I Should Have Known
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jenn D.
| Houston, Texas
Fighting to become the person her Higher Power wanted her to be
Dear Grapevine
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
Marie
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Marie M.
| Berwyn, Illinois
A grandmother shares about her chaotic childhood, her descent into alcoholism and her spiritual life today
AA News
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
“On the threshold of a new age for Alcoholics Anonymous”
Dear Grapevine
February 2021
| Sponsorship
Unity is the Gift
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Mykel P.
| Tiburon, Calif.
A secular AA member shares about his struggles, how service heals and how good it is to tear down borders that divide us
Dear Grapevine
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
28 hours straight
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Derek R.
| Ottawa, Ontario
There’s nothing like a good alkathon to keep him sane, sober and useful during the holidays
Dear Grapevine
August 2018
So We Danced
December 2015
After years of dryness he couldn’t listen—until he got in step with the right guy
Dear Grapevine
March 2014
I Found My HP Under a Flatbed Truck
February 2014
By:
Richard V.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
He hopped on his bike to get to his Step meeting, but encountered a pickup that was delivering Step Two
Make the Connection
June 2011
By:
Carol P.
| Clinton, Massachusetts
Even halfway around the world in Australia, the program is there if you seek it
Legacy of resentment
December 2010
By:
Tom L.
| New Orleans, La.
Chains of bitterness toward his mother are shattered through forgiveness
Turkey day
November 2010
By:
R.P.
| Yorktown, Va.
A first sober Thanksgiving is spent staying busy and using the AA tools
MY TURNING POINT
January 2010
By:
RICK S.
| Indian Wells, Calif.
Declaring his alcoholism at a meeting, a solitary, blackout drinker begins a new life
A Kid like me
March 2009
By:
PINKY G.
| Skaneateles, New York
A troubled teen and a 40-something sponsor have more in common than they think
SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL
January 2008
By:
Felix C.
| Rockaway, New York
A member learns different survival skills behind the walls
Obsession Progression
June 2007
By:
Melody R.
| Bandon, Oregon
An AA learns that there is more to sobriety than a dry spell
The Red Shutters
July 2005
By:
Marsha C.
| Edmond, Oklahoma
A woman struggles between her will and God's
Twenty-one and In Trouble Again
July 2003
By:
Howard W.
| Wrightsville, Arkansas
It took a twenty-two-year-old to turn him around
Now You See Them, Now You Don't
September 1999
By:
Kit K.
| Boise, Idaho
AA meetings that don't meet