No Matter Where I Go, There I Am
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Gregg C.
| Hennepin, Ill.
Traveling around the world, he finds AA ready and waiting for him.
Sidelined by remorse
September 2010
By:
J.M.
| Kansas City, Mo.
After his brother's suicide, he blames himself and drops out of AA
Able to dream
June 2010
By:
Pooran K.
| Williamsville
A young Hindi teacher's drinking goes from social to pathological
If You Can't Beat 'Em,
September 2005
By:
Oliver V.
| Leander, Texas
From pillow fights to probation
Is There Room Enough in AA?
October 1987
By:
J. L.
| Oakland, California
An atheist shares her experience, strength, and hope
Storms of Resentment
September 1971
By:
J. C. K.
| Washington, District of Columbia
Unable to face the real cause of his anger, he suffered
Is AA Enough--for Everybody?
August 1969
By:
Anonymous
| Oklahoma
This member was unable to dispel the darkness or ease the anguish even after years of AA sobriety
Can Psychiatry Help?
May 1962
Am I An Alcoholic?
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Joe L.
| Des Moines, IA
The answer, at age 22, was a definitive “Yes!”
One Boy's Life
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Gurney W.
A Grapevine editor’s son recalls a story he wrote in 1961, times with his dad and how AA saved his family
Justice
October 1983
By:
L. W.
| Newport, Rhode Island
In sobriety, the present can transform the past
Strawberries and Ice Cream
February 1980
By:
S. M.
| Joliet, Illinois
In about thirty seconds he devoured a quart of it.
I'm Worried About You, Old-Timer. . .
November 1978
By:
Anonymous
and about some of the things you told me a few years ago - From the December 1970 Grapevine
Holidays
December 1973
By:
J. C. W.
| Greenwich, Connecticut
There is always someone new who wonders what to do about them
I'm Worried About You, Old-Timer. . .
December 1970
By:
Anonymous
| Paducah, Kentucky
and about some of the things you told me a few years ago