Waking Up Sober
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
L.N.
| Mira Loma, Calif.
The freedom of waking up each morning without fear is something this AA treasures
Our Feet Will Know What to Do
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
David L.
| New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
When sadness, pain and tragedy come he stays close, shares and takes action
Getting the service bug
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Irving M.
| Washington, D.C.
Land ho! If you stick around in the service pool long enough, your willingness to serve will be noticed
Picking up the pieces
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Cedar Springs, Mich.
Her drinking drove her to unspeakable loss, yet she found comfort and forgiveness with the help of AA
Probes And Needles
November 2016
She isn’t the perfect spouse, parent, or sponsor, but then again it’s not perfect people who stay sober—just those who believe in doing service and living life one day at a time.
One Beautiful Spring Evening
August 2014
By:
Margaret W.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A long drinking career came to an end one night in her driveway
Bottom of the Pile
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
With no AA in a county jail, a newcomer wonders how he’ll stay sober
Not This Time
May 2012
By:
Terri R.
In early sobriety, she came face to face with a liquor store and asked God to intervene
The Heartbeat of AA
April 2012
By:
Heidi
| New Hampshire
Asking for help and helping others was her lifeline in the program
Who's Saving The Seat For The Newcomer?
August 2006
By:
Sharon C.
| Santa Rosa, California
Comfort in a greeting and relief in an invitation
The Rhythm of Life
October 1998
By:
Frank K.
| Dearborn Heights, Michigan
It may be heard in the rising and falling of a child's breath at night
Fitting In
She realized that she wasn't that different from everyone else and that she was at home in any AA meeting
Life on Life’s Terms
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Sherry H.
| Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Life is both beautiful and fragile, she discovers. So is recovery
Saying yes
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Kenneth K.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
A sponsee he’ll never forget taught him something he’ll always remember
Chained to the Beer Fridge
September 2011
By:
Anton R.
| Edmonton, Alberta
He dragged it from Moscow to Texas to Canada ... and right into the rooms of AA
Applying Spiritual Concepts
June 1977
By:
J. C.
| Dallas, Texas
He began a new life of service to others and in doing so, saved himself
Picture Perfect
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Kathleen L.
| Concord, California
A mysterious trip to the DMV drove her right into the hands of AA
Effects Produced By Alcoholics Anonymous
August 2018
By:
Julie B.
| Georgia & Alaska
The month of June is momentous for her, containing love and loss—and finally rebirth within the fellowship of AA
The Pussycat
August 2017
By:
Anonymous
Getting sober was only half the battle for a tough cat from the streets with gratitude in her heart
The young one
July 2009
By:
DANNA F.
| Waltham, Mass
A teen AA finds that age doesn't matter when all are alcoholics
From the page to my heart
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Ann A.
| Blaine, Minn.
Young and confused, she landed in a meeting full of men. Luckily there was a basket in the corner
Three strikes, you’re in!
March 2014
By:
Jack B.
| Oakland, New Jersey
He thought his differences would not let him stay, but Tradition Three said no way