Learning to live
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Mike E.
| Huntley, Illinois
A drunk teacher flunks out again and again, then miraculously scores two As
Prickly Worker
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Sacramento, Calif.
Over decades of sobriety, his work life became a great place to grow and apply the principles of the program
Slow Learners and Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Doug F.
| Palmer, Alaska
The compelling story of a man who couldn’t get it right—and then did
Good Reasons
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Greg A.
| Carlsbad, Calif.
It took an especially awful Fourth of July to make him realize he really was “that bad”
The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Debra B.
| Fontana, Calif.
Having to drink her coffee through a straw didn’t mean she was alcoholic. Did it?
Recovery, Romance, and a Pre-nup!
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Steve L.
| Cary, NC
It turned out the only pre-nup the two of them needed was the principles the program provided
This is the door you're looking for
October 2018
By:
Lori U.
| Portland, Oregon
She may not have been raised to end up on skid row, but she sure found her hope there
The best I can do
September 2018
By:
Lucy B.
| Swannanoa, North Carolina
A member stays sober through incredible sadness and finds a way to be useful in her grief
Carpenter, welder, snake-handler, drunk
August 2018
By:
Pig Farmer George
| Yakima, Washington
An old-timer writes of hard work and drinking and how sharing a donut can make his day
Take the steps
May 2018
By:
Doc
| Blue Springs, Missouri
An old-timer, once known as Shaky Jake, walks us through the program that changed his life
Good ol’ gals
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Leah R.
| Colorado Springs, Colorado
Her sponsor wasted no time getting her started in service. But who knew it would involve some lights, camera and action?
The corner
August 2017
By:
Chuck B.
| Hillsboro, New Mexico
The comfort he gave a deathrow prisoner for a crime committed in a blackout changed his life forever
Quite an impression
May 2017
By:
Moira B.
| Pearl River, New York
Many of us have a shameful family event we never want to remember—or forget. This one roared
You're in for a Ride
July 2016
With jobs, family, relationships, he always ran out of gas. But now that he's sober, his life has really hit the road
A Sweet Sign
June 2016
On a beautiful country drive to visit his sisters, something was trying to get his attention
Alcoholics Anonymous - Freed Slaves of Drink, Now They Free Others
November 1976
By:
Jack Alexander
You've heard about the Jack Alexander article all your AA life. . . But have you ever read it?
As the Spirit Moves Us
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Jake H.
| Whitefish, Mont.
On a remote dogsledding trip, a member has a tense white-knuckle moment and his connection with a Higher Power breaks free
The problem and the actress
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Anonymous
| Hollywood, California
In 1960, a Hollywood star tells of her fear of being found out and what it took to get help in AA—courage
I want my mum back
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Christine B.
| Kirwan, Queensland
In the depths of her drinking, she could not face the ones she loved most. Now she’s back in their lives
No Going Back
September 2017
By:
Stephanie B.
| Albany, New York
After a long, difficult drive, she finally reached the ocean. This time, she was determined to change
Big, Beautiful & Wild
December 2016
By:
Brian M
| Portchester, New York
With grizzly bears and bighorn sheep for neighbors, how was he ever going to stay sober?
Third Step Surgery
September 2014
By:
Sam Marie E.,
| Atlanta, Georgia
Used to self-medicating with alcohol, she found herself looking to the Steps
No escape
February 2010
By:
SUE N.
| Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Drinking for relief stops working for this bar-hopping mother of two
You've got to give to get
June 2009
By:
JOHN L.
| Seabrook, Texas
A loner on the fringes of AA finds the courage to seek out a sponsor
He Lived Only to Drink
December 2001
I had been preached to, analyzed, cursed, and counseled, but no one had ever said, 'I identify with what's going on with you. It happened to me and this is what I did about it.'