In Black and White
March 2013
By:
Erin S.
| Olathe, Kansas
Just when her life was falling apart, a mom reads good news in the Sunday paper
Dear Grapevine
October 2012
Web Exclusive: They Told Me: "To Drink is to Die"
June 2011
By:
Cahlen H.
| Idaho
A young member from a family devasted by the effects of alcoholism finds her way to AA.
Safety valve
October 2010
By:
DAVID S.
| New York, N.Y.
Using journaling as his Tenth Step, a self-critic attempts to conquer his turmoil
Reflections On Freedom
May 2007
By:
Bo C.
| Columbus, Ohio
A drunk looks back on the smoldering remains of the past and the firm terrain of the present
The End of the Road
August 2004
By:
Patti W.
| Ogden, Utah
Carrying the message into the back country of Alaska
Shoeless
January 2003
By:
K. D.
| Lynnwood, Washington
In him, he saw his own face. In him, he saw his own hopelessness.
It Works!
May 1990
By:
Leonard Blumenthal
| Edmonton, Alberta
Many AA members would not be sober without the help of nonalcoholics. In this issue, we have invited six friends of the Fellowship who work with suffering alcoholics to share their experience, strength, and hope with Grapevine readers.
How It Feels to Join AA
November 1987
By:
Beatrice
She didn't believe she needed to stop drinking - From the November 1944 Grapevine
Ashamed, Afraid, Nervous--And Sober
December 1982
By:
C. B.
| Winter Park, Florida
It's never too late to get back to the program
Lifeline
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Suzette P.
| Niskayuna, N.Y.
A sober woman living alone during the pandemic finds strength and fellowship by dialing numbers
More at Peace
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Jesse C.
| Dillwyn, Va.
The next week I felt a little better, a little more OK with the chaos, a little more under the care and guidance of a Higher Power.
We’re in this Together
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sara S.
| Carbondale, Colo.
As the women shared their stories about the offenses they committed, the
question she asked herself was...
Didn’t we all?
question she asked herself was...
Didn’t we all?
A God Of My Understanding
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Kevin K.
| Round Rock, Texas
His perception of God may be a little bit different, but he believes in Alcoholics Anonymous before everything else
Highlight of the evening
August 2017
By:
Sherry A.
| Warwick, New York
On Tuesday nights, she got to deliver some hope. And some she put right in their hands
What’s On Your Mind: It’s All Relative. Or Is It?
December 2016
Putting one dollar in the basket may no longer be enough, suggests an AA who thinks we may need to rethink our attitude when it comes to our tradition of self-support
Behind a Locked Door
December 2015
Blast from the Past
October 2014
By:
R.R.
| Dunedin, Florida
At an AA dance, she looked up and got the surprise of her life
The Spiritual Journey in Corpus Christi
April 2014
By:
Cathy H.
| Corpus Christi,, Texas
In sobriety, she was able to build a relationship with a Higher Power
"Coffee soothes nerves of troubled men"
April 2013
By:
James B.
| Montgomery, Alabama
How an old yellowed photo led this newcomer to believe
Why I Use My Last Name
November 2012
By:
Frank D.
| Hackettstown, New Jersey
A teacher shares a few things he’s learned about anonymity