Maniacal thirst
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Anne O.
| Needham, Massachusetts
Drinking, slurring, falling down, blacking out—she was in a hall of mirrors with no way out
I want my mum back
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Christine B.
| Kirwan, Queensland
In the depths of her drinking, she could not face the ones she loved most. Now she’s back in their lives
Sometimes It Takes a While
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Mike W.
| Spring Hill, Florida
Wow, the instructions for Step Six were in the Big Book all along. Now for his next epiphany
Sharing My “Gratefuls”
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bert B.
| Sioux City, Iowa
The trick is being grateful that you are grateful
My Place of Hope
December 2009
By:
BRENDA M.
| Boise, Idaho
Near a favorite childhood refuge, a woman surrenders her will
SOMETIMES I CRAWLED
November 2009
By:
LESLIE M.
| Pickerington, Ohio
A difficult life in early sobriety has a newcomer doubting her recovery
Step 2 Came to Scoff
February 2009
By:
Lisa B.
| Fort Smith, Arkansas
Through all the difficulties in her life, an AA finally comes to know her Higher Power
No One Knew HE WAS HOME
December 2008
By:
Lisa M.
| Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Once on the same path, an AA grieves her cousin's death from alcoholism
A Life Filled With Joy
March 2008
By:
Marjorie Y.
| Brockway, Pennsylvania
Tools for living and dying
From Famine to Feast
August 2001
By:
C. J. J.
| Baltimore, Maryland
The Home Group<lbHeartbeat of AA