The Newcomer
April 1978
By:
R. P.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
His was more than an ordinary, run-of-the-mill dual problem
Across the Editor's Desk
March 1961
The Farmer's in the Well
January 1953
By:
W. E. B.
| Louisville, Kentucky
A Rural Predicament Points a way Out
Travel-tics--Can Catch You Too! Look for Them at Home
November 1948
By:
T.D.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Just four months
March 2009
By:
LAURIE M.
| Los Angeles, California
While vacationing in the Bahamas, a newcomer reaches a milestone
Making Peace with the Holidays
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Paul B.
| Oak View, Calif.
This Christmas Eve, a lonely newcomer learned that choosing joy was the way to go
The boss
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Bob G.
| Prescott Valley, Arizona
The God he was raised with years ago is not the one he talks to now
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Michael R.
| Ocean Springs, Miss.
The slogans make him think, probably too much—but his faith keeps him sober
The Courage To Be Honest
June 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Las Vegas, Nev.
Following the Steps brought this woman a sense of purpose and made her feel at home in the world after years of drinking
Maybe it’ll work for me
March 2018
By:
Laura B.
| Manasquan, New Jersey
Alcohol drove her and her father apart. Then one day she needed the hope he had
The Strange Mental Blank Spot
July 2017
By:
Louisa P.
| Seattle, Wash.
An alcoholic does battle with the strange mental blank spot that separates her (and all alcoholics) from the rest of humanity
The Steps Are the Program
July 1975
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
Just as each of us is a totality, and not a collection of related parts, so each Step of the twelve is connected to every other Step
The Pink Cloud and After
September 1955
By:
Harry M. TIEBOUT, M.D.
One of AA's first friends in psychiatry points out "the road beyond the miracle
The End of the Nightmare
January 2001
By:
Karen C.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
The Fellowship Kept Her Coming Back
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
G.N.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
Coffee shops, bowling, movie nights—“fellow-shipping” kept her going until she was ready to truly tackle “this sobriety thing”
Zooming past the cops
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Bruce B.
| Killingworth, Conn.
Going to any lengths for his virtual AA meeting caused an encounter he won’t soon forget
The Prodigal Relapser
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Benny P.
| San Antonio, Texas
His message? Love the repeated relapser until he can love himself
Traveling With the Soft-Covered Portable Edition
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Barbara C.
| Lyndeborough, N.H.
There she was a blizzard going on and stranded travelers drank cheerfully in the airport bar. Yet there was, locked in a bathroom, weeping…
The guy in the back corner
March 2014
By:
Dennis S.
| Lakeport, California
He was a man of few words, but when he spoke someone up front listened
Novenas for Beatrice
September 2012
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
The Ninth Step helped her show up for her mom as her mom had done for her
Two Voices: One Story the Son
March 2005
By:
Colin B.
| New York, New York
When shared genes lead to shared recovery
The Perfect Curve
November 2004
By:
Gerald R. (as told to Carolyn C.)
| Austin, Texas
An AA pioneer talks about the old days