Dear Grapevine
October 2019
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Dear Grapevine
November 2017
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Sink Or Swim
December 2016
Exercising the spiritual muscles known as “prayer” and “meditation,” this athlete swims daily towards sobriety
Sobriety Lessons
November 2016
From learning to listen to finding the right meeting, a man with twenty-two years in the program provides seven lessons towards a better sobriety
We share common ground
October 2016
Zipped up tight
September 2016
For a long time, she needed her leather jacket for armor. Now she was beginning to thaw
Dear Grapevine
February 2016
Dear Grapevine
December 2015
One Main Road
November 2015
Early in sobriety, she took a trip that confirmed for her that the path of AA was the right one
Lean Into It
March 2015
By:
Jenn H.
| Chicago, Illinois
A leap in the deep end and some AA tools helped her get past her lifelong fears
Dear Grapevine
October 2014
Sofa Sweet Sofa
August 2014
By:
Paula C.
| Houston, Texas
Once the couch and liquor were her best friends. Now she can’t get enough of the sun
A Cold January Night
July 2014
By:
Gary G.
| New Jersey
The night that he tried to end his life would wind up being the night his life began again
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Service But Were Afraid to Ask
December 1984
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Secret society? Politics in AA? Elite group? Well, not quite . . .
Sobriety Is an Inside Job
July 1984
By:
L. P.
| Huntsville, Texas
In this section, an inside AA and his outside sponsor share the rewards of their correspondence
I Needed a Job
December 1983
By:
D. T.
| Costa Mesa, California
Unemployed (and unemployable?), scared and uncertain--in sobriety he found and kept the right job for him
Good Ol' Higher Power
July 1983
By:
J. S.
| Warren, New Jersey
Belief came slowly, but today he finally has a
Don't Take Our Word for It
November 1981
By:
S. S.
An early Chicago member writes a sequel to her story (page 304 in the Big Book) - From the January 1969 Grapevine