Spot Check On I-94
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Andy A.
| St. Peters, Mo.
Trying to hold it together with a car full of rambunctious kids, a sober dad gets more and more lost. Time for Step Ten!
At Home in Bangalore
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Baxter J.
| Gainesville, Texas
Far away in India for work, this Texan discovers a powerful new meaning of language of the heart
From three and a Half Feet
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Anonymous
| Sarasota, Fla.
With a little help and love from her AA friends, she heads off to the bus for her 7 a.m. meeting
Cutting Back
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Allan H.
| Williamsville, Va.
Not only has he stopped slurring and weaving all over the yard, but he now has a much nicer lawn
Dear Grapevine
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
Mad Man
October 2018
By:
Anonymous
| New York City, New York
A newcomer gets a job with a boozy ad agency, selling liquor. What could possibly go wrong?
Dear Grapevine
April 2018
Accountability
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Cheryl V.
We face complaints from the minute we make that first pot of coffee for our home group to the day we’re voted GSR. Responding with grace and dignity is what counts
Coming to believe
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Ann S.
| San Marcos, California
A New York woman recalls how a Higher Power helped her survive incredibly tough times
Rear-Ended
September 2017
By:
Paul H.
| Raleigh, N.C.
He was rear-ended on this way to a meeting, but only because his Higher Power really, really had something to tell him
Open-minded
October 2016
A long-time member shares about the challenges of being an unbeliever and helping others along the way
Shoes to Live For
September 2016
A woman in spike heels kept him sober that night. How did she know all his secrets?
Broken Promises
August 2016
She always meant to take her son to the park, but her hangovers kept getting in the way
Like Madison Square Garden
June 2016
Hotdogs, newcomers, guitars, tattoos and plenty of AA coffee. This was no ordinary talent show
A DRUNK, PURE AND SIMPLE
January 2010
By:
JUDE H.
| Graton, Calif.
For an alcoholic in denial, the party had been over for a long tiem
A Close Shave
July 2008
By:
Jeff G.
| St. Louis, Missouri
When the going gets tough, a sponsor gets going
Listening and Learning
January 2008
By:
Nicholas Y.
| Penngrove, California
A newcomer gets sober one phrase at a time
Is This AA?
January 2008
By:
M.P.
| Pocatello, Idaho
An AA member questions dress codes for speakers
Coming to Believe
October 2005
By:
Ann S.
| San Marcos, California
An atheist's long journey toward faith
Double Trouble
March 2005
By:
Tammy W.
| Kihei, Hawaii
Staying sober through an extreme transformation
The Piano Teacher
October 2004
By:
Jenni J.
| Fullerton, California
A life-long outsider discovers harmony in AA
They Call Me the Bid Committee Chick
January 2004
By:
Andrea R.
| Orlando, Florida
Get to ICYPAA," her sponsor told her. "It's the biggest party of young people in AA
A Curmudgeoness Looks Back
April 2003
By:
June L.
| El Granada, California
There was a time when Steps were suggestions designed to set you free --Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
