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
The Children's Hour
December 1972
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
Now the broken promise of Christmas can be kept with joy
Christmas Joy Comes Home Again
December 1971
By:
N. G.
| Alvin, Texas
But she had to give in order to receive
More than Sobriety
July 1971
AA is a road to better living, with signs to guide us and friends to help us along the way - Essence of AA
Sobriety Pays!
July 1969
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
But can you sell it like detergents and shaving cream?
Happy Because I'm Sober
February 1969
By:
L. H.
| Cleaveland, Ohio
This AA looked at the people around him who were progressing most in the program. Here's what he found. . .
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
December 1968
By:
Sludgehead Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
Highlights of the Congress
AA'S Steps Lead To--spiritual Awakening
May 1967
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
<emphasis type="bold">Step discussion</emphasis><lb <emphasis type="italic">Step Twelve:</emphasis> Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our af
Not Under the Rug
January 1967
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Eight: Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
To Tell Or Not to Tell?
September 1965
By:
F. J. T.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
What happened when a professor told his biology class about his own experience with alcohol
How a Slippee Made the Program
April 1965
By:
Phil W.
| Sioux City, Iowa
What made the difference was a sufficient period of hospitalization