Web Exclusive: They Were Telling My Story!
March 2011
By:
Anne L.
| Fort Worth, Texas
It took 57 years, but she finally heard the words that told her who she was.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
September 2010
By:
ROBERT B.
| East Islip, N.Y.
It's all about trusting God, a young adult struggling with AA learns
Who I want to be
March 2009
By:
DWIGHT E.
| West palm Beach, Florida
Facing eight years in jail, a dad with two fatally ill kids chooses sobriety
Alcohol
March 1966
By:
W. T. Shofstall
Blunt words addressed to tomorrow's drinkers - A challenge to today's students Will you or won't you ever be an alcoholic?
Up From Coal Country
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Ed M.
| Bloomsburg, Pa.
Quarterback, student, military dropout, bellhop. He kept digging his way to the bottle
God Never Gave Up on Me
March 2011
By:
Tom D.
A member tells how he found his way back to the religion of his childhood
A Student of Alcoholics Anonymous
August 2017
By:
Kate W.
| Roswell, Ga.
After she graduated from college, she became a student learning a new way of life—one without alcohol
Dear Grapevine
April 2012
Alateens Smartened up This AA
December 1967
By:
Ed C.
| Westbury, New York
Searching questions from teenagers drove their AA sponsor to live the program. . .
Down the Wrong Road
June 1965
By:
T. B.
| Marquette, Michigan
But there can be a change of direction even in a prison cell
Going, Going . . .
November 2005
By:
Pat S.
| Sun City, California
First, alcohol takes away family and friends. Then, it goes after your soul
Thirty Years of Grapevine History
June 1974
By:
L. H.
| Denver, Colorado
The Grapevine has played a vital role in the development and growth of AA - Another Anniversary
I Wanted To Be A Star But God Made Me Anonymous
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Karen M.
| San Antonio, Texas
She sought fame, but found AA and humility
Help Wanted
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
David B.
| New York, N.Y.
I had been fired again. I was hitting bottom, though I didn’t know that at the time. I picked up the pay phone in the coffee shop. That was my First Step.
Mother’s Little Helper
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Becca A.
| Gatineau, Quebec
I still have difficult parenting moments and I still want to cry most days about things that happen. But now I don’t immediately turn to alcohol for help. I face my feelings.
Changing Course
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Eve K.
| Lexington, Ky.
I was nourished by these women. What resonated loudly was hearing that “getting sober is like trying to turn the Titanic around.” The woman’s words shook me to my core.
Through her letters
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Pennsylvania
A woman with 20 years gets her gratitude back from a member who’s lost her freedom
Hope nobody sees me!
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tennessee
A member in Tennessee shares his thoughts about the importance of anonymity
At the Kitchen Table
February 2015
By:
Debra F.
| Philadelphia, New York
She hadn't had a drink for 14 years -- until the night her father died
Sober Ink
August 2014
By:
Catherine M.
| Jessup, Pennsylvania
A sober mom makes a trip to the tattoo parlor to clear up a bit of the past
Sober at 63
April 2010
By:
RITA C.
| Wimauma, Fla.
The alcohol stops working and her Higher Power steps in
Running from the program
September 2009
By:
BILL K.
| Dallas, Texas
A relapsing businessman faces a fellow AA in an out-of-town bar
The Right Combination
October 2002
By:
Leslie J. W.
| Scottsdale, Arizona
She made a deal with her Higher Power, and her sobriety finally clicked.