About Alcoholism -alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
December 1972
By:
Medical Tribune
Alcohol 'Pusher'
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
December 1971
By:
Mona McCormick
The 'Social Problem' View
Sidebar
December 1949
2,500 Hellos and Hugs
September 1982
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
A banquet honoring old-timers spurred memories of old times
Saturday Night
May 2008
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
It doesn't have to be the loneliest night any more
Fathers and Sons
June 2011
By:
Anthony, R.
A man reflects upon both his own alcoholism and that of a father, who never made it to the rooms of AA
SPIRITUALITY & 'GOD-TALK'
April 2010
By:
WARD EWING
Chair of AA's General Service Board asks if AAs are welcoming enough to all beliefs
How I Got Sober Later In Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Pat B.
| Chicago, Ill.
What she didn’t know about AA would fill a highball class, but she learned that she was never too old to find a new way of living
Take a Bow, AA
December 2014
By:
Anonymous
Sober since 1969, a man in Connecticut recalls his long, rocky, wonderful AA journey
At Sea on an Island in the Baltic
July 2005
By:
Anonymous
An AA from Sweden struggles to make a new group home
Pride & Possessions
September 2014
By:
Anonymous
At 59, she left her old life behind. Thank goodness she kept coming back
Without a Higher Power
January 2010
By:
GREG H.
| San Diego, Calif.
One Size does not fit all for this atheist in recovery
In the Alaskan Bush
September 2003
By:
Israel N.
| Palmer, Alaska
A minister listens to a parishioner's Fifth Step and hears the message
An End to Envy
February 1979
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
If you're a grandma at a meeting full of young people, your thoughts may run a crazy course
Balancing act
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
An old-timer remembers to watch his impulses and stay on the sober path—no matter what
Dear Grapevine
July 2016
Second Chance
February 1970
By:
Howard G.
| Chino, California
Some tests are brutal but this member finally found God in his heart
The Wonder of It All
February 2005
By:
Jo P.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Life never runs out of surprises
Torn for Twenty Years
October 1967
By:
W. G.
| Westport, Connecticut
It took three trips to a "state farm" and untold anguish before she would surrender
Hitting Bottom
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
Drunk in a lonely hotel room in 1967, he had a miraculous moment he hopes to never forget
Out of the Woods
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Paul O.
| Forest Park, Illinois
A newcomer searching for a Higher Power connects with something big and furry and gets a beautiful lesson about belief
Alcoholism Obscured
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Alan R.
| Great Neck, NY
A successful lawyer, he never believed his heavy drinking was alcoholic—until a “spiritual intervention” at his favorite watering hole
We show them
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Michael M.
| New York, N.Y.
The doctors already got the lecture on alcoholism. Now it was time to witness a real live AA meeting