Web Exclusive: 12-Days Of Thanksgiving
July 2011
By:
Paul F.
| Nashville, Tennessee
A newsman has just “a couple of drinks” to calm himself for a radio job on Thanksgiving day
Tropic of temptation
February 2011
By:
Alan L.
| Stourbridge, West Midlands
A vacation romance with a chronic relapser takes him out of his comfort zone
God drove me there
July 2009
By:
Mathew B.
| Wyoming
Craving booze, he heads for the liquor store and ends up at an AA meeting instead
This was it
April 2009
By:
Kelly A.
| San Mateo, California
A young woman, desperate to stop drinking, asks her recovering father for help
Boogeying Without Booze
August 2003
By:
Susan C.
| Woodland, California
It was better sober. Imagine that.
What Do I like Best?
March 2003
By:
Joseph C.
| Port of Spain
Maybe it's freedom from fear. Or the fellowship. Or maybe it's just feeling I belong
A Remarkable Sensation
March 1997
By:
Trebbe J.
| Thompson, Pennsylvania
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Slips and Human Nature
November 1995
By:
William Duncan Silkworth, MD
Physician-in-Chief of the Charles B. Towns Hospital, be is counted among the founders of AA. In his lifetime be treated some 40,000 alcoholics. - From the January 1947 Grapevine
Slips and Human Nature
November 1978
By:
William Duncan Silkworth, MD
This work, by one of the earliest friends of AA, has become a classic of AA literature - From the January 1947 Grapevine
Come with Me on My Rounds. . .
February 1971
By:
R. L.
| Pasadena, California
A hard night's duty in a hospital that cares for suffering alcoholics brings deeper understanding and respect
Ninety Days Will Do It
July 1953
By:
E. G.
| St. Paul, Minnesota
The human psyche--as the body--contains within its own nature the power to heal itself, so long as the injury is not too far-reaching."--Dr. C. G. Jung
A.A.s Country-wide News Circuit
January 1945
Dear Grapevine
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February 2024
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By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Ky
A physician battles alcoholism to return to his patients and recover his life
One woman’s journey
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
L. B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
She learned to get honest, take care of herself and to her surprise, have friendships with other women
I Still Sit up Front, I Still Raise my Hand
March 2012
By:
G.G.
| Huntington, New York
After 20 years, this alcoholic does not have all the answers
Web Exclusive: It Defined Who I Was
June 2011
By:
Patrick S.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
After 25 years of drinking I could hardly picture my life without alcohol.
Step 1: I Just Can't Do This Anymore
January 2009
By:
David B.
| Hartland, Wisconsin
An isolated home drinker gets honest with himself for the first time
Reflections On Freedom
May 2007
By:
Bo C.
| Columbus, Ohio
A drunk looks back on the smoldering remains of the past and the firm terrain of the present
From Hate to Higher Power
August 2003
By:
Ed M.
| Elkeridge, Maryland
Why would the creator of heaven and earth want to talk to me?