The Big Book Tells It like It Is
March 1972
By:
C. D.
| El Monte, California
If you really don't know how we recover, you can look it up
Un Trago?" (A Drink") "!No, Soy Miembro De AA!" ("No I'm in AA!")
February 1965
By:
A. B.
| Stamford, Connecticut
Alcoholism At Large
July 2018
Alcoholism At Large
October 2017
Alcoholism At Large
December 2015
Alcoholism At Large
March 2015
Decision in the desert
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Dee Anne P.
| Oak Harbor, Wash.
Lonely, angry and exhausted, a newly sober flight operator has a rageful day in hell. Her mission: Step Three
Wonderfully humbling
April 2018
By:
Dick C.
| New City, New York
Sitting quietly in his green “cathedral,” he looks up at the birds and knows he's not in charge
The Long Weekend
June 2014
By:
Layla L.
| Forth Worth, Texas
After she got sober, she learned that her experiences were very common
My big fat sober wedding
June 2013
By:
Melissa C.
| Coconut Creek, Florida
Soggy flowers, black & blue bridesmaids, a blackout and an injured groom. Step Ten to the rescue!
Angel in the Glass
December 2011
By:
Lisa R.
| Denver, Colorado
A woman looks back at the ups and downs of 10,000 days of a sober life
Service Set Her Free
December 2011
By:
Karen S.
| Appleton, Wisconsin
Incomprehensible demoralization brought a jailed mom to AA, but learning to help others kept her here
Web Exclusive: Cleaning up after the Hurricane
September 2011
By:
Nancy B.
A manual labor job in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina proves to be this woman's spiritual, sober foundation
Keep on Trucking
July 2011
By:
Randy N.
| California
On the border of Nevada and California, a trucker threw out his last stash of alcohol on his way to an AA meeting
Dear Grapevine
May 2011
Down but not out
April 2009
By:
Jerry L.
| Phoenix, Arizona
After several false starts, a sponsor learns that sponsorship keeps him in touch with the literature
A 3-way Hug
May 1998
By:
Owen C.
| Rochester, New York
This AA was able to reconcile long-buried resentments toward family members who had died.
Tuning in to the Spirit
November 1996
By:
J. M.
| New York, New York
Reprinted from the July 1986 Grapevine
