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
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 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
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
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
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
