Getting Along with Yourself and Others
May 1970
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
You can make yourself miserable stewing over real or fancied wrongs--but there's a better way
I Took the Eighth
March 1964
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
Too many fifths and a high-flying act led to a real-life courtroom scene
Buy the Band a Drink
June 1960
The hard-drinking music maker has no excuse for riding the alcoholic bandwagon, this working composer and musician believes
AA and 1954
January 1954
An Inventory of a year's AA and non-AA programs <lbA Grapevine Milestone Report
Quote November 26
"After so many years of being a hazard, a public nuisance at best, I feel obliged to do something positive."
Nipawin, Saskatchewan, November 2003 From: "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Happy, Joyous and Free: The Lighter Side of Sobriety
Bronzed Moccasins
May 1975
By:
A physician
| California
This doctor was his own worst patient until he accepted AA
Riding the Rods
June 1990
Lesson Learned
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
He found out the hard way to set romantic boundaries before the sunsets and ice cream arrive
Ferrara 2011
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Leslie C.
| Walnut Creek, Calif.
A meeting in Italy pairs a US agnostic with the one person in the room who needs her the most
Step Two: I Didn't Drink And I Didn't Run
February 2007
By:
Nancy C.
| Coral Gables, Florida
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Every Boy His Own Barrel
August 2005
By:
Kenton H.
| St. Petersburg, Florida
A dry drunk discovers an easier way of life
Two Voices: One Story the Dad
March 2005
By:
Keith B.
| Southhold, New York
When shared genes lead to shared recovery
Wednesday, About 4:00 A.M.
March 2004
By:
Brian McP.
| Elliot Lake, Ontario
How had it happened? How had he gotten drunk again?
Squeak, Squeak, Squeak
July 1996
By:
Karin H.
| San Francisco, California
This AA was driven to the point of surrender by the incessant squeaking of her windshield wipers