What I Am Like Today
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kate W.
| Kingston, Ontario
Healing from the inside out takes time, but the rewards are great
Glad I Made It
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Shari D.
| Peoria, Ill
She was going to Al-Anon for everyone else. Now it was time to look at herself
Dodged A Bullet
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Shelley B.
| Ventura, Calif.
An atheist depends on a “Holy Trinity” of Higher Powers to stay sober
By The Grace Of God And AA
February 2017
In order to hide from the world she took her first drink at the age of seven and ended up living for months in a closet. But sobriety has changed all that. …
Leadership vs. Dictatorship
November 1990
By:
J. P. L.
| North Haledon, New Jersey
From the March 1961 Grapevine
Ham on Wry
May 1992
Barley Corn
December 1947
Heard at Meetings
December 1978
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
May 1973
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Rocky Mountain News
International Scene
Adding Up the Days
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Sue G.
| Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Afraid and confused, this newcomer didn’t want what we have at first. But luckily, she stuck with it
Honest. Open-Minded. Willing
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sue M. Oshawa,
| Ontario
She had 24 years sober. One day, the thought of a drink almost overwhelmed her
Walking Together, Not Alone
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bill B.
| Broken Arrow, Okla.
His home group carried him through the hardest time of his life
High Fives
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
A.M.
| Tucson, Arizona
A young sober member gets outside help for his mental health and joins in the love at his YPAA groups
What’s With the Dress Code?
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
Jeff Y.
| Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Are the local small-t traditions at our meetings the same as our Twelve Traditions? A member shares his thoughts
I Don’t go It Alone
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Paul W.
| Rochester, N.Y.
Once dependent on people and alcohol, he now gives his Higher Power that job
Ride Share
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Michelle B.
| Rossford, Ohio
Tired, worried and desperate for a meeting, a newcomer hits the road and meets an angel at the wheel
Dancing on a Pinhead
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Nancy H.
| Laguna Woods, Calif.
Write articles on the Concepts? What on earth had she signed up for? Turns out, it opened her eyes to a whole new world
Time To Shake Some Hands
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Kurt K.
| Lockport, N.Y.
One member says that when the treatment vans pull up, we have some work to do
Where my life began
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Chad P.
| Mt. Vernon, Indiana
Young and terrified, he left his rough, drunken world and walked through a door that said “Welcome Home”