It Was I Who Had to Change
January 1974
By:
Ray S.
| Grand Island, New York
The AA program teaches one to live in the world as it is
The Bottle Or the Egg
October 1973
By:
G. P.
| Evergreen, Colorado
Sometimes we get away with what we do in blackouts--other times, our chickens come home to roost
Hurting?
October 1973
By:
H. M. K. Jr.
| Amarillo, Texas
The longer you work the Steps, and the more you practice them, the sooner you can be happy again
The Accidents That Don't Just Happen
October 1972
By:
D. W. R.
| Detroit, Michigan
Around the Tables
To Be Alive Again
August 1972
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
To taste, savor, feel the pains and joys of reality
Something More than Selfish
August 1971
By:
Walter B.
| Windsor, Vermont
Why do they come in here to talk to a bunch of cons?
Reality Can Be Uncomfortable
July 1971
By:
M. McF.
| Millburn, New Jersey
But learning to cope with life, people, and situations is vital to our growth
I Was Not Alone with My Fears
April 1971
By:
L. W.
| Sherman Oaks, California
In AA I found people who knew what I meant when I talked about fear
Where the Splendor Is
April 1968
By:
H. L.
| California
It's no easy thing to know ourselves and to know others, but the <emphasis type="underline">effort</emphasis> to know is the highroad to love
I Tried Tranquilizers
June 1964
By:
Anonymous
| Virginia
. . .for the second, and, I hope, the last time, I am experiencing withdrawal. . .
Interview With Bob S., Jr.
September 2001
Dear Grapevine
june 2026
| Young & Sober
Silver Lining
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Andrew M.
| Delmar, New York
A tragedy when he was 19 set in motion a series of events that helped land him and others in his family into recovery
Life on Life’s Terms
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sherry H.
| Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Life is both beautiful and fragile, she discovers. So is recovery
Dear Grapevine
March 2023
| Get Into Service
Trapped in Rehab
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mark T.
| Charlotte, N.C.
What a difference 365 days makes….
The courage to show my face
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Anonymous
| La.
It took a while to turn his camera on, but this newcomer is staying sober, getting active and ready to log on
Dear Grapevine
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
Ignite the Spirit
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Liz H.
| Bellingham, Wash.
Through the freedom of the Steps, she’s no longer a prisoner of her mind or the booze that took her away
Nurse in Denial
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
A. W.
| Glendale, Ariz.
Alcohol took her freedom, her sanity, her savings and her career. But AA in prison healed her life 22
A wind of spirit
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Anonymous
| Wyoming
A Wyoming man’s relapse on Thanksgiving day leads him back to the Steps and a spiritual journey
Searching for something bigger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Trenton, Missouri
An alcoholic shares about his small-town struggle with judgement, inclusion and Step Three
My Story
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Kate H.
| Ojai, Calif.
It took years of drinking and denial, but one spring day, she picked up the phone and made the call that changed her life
Brewmeister
May 2016
It was bad enough his sponsor volunteered him for coffee, but chairs and cleanup too?