Alcoholism At Large
September 2018
At Wit's End
April 2013
Our Final Great Decision:
June 1954
By:
Bill W.
AA'S Third Legacy <lbFirst Legacy: 12 steps of Recovery; Second Legacy: 12 Traditions of Unity
Something Was Wrong
September 2014
By:
Laura F.
| Plantation, Florida
She had always sensed that things weren't right; but she didn't know it was alcoholism
Another Human Being
February 1962
By:
L. T.
| Malibu, California
The program and psycho-therapy meet in
A Desire to Stop Drinking
November 1988
By:
E. P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
From the April 1978 Grapevine
A Desire to Stop Drinking
April 1978
By:
E.P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She couldn't say, "I am an alcoholic," but she did have
Sidebar
July 1953
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
April 1978
By:
The Journal (Addiction Research Fou
Safe Way Home
My Best Friend
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
L.G.
| Brooklyn, New York
Once alone and full of self-pity, she made a decision to let Step Three introduce her to a partner for life
Family Secret
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
R.G.
| Slidell, La.
After years of drinking and pain, sobriety prepared a mother for a wonderful unexpected reunion
Relapse after 11 years
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Ahmed J.
| Coral Springs, Florida
From a Florida jail, a dad warns how pain meds and a weak program woke his sleeping lion
Choice Regained
July 1961
By:
V. W.
| Los Altos, California
One of the greatest benefits of sobriety. . .
Dateline, Alaska
August 2000
Hitting Bottom
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
Drunk in a lonely hotel room in 1967, he had a miraculous moment he hopes to never forget
Mr. Loudmouth
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Mike D.
| Syracuse, New York
Of course it was the angry, obnoxious guy who taught him his first real lesson of principles before personalities
Thirteen Years To Step One
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Laura C.
| Hillsboro, Ore.
Getting sober sometimes takes a while, but the rewards are incalculable
Amateurs Anonymous
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
W.H.
| New York, N.Y.
A member learns the importance of not being an expert on everything—not even AA. He’s just an alcoholic
Troublemaker
June 2017
By:
Art H.
| Mount Prospect, Illinois
How a ministry student turned into an alcoholic bad boy, then found spirituality in AA
Lights Out
June 2011
By:
Paul McQ.
| Long Beach, New York
Even without electricity, a struggling alcoholic plugs in to a group’s sober energy
Amateurs Anonymous
August 1990
By:
W. H.
| New York, New York
Eighth Tradition - Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.