So We Danced
December 2015
After years of dryness he couldn’t listen—until he got in step with the right guy
Lucky Turns
October 2015
By:
Bruce M.
| Indiana, PA
Just when a sober trucker decides to switch gears, his HP sends him on a most unexpected route
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
Dear Grapevine
June 2015
90 days of June
February 2015
By:
Carol P.
| Clinton, Massachusetts
One summer, a woman with a few years sober decided to kick her program into high gear.
Pillow to Pillow
November 2014
By:
Simon H.
| Sag Harbor, New York
A newcomer learns a dream of a concept: If he can make it to bedtime without a drink, he’ll stay sober
A Cold January Night
July 2014
By:
Gary G.
| New Jersey
The night that he tried to end his life would wind up being the night his life began again
Under a Shining Moon
February 2014
By:
Lisa R.
| Aberdeen, South Dakota
A newcomer has a Third Step experience that opens her up to a new life
20 reasons
December 2013
By:
Debi E.
| Springfield, Illinois
After 20 glorious sober years, a woman expresses her gratitude
Dear Grapevine
December 2012
My Friend Bill
April 2012
By:
John M.
An AA reflects upon his friendship with an oldtimer he met at a meeting overseas
Web Exclusive: Finding God in AA
November 2011
By:
Stacy G.
| Evanston, Illinois
She came into AA as an atheist. Or so she thought.
The Life Jacket of AA
September 2011
By:
Anonymous
A sober man in South Africa finds purpose in life through the program of AA
Fractured Friendship
July 2011
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
Two women, inseparable in drinking and sobriety, until one relapses
Experience, Strength, and Hope
June 1988
By:
Clyde B.
| Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
If you've been sober twenty-four hours, you have that to share
Care Package
December 1983
By:
J. V.
| Alexandria, Minnesota
His Christmas gift--the grace to accept help gladly
Spiritus Contra Spiritum
May 1982
By:
B. H.
| Staten Island, New York
A clergyman's conflict between his faith and the desire to drink
A Prescription for Sobriety
November 1980
By:
Anonymous
An interview with one of early AA's nonalcoholic friends, "the little doctor who loved drunks" - From the June 1945 Grapevine
A Plan of Action
September 1980
By:
D. J.
| Columbus, Ohio
. . .Only after the action was past did we truly appreciate what had happened
Something's Wrong With Elaine
December 1978
By:
Abraham J. Twerski, MD
True acceptance of our disease sometimes comes only after we've been sober awhile
Losing to Win
August 1977
By:
J. C.
| Neverfind, Alaska
Competition was all that counted until he learned there are no stars in AA
Above the World's Battles
April 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
AA has but one primary purpose. To indulge in public controversy is to threaten our unity and impede that purpose