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Pull up a chair

March 2022 | Emotional Sobriety
By: Chris D. | Bartlett, Ill.
One day his buddies took him to Harry’s. What he learned there he’ll never forget

When duty calls

December 2021 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Mike M. | Milwaukie, Ore.
I pulled over and ran to where he was. Multiple people had their cell phones out. At that moment the “injured” man sat straight up. Thank God, I thought, he’s alive.

To Speak or Not to Speak

March 2021 | Making Amends
By: Jo S. | Shanghai
Reluctant to share at meetings, a teacher says she’s grateful for Tradition Three.
It gave her room to grow until service helped give her a voice

Calvin’s Prayer

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
By: Calvin M. | Argyle, N.Y.
I heard two things that night: “Come back” and “Pray, if you can.” I knew I was in a fix. But desperation led me to say this prayer anyway.

Happily Giving

December 2016
By: Brenda M. | Boise, Idaho
Oh, what a bag of goodies we have to share once we we get sober

Unlocking Stories

August 2016
Taking Grapevines into a women’s prison to help them write their stories ends up helping everyone

Queen of Alibis

August 2014
By: Rosa P. | Oregon City, Oregon
After all the drunken lies, her house of cards finally fell

A New Way of Thinking

August 1999
By: David D. | North Platte, Nebraska
Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

A Means to a Beginning

February 1984
By: M. S. | Grand Island, Nebraska

A New Canoe

March 1964
By: T. C. | Port Arthur, Ontario
Sobriety is a wobbly contraption, until you learn how to steer it

From AA's Scrapbooks--1943 (Con't.)

February 1958
OLD TOPERS ASK LADIES TO JOIN THEM ON WAGON ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AIDS ERRING SISTERS

Defends Early 12th Step Work

October 1945
By: M. S. | Manhattan

Shelby Group Helps Carolinian Find Himself

August 1945
By: W. B. McL. | Shelby, North Carolina

Po Box 1980

January 2007
By: J.G. | West Hollywood, California
Bouncing back

PO Box 1980

December 2001
By: Irene P. | San Antonio, Texas
From self to service

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A. A. Digest--

March 1948
Excerpts from Group Publications

Freedom is sweet

July 2018
By: Jim H. | Zephyr Hills, Florida
He was way too cool for AA in prison, but the sober guys in the yard had something that got his attention

Shangri-La

November 2014
By: Jim H. | Zephyrhills, Florida
It was the AA guys in prison who taught him about a new freedom and a new happiness

Loner

August 1976
By: S. C. T. | Ponape
It isn't always easy but the AA program works even for a

Life On a Volcano

June 1958
By: Anon.

Dear Grapevine

December 2025 | Sober Holidays & Remote Communities

Dear Grapevine

January 2018 | Sponsorship

Dear Grapevine

July 2013

Like a Prayer

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
By: Sherry L. | Beckley, W.V.
When things got tough, she knew just what to do. Pray, pull over and reach for every tool

Let me off this plane!

September 2018
By: Lucas C. | Duncan, British Columbia
His drinking caused him to push everyone away, but now he needed them. This was his final boarding call

From Believer to Non-Believer

November 2014
By: Bob S. | Louisville, Kentucky
At around 8 years sober, he redefined his Higher Power

Nine beers away

December 2013
By: Darryl B. | Corpus Christi, Texas
He measured his distance in bottles, but help was much closer than he thought

Drifting Away From AA

July 2002
By: Richard C. | Des Moines, Iowa
AA in Des Moines just wasn't the same as AA in Chicago

A Homegrown Drunk

March 1995
By: Anonymous | Kauai, Hawaii

I Needed a Psychiatrist

November 1983
By: Anonymous
She was sober, divorced, and on the prowl--then she found help in rebuilding her life - From the January 1965 Grapevine

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