It Took a Movie to Do It
December 1967
By:
V. C.
| Tucson, Arizona
How "Days of Wine and Roses" brought an end to his days of border-town Rum Runs
A Hopeless Case
September 1965
By:
J. M. H.
| West Trenton, New Jersey
Overweight, drunk and on drugs--why live? Then along came a doctor, a nurse and AA
A Love Affair with the Traditions
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Richard M.
| Littleton, Colorado
How a day of complaining turned into a 37-year journey of wonder with 12 gems about unity and love
Getting Sober Together
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bill F.
| Wilsall, Mont.
A few tips on long-term sobriety from someone who has been there
Still A Little Crazy
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| York, Maine
A little crazy meets a lot sober. Guess who wins?
A Disease That Settles
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tina C.
| Athens, Ala.
How does General Service keep us sober? She counts the ways
A Room Full of Broken People
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Roseanne D.
| Merced, Calif.
AA was a place where her shattered life could be pieced back together
Sober at ground zero
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
T.Y.
| Olathe, Kan.
A courageous sober doctor fights the good fight in the COVID-19 wards of a hospital near Wuhan
Isolation? Are You Kidding?
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Ruth H.
| Slinger, Wis
Who said change is easy? Staying sober and sane through a health crisis requires all the Steps she’s got
Closing argument
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Mitchell G.
| Watauga, Texas
Facing five years in jail, a sober dad stands before a judge and gets something much longer-lasting
On the grass plains of Kenya
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Debbie E.
| Portland, Oregon
For a woman in Oregon, sobriety made a lifelong dream of working with elephants come true
No fly zone
September 2018
By:
Mike M.
| Soledad, California
A final drunken trip to “the hole” woke him up. Now he has hope and some to share
Desperate on New Year’s Eve
December 2015
There he sat, all alone feeling sorry for himself ... would he drink? Or would he reach out?
What's a DCM?
February 2015
By:
Susan K.
| Fresno, California
Learning the ropes from a service sponsor has made her a more grateful AA.
Changing Attitudes
April 1980
By:
W. S.
| Toledo, Ohio
In their search for spiritual awareness, AAs take many routes. Six of them share the rewards of their travels with us
Is That Resentment Necessary?
November 1968
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
Maybe you're hanging on to a few because you feel they're justified. Take another look . . .
Who, Me?
September 1968
By:
D. B. M.
| Akron, Ohio
If you're drinking too much, but think your life is still manageable because you're a top executive of a good-sized company, read this and see if you don't agree that it just plain makes sense to quit while you've still got some chips left
Responsibility Is the Name of the Game
November 1966
By:
D. W.
| Van Nuys
There are times when I plain and simply don't like it, but. . .
Report From a Chronic Slippee
April 1965
By:
S. M. C., M. D.
| Manhattan, New York
The author, a doctor, achieved 355 days of sobriety in a year. He'll keep trying. . .
Experiment in Latin America
October 1961
By:
E. F.
| San Salvador
We are growing so fast a census is impossible