Drinking Lady. . .
June 1953
By:
FCY
| Delaware
tells the facts of her life to her incredulous friends
Sometimes Quickly Sometimes Slowly
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Alison H.
| Warwick, R.I.
With surrender and action, the Ninth Step Promises came true. But it’s a process, she says. You can’t just flip a switch
I Was Finally Set Free
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Warsaw, Ohio
A head full of AA helps ruin her relapse
My Authentic Self
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
K.J.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Filled with rage and punk rock, her teen years were rough. But since coming to AA, she has reinvented her life
Reporting for Duty
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
George W.
| Louisville, Ky.
He thought his long, distinguished service career was over. Turns out he had more giving back to do
Return to Riverside
June 2018
By:
Fred H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
How a blissful sunny day in 1970 turned into a long drunken hell... and then became a love story to remember
I’m him
March 2018
By:
Anton R.
| Edmonton, Alberta
Today at the homeless shelter, he reached out to a man he never met but knew all too well
Looking for Peace
April 2016
For years and years he searched for the one thing he finally found in AA
A Tale of Two Brothers
August 2015
Separated for 36 years, two alcoholic brothers experience quite a surprising reunion
Love in the Valley
April 2013
By:
Surely K.
| Sandy Valley, Nevada
In a small town, a newcomer opens her home to help save lives—and a little gas
Dear Grapevine
June 2012
Women in AA in the 1950s
August 2011
By:
Betty H. (as told to Deborah H.)
| Mesa, Arizona
Remembering what it was like to get sober as a woman in the early days of AA in the Twin Cities
The Moon in Gemini
June 2011
By:
Patty A.
She came to one night lying face down on the ground and knew that something had to change
An Unmade Bed
April 2011
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pennsylvania
Sometimes a slip starts in the subtlest ways
Drinking Lady. . .
June 1953
By:
FCY
| Delaware
tells the facts of her life to her incredulous friends
Sometimes Quickly Sometimes Slowly
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Alison H.
| Warwick, R.I.
With surrender and action, the Ninth Step Promises came true. But it’s a process, she says. You can’t just flip a switch
I Was Finally Set Free
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Warsaw, Ohio
A head full of AA helps ruin her relapse
My Authentic Self
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
K.J.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Filled with rage and punk rock, her teen years were rough. But since coming to AA, she has reinvented her life
Reporting for Duty
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
George W.
| Louisville, Ky.
He thought his long, distinguished service career was over. Turns out he had more giving back to do
Return to Riverside
June 2018
By:
Fred H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
How a blissful sunny day in 1970 turned into a long drunken hell... and then became a love story to remember
I’m him
March 2018
By:
Anton R.
| Edmonton, Alberta
Today at the homeless shelter, he reached out to a man he never met but knew all too well
Looking for Peace
April 2016
For years and years he searched for the one thing he finally found in AA
A Tale of Two Brothers
August 2015
Separated for 36 years, two alcoholic brothers experience quite a surprising reunion
Love in the Valley
April 2013
By:
Surely K.
| Sandy Valley, Nevada
In a small town, a newcomer opens her home to help save lives—and a little gas
Dear Grapevine
June 2012
Women in AA in the 1950s
August 2011
By:
Betty H. (as told to Deborah H.)
| Mesa, Arizona
Remembering what it was like to get sober as a woman in the early days of AA in the Twin Cities
The Moon in Gemini
June 2011
By:
Patty A.
She came to one night lying face down on the ground and knew that something had to change
An Unmade Bed
April 2011
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pennsylvania
Sometimes a slip starts in the subtlest ways
I'll handle this myself
May 2010
By:
WENDI V.
| Crystal Lake, Ill.
A traveler badly craving a drink finds a symbol of recovery in an odd place