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From Saloon to Salon

March 2016
Getting sober was tough for a woman in 1949. But she had a knack for fixing hair

Sharp Decline

June 2015
By: Donna G. | Rochester Hills, Michigan
International success won't help when you can't get out of the bar

The Double Life of a Doctor

November 2014
By: Anonymous | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
She was long practiced in the art of maintaining a façade, but the stakes were getting higher and higher

My Bulldog Brain

September 2014
By: Susan W. | Alameda, California
When she was able to let go of intellectual pride, she began to identify in the rooms

Sentenced to Loneliness

May 2008
By: Anonymous
He wanted to be the first in all his life's activities, but he was last to acknowledge the harm alcohol did in his life.

Three Men AND a Wet Drunk

April 2008
By: A.G. | Tabernacle, New Jersey
An old-timer recalls her early days

Order Of The Court

November 2007
By: Brian C. | St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
A judge starts the ball rolling

A Life Without Problems

May 2007
By: Jim P. | Santa Monica, California
How could that be?

A Matter of Choice

September 2005
By: Kara P. | Brea, California
An AA wakes up from a nightmare

falling Apart on the Inside

April 2005
By: Cliff P. | Trenton, New Jersey

AA In the ER

October 2003
By: Tom S. | Buffalo Grove, Illinois

The Dilemma of No Faith

April 2001
By: Bill W.
Reprinted from the April 1961 Grapevine

Riding It Out

July 1997
By: Josh B. | Brooklyn, New York

My Sobriety Was Up in the Air

January 1995
By: Linda H. | Miami, Florida

You Just Don't Understand

March 1992
By: Lola G. | Greenbelt, Maryland

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Starting my day

March 2023 | Get Into Service
By: Paul M. | Galveston, Texas
A past delegate recalls how he learned that a good day of service can begin with a well-made bed

Cab Ride

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Paul W. | Rochester, NY
The best years of his life came after he found his way into the Fellowship

The Zip Line

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Barbara D. | Enola, Pa.
At the mountain recovery retreat, the zip line was almost more than she bargained for. But not quite...

We Agnostics

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Scott M. | Farmers Branch, Texas
A Grapevine reader examines AA approaches to finding a God of our understanding

To Any Lengths

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Suzie V. | Loxahatchee, FL.
Sometimes a geographic is a good thing—if it means staying sober

Finding His Marbles

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Robert S. | Glendale Heights, Ill.
Coming to his senses in AA

It Will Never Happen To Me

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By: Jennifer J. | Lone Oak, Texas
Growing up with an alcoholic parent, she thought she knew all the pitfalls

A Spiritual Awakening in Jail

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Claudia B. | Pacific Palisades, Calif.
She finds spiritual awakening and a deep sense of gratitude helping other alcoholics behind bars

Keep On Keepin’ On

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Martin W. | Rio Rancho, N.M.
He astonished the old-timers by boiling it all down to a simple phrase. That can’t be right, they thought. But it worked for him

Her turn

September 2021 | Young & Sober!
By: Meaghan B. | Bonita Springs ., Fla.
Her dad wanted her to get sober too, so he led by example—well, and maybe a few hints around the house

Something Better

June 2021 | Dating & Relationships
By: Vicki E. | Deltona, Fla.
Through years of love and loss, some things she knows for sure—good things come and go, we learn from our hindsight and we don’t drink

We Never Give Up

February 2021 | Sponsorship
By: Alex M. | Louisville, Ky.
A man from Nepal reminds him that we don’t have the power to get people sober. We just hope and keep reaching out

Somewhere in the Catskills

January 2021 | Oldtimers!
By: R.W. | New York, N.Y.
Sobriety can take us on some interesting adventures when we remember to keep reaching out

Time to Up My Game

October 2020 | Money and Sobriety
By: Anonymous | Corpus Christi, Texas
The first 11 Steps had transformed his life. Now it was time for Step Twelve

A New View

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
By: D.J.B. | Wyckoff, N.J.
The beauty of making amends and not shutting the door on the past is that a window opens to help others

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