Is It Really a 'Selfish Program'?
August 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
We get sober for ourselves, but. . .
It’s A Wonderful Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Snow P.
| Boca Raton, Fla.
More than four decades of sobriety—and life just keeps on getting better
War stories
April 2018
By:
Matt S.
| Buffalo Grove, Illionois
Binges, car crashes, funny quips and bottoms. One member has some thoughts about sharing.
Communication breakdown
July 2010
By:
MARY ANN G.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
A member says service keeps the lines open among AAs and keeps her healthy
Fear and the Fourth Step
April 2001
By:
Ted D.
| Teaneck, New Jersey
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
The 78-Year-Old Newcomer
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Bob I.
| Moriches, New York
It’s never too late! After 60 years of heavy drinking, he put down the bottle and changed his life
A Little Boy’s Prayer
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Maddy L.
| Placitas, New Mexico
Thanks to her sister and son, a mother discovers a much better life
Sharing the Good Stuff
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Philip T.
| New Britain, Connecticut
After 50 years in the program, he finds that reaching out is still critical, whether in person or with his pen
Hope&Tears
June 2024
| Happy Birthday Grapevine!
By:
Kristina M.H.
| Sandwich, Illinois
She believed in God, but wasn’t sure he was listening. Then one drunken day she wandered into a church to talk to him
Your Life Will Get Better
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Smyrna, Ga.
If all else fails, just get in the damn car
Checking the label
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
G.P.
| Outremont, Quebec
Thanks to AA, she stopped categorizing everyone. It was making her want to drink
Time enough
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Roger C.
| St. Clair, Mich.
Working to shed the lost years of his alcoholism, he finds hope in a sober today
A day at the museum
May 2018
By:
Diane D.
| Chicago, Illinois
A few days after doing her Fifth Step, a mother takes her kids on a field trip
23 precious years
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Joan O.
| Marietta, Georgia
After alcoholism takes her son, she finds comfort and acceptance in the first three Steps
Into Miraculous Newfound Purpose
October 2017
By:
Lou P.
| Springfield, Va.
His body was breaking down and so was his soul, until he found a new purpose through rigorous honesty
What Happened
August 2017
By:
James O. Lorraine
| Port Elizabeth
Detoxing in the hospital after a lifetime of drinking, an alcoholic receives four visitors who bring him the gift of life and sobriety