GSO Archives
January 2000
Order Of The Court
November 2007
By:
Brian C.
| St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
A judge starts the ball rolling
Four Days Sober. . .Again
February 1968
By:
Joni R.
| Manhattan, New York
She had had a sober year once--ten years ago. But each new morning still challenges, and promises. . .
It’s Not Like I Drank All Day
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jenny C.
| Nevada City, Calif.
Admitting she was an alcoholic would doom her for life. Or so she thought
Forgiving Dad
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Troy J.
| Boscobel, Wis.
I couldn’t understand why, if he loved me, he continued to abandon me. After I got involved in AA in here and worked the Steps, I found the answer.
Growing Up & Growing Older
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Susan A.
| Rocklin, Calif.
I am 70 years old now. Today I wonder whether it’s not harder to grow old than to grow up. I could not have survived without the love and support of my AA friends.
10 things I wish I’d known
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Dan C.
| New York, N.Y.
If I can quiet my mind for just long enough and just shut up for a second, something better always crystallizes. I don’t need what I thought I needed.
Faith Through Adversity
August 2018
By:
Natalia K.
| Princeville, Hawaii
She surviving everything, including the gunshot meant to end her life. What followed was hard-won sobriety
Getting Sober Together
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bill F.
| Wilsall, Mont.
A few tips on long-term sobriety from someone who has been there
On the grass plains of Kenya
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Debbie E.
| Portland, Oregon
For a woman in Oregon, sobriety made a lifelong dream of working with elephants come true
No fly zone
September 2018
By:
Mike M.
| Soledad, California
A final drunken trip to “the hole” woke him up. Now he has hope and some to share
Not From Here
May 2017
By:
Fobby N.
| Springfield, Virginia
The love in the rooms helps a young Pakistani alcoholic see that he’s not as unique as he thought
Lucky Punch
December 2011
By:
P.T.
| New Britain, Connecticut
A wild roundhouse blow literally socks him into sobriety
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