Reflections of Sobriety
March 1978
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
Our new selves are mirrored in the eyes of our loved ones
AA Myths
August 1977
By:
B. I.
| North Hollywood, California
Let's take another look at some of the things we say and believe
Compliance
October 1976
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Who wouldn't be resentful? Wasn't everybody else smarter, richer, and more gifted?
The Love Project
August 1973
By:
J. A. B.
| Las Vegas, Nevada
Getting off an ego trip by learning to love others more than yourself - "For it is in giving that we receive. . .
6th Step
September 1970
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Just Let Someone Cross Me!
September 1970
By:
C. G.
| St. Louis, Missouri
When I'm good, I'm very, very good--but . . .
11/29/94
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Thom G.
| Boise, Idaho
Seduced, consumed, and abandoned by alcohol, he found a future in AA
Dear Grapevine
May 2018
Blurred ambition
June 2017
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
A drunken writer with dreams of success places two huge bets that change his life
Unwanted visitor
May 2017
By:
Corey B.
| Soledad, California
From his prison cell, a member writes about the harrowing drunken night he still can’t recall
Weekend in jail
January 2015
By:
Melissa W.
| Granbury, Texas
With lice shampoo and a stiff orange suit, she was now alone with HP and Step One
Sober Sailor
August 2011
By:
Tommy C.
| Port Angeles, Washington
A seafaring man finds sobriety and the greatest adventure of his life in AA
Down the drain
October 2010
By:
CECIL R.
| Albuquerque, N.M.
One last binge ends a Navy medic's drinking days
SCARED SOBER
June 2010
By:
PHILIP P.
| Sheffield, Mass.
Drinking to feel comfortable works—at least for a while
Able to dream
June 2010
By:
Pooran K.
| Williamsville
A young Hindi teacher's drinking goes from social to pathological
Paying the Price
December 2008
By:
Paul G.
| Washington, D.C.
The cost of a casual membership in the program
Is This All There Is?
November 2003
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
An AA checks his supply of spiritual oxygen --Step Eleven - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him</emphasis>, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the po
First the Bad News, Then the Good News
July 2003
By:
Joe D.
| Elko, Nevada
A radio man survives seventeen months in prison and five months back in life by doing the unthinkable: he asks for help