Time on Your Hands?
October 1944
Out of gas
October 2017
By:
Mollie M.
| Boone, N.C.
A mother recalls how she used to wait outside the liquor store and wonder how people lived their lives
Tragedy and Gratitude
October 2017
By:
Kris M.
| Grayslake, Ill.
She could never forgive herself when her drinking led to a night of tragedy, but the program showed her how gratitude could help her heal
Give the Girl a Chance!
January 2001
By:
Anonymous
| Charleston, West Virginia
That new female member is probably starved for love--not sex! - This article was featured in the February 1975 Grapevine
A Doctor Says, "Don't Kid Yourself About Cures
February 1966
By:
D. G. M., M.D.
| Montreal, Quebec
A Canadian alcoholic who is also an M.D. reflects on alcoholism and his own experience with compulsion
I just said yes
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Cynthia S.
| Seattle, Wash.
I hit bottom during my kids’ teenage years. Going into juvenile detention centers has been a way of giving back and showing up for teenagers.
The Death of a Sponsor
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Morton, Pa.
After spending a last few days with the sponsor he loved, he passes on that love to other men in AA
3000 Sober Sisters
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Jen R.
| Chicago, Ill.
She used to drink at women. Now she’s trading numbers, doing service and making lifelong friends
Put me to Work
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Scott G.
| Kouts, Ind.
When you show up at a district meeting looking for a job, it doesn’t take long before you get one
Miracle Woman Today
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Betts W.
| Evergreen, Colo.
The sign on the door of her first meeting read “Miracle Women.” Could she ever be one of them?
Life Continues To Unfold
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
David V.
| San Francisco, Calif.
Despite health issues, he is grateful for every day alive and sober
I Spent Years in Prison
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kevin. R,
| Plymouth, United Kingdom
Drinking and jail went hand in hand, until he answered the question, “What is wrong with my life?”
One Primary Purpose
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Debbie D.
| Concord, Calif.
Their group has hot coffee, donuts, comfy seats and all three shades.
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
Next Stop Freedom
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Sally T.
| Wilmington, Del.
How a chance encounter with a stranger on a train put a newcomer on the right track to do the Steps
Changing Course
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Eve K.
| Lexington, Ky.
I was nourished by these women. What resonated loudly was hearing that “getting sober is like trying to turn the Titanic around.” The woman’s words shook me to my core.
Two gifts From Zola
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Clif G.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Norm’s world
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Norm H.
| Cary, North Carolina
He still loves to go there, but thanks to AA, his stays are a whole lot shorter
Just Say Yes
June 2016
The Answer Wasn’t Alcohol
August 2014
By:
Carolyn O.
| Orlando, Florida
When she came to accept that maybe she was an alcoholic after all, the answers were easier to find
