Letter from the Editor
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
To Share the truth
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
T.H.
| California
In prison, trust is a scarce commodity; revealing the truth can result in very severe consequences.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1987
By:
Harlan C. Abbey
Alcoholism in Israel
Broad highway
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Anonymous
| Louisville, Kentucky
Every Thursday night, Calvin and others meet under the bridge on College Street
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
September 1989
By:
Jane Gross
Alcoholism Battled At the Gutter Level
AFTER
April 1989
Courage to Change
February 1974
By:
T. C.
| Atlanta, Georgia
Those obstacles in the way of our sobriety can be moved
The Bottle Or the Egg
October 1973
By:
G. P.
| Evergreen, Colorado
Sometimes we get away with what we do in blackouts--other times, our chickens come home to roost
Everything in Good Time
September 1973
By:
M. C.
| Soquel, California
Crises come and go and the flowers bloom when their time has come
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
May 1969
By:
I. H.
| San Diego, California
'Help Them Out'--and Be Helped
Safe Landing
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Melissa L.
| Mount Clare, West Virginia
A family intervention got her to the right place, and waiting for her there was a gift she’ll never forget
Right on Time
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Polly B.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
Showing up for family and revisiting past trauma was a rocky drive. Luckily, she found some fellows to join her
Open-Minded Wonder
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Stephanie M.
| Bend, Ore.
From “a life lived in the bottle” to a deep appreciation of a sober existence
It’s a way of life
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Vera T.
| White Sulphur Springs, Mont.
Woodstoves, rides with strangers, wonderful friends and lots of coffee. An oldtimer remembers the early days
Borrow mine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
M.L.
| Placitas, N.M.
I said “Jim, maybe you could use my Higher Power.” I told him I was sure he wouldn’t mind. Jim thanked me and we never spoke of the God thing again.
Keeping it real
July 2018
By:
Jamie M.
| Butler, Pennsylvania
What Renee and Becky taught her traveled into her heart. Now she turns around and gives it back
Tomorrow Never Comes
February 2015
By:
Daryl R.
| Oregon
He had promised himself many times to quit but it was never the right day
The Day It Ended
March 2014
By:
Wayne M
| Brigantine, New Jersey
He reached his bottom while sitting in a psychiatrist's office with his wife and son
My Child Heart
March 2012
By:
Snow P.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
A failure to find the "right God" eventually led her to her best friend