Two People Speaking the Same Language
He was able to connect with people in AA despite his Asperger's
“I’m An Alcoholic!”
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tom R.
| Red Bank, NJ
If she could be an alcoholic—then why not him?
A sponsor with less time?
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jeff A-L.
| Enumclaw, Wash.
My choices in a sponsor with longer sobriety than I had were few. Then one day, our youngest child in AA happened to mention something about her sponsee
Alcoholism At Large
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
Finding the Path
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Emma M.
| Rhode Island
She was young, partied hard, went to jail—but never stopped seeking the right path to God and sobriety
The Diagnosis
July 2017
By:
Tim P.
| Troy, Mont.
For a decade after his diagnosis, his choice of medication was alcohol. Sobriety taught him a different way
Open-minded
December 2013
By:
B.C.
| New Market, Maryland
A member gets a morning reminder to appreciate our spiritual diversity
The Road to Nowhere
October 2011
By:
Jane S.
Early in sobriety, she realized that unless she worked the program, she would find herself on the road to relapse
Treatment, Toddlers, Traditions
January 2009
By:
Diana A.
| Cathedral City, California
An AA shares her experience, strength, and hope (and the Traditions) in a 'mommies meeting'
A Lush in the Halls of Ivy
November 1974
By:
G. N. G., B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Cap and gown were turning into cap and bells until this professor turned himself in to AA
No Dues Or Fees, but. . .
October 1972
By:
F. F.
| Bethesda, Maryland
Just because we're sober, do we have to get tight?
Landon
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Landon C.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
This trans member drank to feel OK. Then one day, with outside help and AA, he discovered a whole new life
Healing Words
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Mary R.
| Snellville, Georgia
This nurse thought she was too smart for AA, but after reading the book she found her match
A Retread By Any Other Name
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Loni C.
| Redwood City, Calif.
No longer a “retread,” she finally returned to the program and found her life again
Last Chances
May 2015
By:
Kathy F.
| Cranberry Twp., Pennsylvania
Landing in the emergency room with heart troubles was her bottom
Visiting Rikers
July 2009
By:
DAVID S.
| New York, N.Y.
A prison commitment yields great rewards for one AA
The Sponsor Broker
September 2004
By:
Brian F.
| Portland, Oregon
One group's ongoing process of sponsorship
As Different As We Choose to Be
May 1984
By:
D.G.
| Huntington Beach, California
Four presentations from the 33rd General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous, April 1983
At No Cost to Anyone, Here Are Some Free Translations
September 1963
By:
J. W.
| River Edge, New Jersey
In the language of AA, some idioms may be confusing to the newcomer.