Not Cured. But Sober
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan R.
| St. Peters, Mo.
A visit to a liquor store inspires a prayer of gratitude for sobriety
Things I’ve Learned
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Stuart C.
| Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Because of the kindness of Bev, Hal, sponsor Don and others, a longtime member gets to pass on 45 years of love
Dear Grapevine
February 2020
| Tough Times
A True Partnership?
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Anonymous
| Cocoa Beach, FL.
Finding out that getting sober can mean finally forming real relationships
Dear Grapevine
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
Dear Grapevine
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
Dear Grapevine
November 2018
Two free hands
September 2018
By:
Jenni C.
| Portland, Maine
Once she put down the bottle, she got super busy with a wonderful new world of young people
Dear Grapevine
July 2017
Dear Grapevine
December 2016
Sink Or Swim
December 2016
Exercising the spiritual muscles known as “prayer” and “meditation,” this athlete swims daily towards sobriety
So We Danced
December 2015
After years of dryness he couldn’t listen—until he got in step with the right guy
Brooklyn Dreams
April 2015
By:
Michael C.
| New York, New York
Trading drunken nightmares of a dark canal for the Serenity Prayer and a brighter life
Still Powerless
March 2015
By:
Jennifer C.
| Bend, Oregon
Her relapse began many years before she ordered a glass of wine in the restaurant
The Key to Belonging
September 2000
By:
Karen S.
| Manchester, New Hampshire
The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA
Don't Take Our Word for It
November 1999
By:
S.B.S.
| Sarasota, Florida
An early Chicago member wrote the sequel to her story "The Keys to the Kingdom." - From the January 1969 Grapevine
Opening Doors
May 1997
By:
Dale J.
| Jasper, Florida
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Some Never Make It
April 1996
By:
L.S.
| Bowie, Maryland
A child lives with the pain of a father who couldn't stop drinking
Inside Out
June 1995
By:
Fred H.
| St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character