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The Missing Piece

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Miles G. | Aloha, Ore.
It turned out that the piece he thought he was missing was with him all the time.

In the Shadow of Zion

May 2023 | Home Group
By: Bonnie S. | Springdale, Utah
We love it when visitors to our area find us. This year we expect to have 45 million visitors come to Zion National Park. Hopefully some of them will find us here.

Meet the parents

April 2023 | AA & Families
By: Michael O. | Marysville, Wash.
His folks came to “birthday night” to see what this weird cult was about. By the end of the night, everyone got a surprise

The minute I walked in

March 2023 | Get Into Service
By: Anonymous | Washington, D.C.
She lovingly looked at me and said, “Sweetie, none of that is a requirement to be here.” I now have more than 11,000 days of sobriety.

The Plain Truth

February 2023 | Making Amends
By: Carla H. | Chico, Calif.
A parent of an autistic son keeps her amends to him simple and honest. Now it’s time to live it

Up to the clouds

January 2023 | Spiritual Awakenings
By: Eddie L. | Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
A quiet moment under a blue sky calms his soul and reminds him how incredibly grateful he is to be sober

No Walk in the Park

January 2023 | Spiritual Awakenings
By: Joe H. | Powell River, Bristish Columbia
He knew he was powerless when an outing with his dog became a nightmare trip to the liquor store

Through the pain

January 2023 | Spiritual Awakenings
By: Dick G. | Eugene, Ore.
A father shares his journey during the last days of his daughter’s life. Thankfully he was sober

The Fruit of the Spirit

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anne H. | Cammack Village, Ark
She tilled her garden as carefully as her sobriety—and both have come to fruition

The Zip Line

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Barbara D. | Enola, Pa.
At the mountain recovery retreat, the zip line was almost more than she bargained for. But not quite...

The China Cabinet

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Sunny W. | Indio, CA
The old cabinet reappeared in her life after a chance encounter at a meeting

Awareness: The Other Vegetable

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: John L. | Hernando, Fla.
A health helping of awareness helps this AA stay in the moment

The Way The Cookie Crumbles

September 2022 | Young & Sober
By: Mathew J. | San Angelo, Texas
I went over to the vending machine. But out came oatmeal raisin cookies—not chocolate chip. Maybe God does watch my everyday activities.

Fork in the road

September 2022 | Young & Sober
By: Gina C. | Hamburg, N.J.
Young and confused, she identified in meetings, but couldn’t face a life without drinking. Would she stay?
It was decision time

A Canine to the Rescue

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Sara B. | Chute-à-Blondeau, Ontario
For this writer, safety and sobriety come in four-legged form

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Delivering the truth

August 2017
By: Jennifer O. | Oak Park, Illinois
It was family pizza night and the food had arrived. So had her moment of clarity

The endless glass of wine

August 2017
By: Jean C. | Edina, Minnesota
Close call at a nearby eatery

The 13th Meeting

July 2017
By: Ray W.
After a drunken-driving conviction, the court ordered him to go to 12 meetings. It took him eight years to make the 13th

The Diagnosis

July 2017
By: Tim P. | Troy, Mont.
For a decade after his diagnosis, his choice of medication was alcohol. Sobriety taught him a different way

The New Guy In The Room

June 2017
By: B.G. | Minneapolis
Things he heard when he first came around stuck with him forever; now, he never forgets what it’s like to be the new guy in the room

Is There A Shrink In The Car?

June 2017
By: Michael M. | Atascadero, Calif.
Two lost AAs looking for a meeting in a strange town have a close encounter with a sassy cell phone

Power of the pen

April 2017
By: Jeff H. | Sturgeon, Missouri

The power I needed

April 2017
By: Jean W. | Aptos, California

Where the winners were

March 2017
By: Art H. | Prospect, Illinois
His search for a home group paid off when he discovered a bunch of old guys with books

In The Stillness

March 2017
She decided, one hungover morning, that it was time for her life to be over. And it was—the minute she stepped into the AA meeting.

Answering The Call

March 2017
He never asked for help because he thought no one would come to his aid, until he got sober and discovered that reaching out is part of the AA Fellowship

Welcome to the club

February 2017
By: Peter C. | Oyster Bay, New York
A long-forgotten wild night out becomes an opportunity to finish his Ninth Step and clear the stage to help others

The Room

January 2017
By: Jerry L. | Davis, California
For years, he felt sorry for those people behind that door. Then one day, he asked to go in

Pray for land!

December 2016
By: Jim B. | Richardson, Texas
Stuck on a crazy boat for 10 days with no money and a dangerous captain—and no meetings in sight

Under the stars

November 2016

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