Psst! Hey, Buddy!
October 1985
By:
N. A.
| Wenonah, New Jersey
Traditions" isn't really a dirty word
Did They Know I Was Coming?
July 1985
By:
J. H.
| Angola
Unknown events occur that will significantly alter our lives
By Willpower Alone?
March 1983
By:
W. W.
| Poultney, Vermont
After eight years of dryness, he found AA--and happy sobriety
Identity Crisis
June 1982
By:
D. S.
| Desert Hot Springs, California
I am an alcoholic" is the foundation for much more
The Power to Surrender
January 1980
By:
G. B.
| Alexandria, Virginia
The compulsion to drink left him that night
Steps to Serenity
August 1979
By:
S. M.
| Joliet, Illinois
Continuing work with the Steps has given this AA increased periods of serenity
A Dad’s Love
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
P.M.
| La Mesa, California
After years of drinking and partying, a son reconnects with his father, a true gift of AA
Dear Grapevine
November 2023
| Gratitude
Early Shaky Days
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
P.J. L.
| Epping, New South Wales
Achieving sobriety with the help of long-remembered words of other alcoholics, he discovered he was no longer “terminally unique”
One book’s journey
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Julia D.
| Westfield, N.J.
The making of the book Our Great Responsibility: A Selection of Bill W.’s General Service Conference Talks (1951-1970)
This is the door you're looking for
October 2018
By:
Lori U.
| Portland, Oregon
She may not have been raised to end up on skid row, but she sure found her hope there
The Hole Within
September 2016
No matter how much he drank, the empty space inside of him could never be filled, until found the Higher Power he had always avoided
Dear Grapevine
September 2013
Good as Gold
September 2011
By:
Elliot T.
| Indianapolis, Indiana
A sober connection far more valuable than money and riches
Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
September 2011
By:
Jerry P.
| Hastings, Nebraska
From Section 2, Living History
Web Exclusive: The Homely Truth
August 2011
By:
Bob L.
| Woodstock, New York
A member sets out to tell his story without trying to make it more interesting and entertaining than it really was