Quote Feb 20 2016
"I politely invited God to spend the day with me (like a visiting relative or friend), and instantly began a mental dialogue with God ... I realized that in the process of introducing myself to God, I was getting a good look at who I really was."
Houston, Texas, October 1985 From: "Okay, God..."Spiritual Awakenings
Quote February 20, 2013
“I politely invited God to spend the day with me (like a visiting relative or friend), and instantly began a mental dialogue with God ... I realized that in the process of introducing myself to God, I was getting a good look at who I really was.”
Houston, Texas, October 1985 From: “Okay, God...” Spiritual Awakenings
Just like dad
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jake G.
| Leander, Texas
The alcoholic “monster” he tried so hard not to become was the person he turned to for help
Early Shaky Days
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
P.J. L.
| Epping, New South Wales
Achieving sobriety with the help of long-remembered words of other alcoholics, he discovered he was no longer “terminally unique”
Loose nut
January 2017
By:
Chris K.
| Grain Valley, Missouri
Once a danger at the wheel, she reduced her speed and joined the highway to emotional sobriety
Bang Bam Boom!
June 2013
By:
Jeanne E.
| Blaine, Minnesota
After 68 years of trips and falls, she finally tumbled into AA
Alcoholism--a Medical Bombshell
February 1963
By:
Donald W. Brodie, M. D.
Withdrawal symptoms of alcohol are more severe than withdrawal symptoms of morphine.
My First AA Experience
January 2017
She attended her first meeting drunk and the hand of AA did not reach out to her. Sober ten years later, she remembers with resentment—and forgivness.
Power of Example
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Rob G.
| Marmora, New Jersey
Newly sober, he was determined to bring a list of others in with him.
Luckily, he checked with some oldtimers
Luckily, he checked with some oldtimers
A Promise Come True
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Becky B.
| Allen, Texas
When emotional sobriety kicks in, true serenity follows
What I Learned From My Sponsor
May 2003
By:
Vinny B.
| Austin, Texas
AA is about participating in other people's lives
Mr. Lucky
November 2002
By:
Jack G.
| Glenmont, New York
His father got sober in AA in 1945; his brother went over a cliff, but the writer thought he'd escaped the disease. Then the world started closing in.
Elder Statesmen
November 1990
By:
Anonymous
| San Fernando, California
From the March 1960 Grapevine