
February 1999
By:
Eileen K.
| Tustin, California
Magic Carpet
February 1974
By:
Ron
| Berkeley, California
A voyage of discovery--to find that we have loving friends all over the world
In and Out of the Dts
December 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio--or--thank God we're sober!
Enthusiasm Rampant
September 1951
Crash landing
April 2018
By:
Eric P.
| Monroe, Wisconsin
For this beer-drinking Wisconsin man, the journey to AA was definitely no smooth ride
Six-pack and Back
October 2011
By:
Daniel T.
| Davenport, Iowa
After 34 years in and out, a man finally finds his HP and gets sober
Crisis in Mexico
October 1969
By:
M. H.
| Oaxaca
There was no AA in the Mexican state where she had gone. . .and her sobriety was saved only when she acted out her responsibility to others
That Almighty First Year
March 1969
By:
E. M. K.
| South Pasadena, California
A two-coast story of profound despair and a new life
Through the Starting Gate
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
The Message in Far-off Places
August 1962
By:
T. D.
| Massachusetts
In Singapore, Hong Kong, New Delhi, and Ceylon, this traveller found AA at work
Dear Grapevine
April 2012
It’s never too late
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sandra G.
| Highlands, N.J.
At 79, with four years sober, this mom is happier than ever. She got her life back
Looking for Peace
April 2016
For years and years he searched for the one thing he finally found in AA
San Francisco
February 1952
Meeting in Montgomery
December 2012
By:
Tom A.
| Trumbull, Connecticut
He went to the bus stop to right a wrong and left with a beautiful new friend
Saying Good-bye to Lee
December 2005
By:
Hoppy H.
| Burns Harbor, Indiana
One more gift of the program
Overcoming Depression
August 1977
By:
S. M.
| Arlington, Virginia
Along with booze and pills, old ideas have to be cast aside
The Traditions in Action
March 1971
Journey to Our Beginnings
April 1983
By:
C. R.
| Plymouth, Minnesota
And to the land of wine and brew--AA style
Editors letter
January 2018
| Sponsorship
Editors letter
December 2017
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