Relieved of Command
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By:
Jay W.
| San Diego, Calif.
He commanded a powerful Navy vessel, but he was powerless over his alcoholism
How To Survive Your First Year of Sobriety
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By:
Hope A.
| Mooresville, N.C.
Some say the first year is the toughest. It doesn’t have to be
Card-carrying thumper
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Jim H.
| Largo, Florida
By following the directions in the book, he became a passionate lifetime fan
The best part of my week
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Tom C.
| El Paso, Texas
He’s seen men come and go. Some make it and many not, but one thing’s for sure: He keeps coming
A bunch of drunks
November 2018
By:
Anonymous
How a couple lucked out by living around the corner from Manhattan’s 24th street clubhouse
Dear Grapevine
August 2018
Dear Grapevine
November 2017
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Florida or bust
January 2017
By:
Susan B.
| Dayton, Ohio
Three friends muster all the sobriety they can to enjoy a rocky road trip down south
Can’t Stop
December 2016
By:
Coleen F.
| Jacksonville, Alabama
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway
Sobriety Lessons
November 2016
From learning to listen to finding the right meeting, a man with twenty-two years in the program provides seven lessons towards a better sobriety
Dear Grapevine
February 2016
A New Adventure
December 2015
One letter at a time, she gets to explore sobriety with AAs all over the world
Dear Grapevine
August 2015
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
Still Powerless
March 2015
By:
Jennifer C.
| Bend, Oregon
Her relapse began many years before she ordered a glass of wine in the restaurant
How To Survive Your First Year of Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hope A.
| Mooresville, N.C.
Some say the first year is the toughest. It doesn’t have to be
Card-carrying thumper
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Jim H.
| Largo, Florida
By following the directions in the book, he became a passionate lifetime fan
The best part of my week
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Tom C.
| El Paso, Texas
He’s seen men come and go. Some make it and many not, but one thing’s for sure: He keeps coming
A bunch of drunks
November 2018
By:
Anonymous
How a couple lucked out by living around the corner from Manhattan’s 24th street clubhouse
Dear Grapevine
August 2018
Dear Grapevine
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
Florida or bust
January 2017
By:
Susan B.
| Dayton, Ohio
Three friends muster all the sobriety they can to enjoy a rocky road trip down south
Can’t Stop
December 2016
By:
Coleen F.
| Jacksonville, Alabama
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway
Sobriety Lessons
November 2016
From learning to listen to finding the right meeting, a man with twenty-two years in the program provides seven lessons towards a better sobriety
Dear Grapevine
February 2016
A New Adventure
December 2015
One letter at a time, she gets to explore sobriety with AAs all over the world
Dear Grapevine
August 2015
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
Still Powerless
March 2015
By:
Jennifer C.
| Bend, Oregon
Her relapse began many years before she ordered a glass of wine in the restaurant
At the Garage Bar
February 2015
By:
Rick G.
| Temecula, Californiai
Things were going fine except that he spent most evenings mixing and drinking cocktails from the trunk of his car