My Life With an Alcoholic
April 1998
By:
J. C. W.
| Calgary, Alberta
From time to time, the Grapevine publishes articles by nonalcoholic friends of AA. We wanted to print this story, written by the husband of an alcoholic woman, because it is a testimony to the destructive force of alcohol--"cunning, baffling, powerful!
Is It Wrong to Feel Proud?
November 1950
By:
L.A.
| Concord, New Hampshire
A Young Man Raises A Point. . . . .
Grapevine Daily Quote March 27, 2019
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today”, The Best of Bill
Quote March 27 2014
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 “Humility for Today” The Best of Bill
Quote March 27, 2017
“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 “Humility for Today” The Best of Bill
You are not done yet
March 2009
By:
PATRICK F.
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Accepting life as it came his way was the key to a great adventure
Does AA Have Hidden Membership Rules?
June 2004
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
You don't have to be a sheep to stay sober
I Didn't Know Anything About ALCOHOL. . .
January 1958
By:
Alice F.
| Detroit, Michigan
(An Al-Anon Family Grouper Speaks)
Get In—Let’s Go!
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Anonymous
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sometimes we never know the unexpected gift a meeting in the car brings us. Forty years later, she found out
Going Places
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Amber C.
| Wilmington, Delaware
The challenge of rebuilding a fun, active life in early sobriety was tough. But she took action and stuck with it
Shakin' it up
April 2015
By:
Derek R.
| Kanata, Ontario
A member with time struggles with his home group and finds out that change is good
Lost & Found
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
Paul M.
| Oceanport, New Jersey
How would he ever repay the kindness he received on that dark, cold, drunken night? Years later in AA, he found a way
Sobriety at Sea
April 1999
By:
Kyle U.
| Ventura, California
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.