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Double The Love

March 2024 | Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By: Michael E. | Port St. Lucie, Florida
Boy, did he luck out. Not only did he get a good sponsor, but two great friends who became his AA family

Three Little Words

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Jim D. | Los Angeles, Calif.
After his first meeting, he decided AA wasn’t for him. Then someone uttered the magic phrase

Once upon a time in L.A.

October 2021 | Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By: Ron A. | Los Gatos, Calif.
The son of one of AA’s earliest members shares his own story and what he’s learned over the years

The Officer

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Vanessa D. | Milwaukee, Wis.
When she went missing a police officer saw her as a sick person, not a bad one. It set her on the road to grateful sobriety

Dear Grapevine

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays

Confessions of a high school cheerleader

September 2019 | Young & Sober
By: Jennifer M. | Columbus, Nebraska
When the cheering stopped, she made a play to join the winning team

Dear Grapevine

May 2019 | Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years

Sober at 14

April 2018
By: James M. | Sterling, Massachusettes
Young and confused, he stayed close to some old-timers and his life got so much better

Zipped up tight

September 2016
For a long time, she needed her leather jacket for armor. Now she was beginning to thaw

Looking Up

January 2016
When he first got to AA, he could only stare at the floor. Now he can almost see peoples’ eyes

90 days of June

February 2015
By: Carol P. | Clinton, Massachusetts
One summer, a woman with a few years sober decided to kick her program into high gear.

Pillow to Pillow

November 2014
By: Simon H. | Sag Harbor, New York
A newcomer learns a dream of a concept: If he can make it to bedtime without a drink, he’ll stay sober

Dear Grapevine

March 2014

Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde

July 2013
By: Robert N. | Puerto Vallarta
A correctional officer who attended meetings for work, one day returns for himself

Material Girl

April 2013
By: Betsy G. | Houston, Texas
All the fancy things could not fix her insides

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Back in Brooklyn

April 2015
By: Fran G. | Pennsylvania
An old timer reflects on the neighborhood she grew up in and where she started drinking

Get a Backbone, Not a Wishbone

August 2013
By: Michael S. | Port St. Lucie, Florida
A man looks back on 52 years in AA

The Phonebook

November 2012
By: Jamie Z. | Chillicothe, Illinois

Double Winners

March 2012
By: Anonymous | Hastings, New York
An AA shares her experience of being in AA and Al-Anon

Rowing in the Lifeboat

December 2011
By: Jim | Tasmania
An oldtimer chronicles his own fight against AA as a cautionary tale

A Whale of a Time

December 2011
By: Don A. | Lakeview, Arkansas

Seeing straight

March 2009
By: SNOW P. | Boca Raton, Florida

The Winning Essay

June 2003
By: Ronnie T. | Paradis, Louisiana
Sometimes it takes a little push to get honest

Pressed Into Service

June 2003
By: John F. | Okinawa
A Marine reports for duty

AA Al Fresco

February 2003
By: Henry H. | Malmo, Minnesota
The dark brought a deeper feeling of vulnerability and honesty

The Company Party, Cold Sober

December 2002
By: Don A. | Lakeview, Arkansas

The Phone Fix

December 2001
By: Margo A. | Washington, D.C.

They're Playing My Song

September 2001
By: Jim T. | Tucson, Arizona

Small Potatoes?

March 2001
By: Anonymous | Haverhill, Massachusetts

A Night at the Movies

January 2001
By: R. P. | Montreal, Quebec
The Home Group<lbHeartbeat of AA

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