Still got my marbles
November 2013
By:
Judy B.
| Concord, Calif., California
It was just a game until booze entered the picture
Better than I deserve?
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Anonymous
| Brighton, Colo.
Does maintaining my sobriety and working the Steps “earn” me respect, even happiness? Am I expected to “man up and put up” with whatever circumstances arise?
AA Around the World
September 1958
By:
Owen J.
| Banyo, Queensland
MICK KNOCKED ON THE DOOR - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO
From Last Gasp to Gratitude
August 2008
By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, Arizona
Making good use of disaster
Don’t Drink and Don’t Die
July 2016
Three decades in AA taught him how to use the tools of the program to stay alive through the pain—and deep joy—of living one day at a time in sobriety
The Big Easy Does It
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Phoebe M.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
Getting sober young in a city known for intense drinking can be challenging. But she’s getting out there and doing it
I Never Would Have Guessed It
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Cheryl O.
| Niceville, FL
Thirty years of growing up in AA, one step at a time, one day at a time, one experience at a time
Our Final Great Decision:
June 1954
By:
Bill W.
AA'S Third Legacy <lbFirst Legacy: 12 steps of Recovery; Second Legacy: 12 Traditions of Unity
Story Archive: Don't Call Me Young
April 2011
By:
Maryellen O.
| San Anselmo, California
Learning to love oneself at any age
To Any Lengths
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Suzie V.
| Loxahatchee, FL.
Sometimes a geographic is a good thing—if it means staying sober