Yo Soy Una Alcohólica"("I Am an Alcoholic")
July 2002
By:
Stevie L.
| Boulder, Colorado
A small miracle in Mazatlán
Did You Hear About Sally?
December 1998
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
Tradition Twelve - Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
First, I Had to Get Honest
July 1976
By:
A. B.
| Beacon, New York
Then the answers began to come through
Her Name Is Helen
August 1969
By:
Mary C.
| Missouri
When she told her story every woman in the room found new meaning in some old-fashioned words like: valor, courage, fearlessness. . .
A Settled Heart
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
W.H.
| Snohomish, Wash.
She was an alcoholic—and a mental health counselor
Best little meeting in Utah
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Anonymous
| Wilton Manors, Fla.
When drama exploded on a sibling camping trip, the perfect solution became a family affair
A mom they can rely on
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
K.T.
| Highlands Ranch, Colo.
She tried to be a good parent, but liquor owned her. Now she’s someone her children can trust
Surfside Beach
September 2017
By:
Leslie P.
| Lake Jackson, Texas
The water at her hometown beach was brown, the sand covered with tar, but, like her alcoholism, it was “normal.” Sobriety gave her a different perspective
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
So We Danced
December 2015
After years of dryness he couldn’t listen—until he got in step with the right guy
Web Exclusive: Finding God in AA
November 2011
By:
Stacy G.
| Evanston, Illinois
She came into AA as an atheist. Or so she thought.
TAX RETURNS
September 2008
It's not easy making amends to the government, but the payoff can be huge