Writing through the fear
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Beth C.
| Duluth, Minn.
After a panicked exit from a Grapevine workshop, she pulled out some paper and went to work. Spot-check inventory to the rescue!
Misunderstood
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Michael E.
| Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The man he met said he was “naturally incapable” of grasping what we have. This member doesn’t agree
Sponsor shopping
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tennessee
After an exhausting trip down every aisle, a newcomer finds the right guy
Sliding Into Home
August 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Punta Gorda, Fla.
The feeling she has when she arrives at the safe haven of her morning home group is like scoring a run in the extended battle against alcoholism
Note the time
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Ilene M.
| Las Cruces, New Mexico
A member encounters a tricky situation while doing prison service.
One s’more at a time
August 2017
By:
Ellen D.
| Auburn, Maine
After a beautiful day on the Saco River, members trade shares and laughs by the fire. How’s that for adventure?
LIFE AND DEATH
October 2010
By:
KATHY S.
| Maryland
After an AA dies, his right to anonymity continues
Out Of Isolation
December 2006
By:
Larry L.
| Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
In a dark moment, someone answered his call
If You Don't Like It, You Can Love It!
November 1993
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
From the July 1963 Grapevine
Which End of the Telescope?
January 1986
By:
D. W.
| Vallejo, California
We look at ourselves in different ways
A Different Kind of Christmas Feeling
December 1977
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
Look inside yourself for something more than tinsel and bells and "Ho, ho, ho
Having our say
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Russ K.
| Tampa, Florida
After their treasury went missing, a group had to hold a vote. Luckily, they’d just had an inventory
My search
October 2016
After five years of faking it, a young member, with the help of her sponsor, gets honest about her beliefs
With a Compassionate Heart
October 2013
After her bathroom flooded neighboring apartments, she put the Steps to work
Room Service
March 2012
By:
W.F.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A lonely, drunken night in a hotel sends a woman onto her laptop—and a new life
Responsibility man
June 2011
By:
Joe V.
| Munsey Park, New York
The burdens of obligation transform to gifts of sobriety
From "They" To "We
July 2008
By:
Andy T.
| Braintree, Massachusetts
A black alcoholic reflects on fulfilling our common purpose
Losing Lisa
June 2003
By:
L. K.
| Texas
Together, a group sifts through a tangle of feelings with meetings
So Changed a Life
November 1999
By:
C.F.
| Manhattan, New York
The author of "Fear of Fear" updated her story. - From the September 1968 Grapevine
Farther Off From Heaven
July 1998
By:
T.M.
| Hemet, California
The words of a poem, remembered from childhood