Delegates' Corner
September 1957
By:
Paul G.
| San Rafael, California
News and Views of our General service Delegates
A Reader Sees "Bob's" Experiences As a Blessing in Disguise
October 1953
By:
Larry S.
| Portland, Oregon
Bringing Us Hope
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Fredmun R.
| Coldwater, Michigan
A former lifer, now sober and released, returns to prison. But this time he’s there to give back
Final Wipeout
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Mitchell C.
| Kansas City, Mo.
I was living in Ventura. What an amazing place and time that was. I was an avid skateboarder and drinking was part of the lifestyle.
Alcoholism At Large
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
Let Quantity Help Quality
November 1955
By:
Anon.
| New York City, New York
Continuing the discussion of length of sobriety, another member suggests in a letter to a friend
All I had to do was Surrender
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Lisa B.
| San Antonio, Texas
After years of booze, breakups and drama, she finally decided something had to change
Fear no more
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Tom S.
| Arlington Heights, Illinois
Asking his Higher Power to remove the thing that ruled his life for years took some surprising humbling action
A Sense of Belonging
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sasha E.
| Collierville, Tenn.
She had it all—the kids, the home, the husband—but she couldn’t stop drinking
A tough amend
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Bob K.
| Benicia, Calif.
How would he ever make amends to the man he had knifed in the back? In AA, we find a way
Drinking Was Fun Until It Wasn’t
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Meghan C.
| Verona, Va.
As a child, she was fascinated by the allure of liquor stores. As an adult, they became places of despair
Hats off to Tradition 5
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Morgan J.
| Annapolis, Md.
He finally put down the bottle and got to a meeting. But what was everyone talking about? And what did it have to do with drinking?
Last Day, First Week, And One Year Later
February 2017
The day she took her last drink was like any other day in a chain of drinking days—but the next day, and the next and the next, were very different