Swing Shift
April 1994
By:
Harry A.
| Arcadia, California
A change in schedule opened the door to service at intergroup
A Place I Belong
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Crystal, Minn.
His alcoholism was like a shooting star, raging brightly but briefly
Not Quite Bulletproof
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Jim
| Devonport, Tasmania
Sober since 1974, a member shares about getting older, staying sane and yes, never letting his guard down
Refusing to Pray
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Nancy C.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
At 27 years, she hit a rough patch with her Higher Power, but picked up a pen and found a way to keep talking
I made it!
December 2012
By:
Butch R.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
A newcomer gets through his first holiday—just by the skin of his teeth
Best Friends
December 2011
By:
Sheila R.
| Fort Worth, Texas
Two women prove to be a lifeline for one another in sobriety
What Do They Mean--"Personality Change"?
June 1957
By:
S. T.
| New York
Some resist it--others embrace it--what is it?
Dr. Bob
December 1950
Syracuse Resum
May 1948
Life's little lessons
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Susanne B.
| Georgetown, Texas
More and more each day, her pre-kindergarten students remind her of the wonder of sobriety
Back From Hell
April 2016
At 20 years, he decided to take a break from AA. What followed was years of detoxes, psych wards and pain
At Last No Longer Apart
November 1999
By:
F.M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
The author of "Stars Don't Fall" reported on the vital experience--some of it rough going--of the second half of her quarter century of sobriety. - From the November 1967 Grapevine
From Fear to Freedom
October 1996
Jim, an Aborigine, endured extreme privation in his early years. His father, he says, "wielded a mean strap"--Jim was in constant fear of him--and then at school, because of "a rebellious nature," similar punishments occurred. Later, he was apprenticed to
Closed Meeting
July 1956
The twenty-four hour plan. That's what we want to work on a bit tonight," said the leader of the Closed Meeting