Responsibility man
June 2011
By:
Joe V.
| Munsey Park, New York
The burdens of obligation transform to gifts of sobriety
Farther Off From Heaven
July 1998
By:
T.M.
| Hemet, California
The words of a poem, remembered from childhood
Those Cornhusker Blues
April 2014
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
Sitting in a hotel room in downtown Lincoln, he found himself ruminating on some experiences from decades before
Just a Nice Lady Who Drank Too Much
September 2011
By:
Barbara C.
| Northport, Florida
That's what she thought of her drinking until she went to her first AA meeting
Earth To Stand On
September 2007
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A surfer cuts through an undertow of anger
My Name Is Frank. . .
October 1975
By:
Frank B.
| Norwood, Massachusetts
And today I am an alcoholic
Three-way Marriage
February 1959
BEYOND WISHFUL THINKING
February 2008
By:
Mark Z.
| Hayward, California
A true partnership between AAs
What We Were Like
March 1994
By:
Anonymous
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis: the Nicollet Chapter
Nice Jewish Girls Don't Go to Prison
July 2002
By:
Sherri B.
| Houston, Texas
Unless they find out, as this woman did, that they are also alcoholics who've gotten into trouble
Pitcher’s Last Stand
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
John B.
| Holland, Michigan
A young beer drinker hits his last keg party and gets sober, thanks to the college newspaper
Late Bloomer
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Deb. E
| Iowa City, Iowa
Late to alcoholism, early to the sobriety.
Need a Meeting? Call Us!
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
George M.
| Durand, Illinois
A local accessibilities committee puts the word out to help homebound members and those in assisted living
Just say "God"
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Don P.
| Vergennes, Vermont
His newcomer buddy Ben once got a tip for stage fright that’s worked like a charm for years
That Still Small Voice
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By:
Andrew B.
| Albany, N.Y.
In his darkest moments, a true inner voice spoke to him