Undue Influence
January 1993
By:
Jennifer R.
| St. Louis, Missouri
She almost fell for the 'thirteenth step'
Surrender
October 1979
By:
R. T.
| Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey
POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL. . . LET GO AND LET GOD. . .
On Relief Pitching
November 1957
By:
An AA "Fan
| New York City, New York
Autumn thoughts on baseball and sobriety, as seen by an oldtimer
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1978
Alcoholic Celebrities Speak Up
If Your Grapevines Were Late. . .
January 1975
Nothing In Moderation
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By:
Charles M.
| Freehold, N.J.
In everything—including sobriety, thankfully—he knows no moderation
Nap Time
September 2012
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, New Jersey
... and he said he was hanging in bars to make friends!
Of Myth and Martyrs
October 1995
By:
Ernest S.
| York Harbor, Maine
A response to the May 1995 Grapevine article, "Whose Message Are We Carrying?" by J.J. from Belton, S.C.
Have We Forgotten Dr. Bob's Request?
November 1990
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
From the March 1977 Grapevine
Have We Forgotten Dr. Bob's Request?
January 1977
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
Beguiled by new therapies, some AA members fail to heed a co-founder's admonition to "keep it simple
Quote Your Way to Fame
December 1972
By:
L. H.
| Denver, Colorado
An allegory in which some fictional characters act out certain truths about our human experience
Old-Timer, New Town
Web Exclusives
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By:
Chau-Marie. G.
| San Rafael, CA
She’s moved three times in three decades—and each time found a foundation in AA
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
June 1977
By:
Harvey McConnell
Is Decriminalization Working?
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
April 1971
One Worldwide Day of Memorial Meetings for Bill
Business Trip
Web Exclusives
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By:
Addison K.
| Waterville, Vt.
Newly sober and on her first business trip, she finds God’s hand in a raucous AA meeting
No Matter What
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Anonymous
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
Getting sober for this nonbinary trans alcoholic was not easy. And it was about to get harder
Cut Me Off
February 2012
By:
Clark W.
| Manassas, Virginia
Step Two helped him stop convincing the bartender he could have another beer
Second chance at life
October 2009
By:
SUSAN B.
| Alexandria, Va.
Sober, she remembers the insanity of her past as she moves forward
Freedom Through Acceptance
July 1977
By:
G. T.
| State College, Pennsylvania
But when. . .we could gladly make right choices. . .then we had our first view of what perfect freedom under God's will could be like.