Something Was Wrong
September 2014
By:
Laura F.
| Plantation, Florida
She had always sensed that things weren't right; but she didn't know it was alcoholism
The Twelve Steps Revisited/step 11
December 1962
By:
J.E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
<emphasis type="italic">Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God</emphasis> as we understood Him, <emphasis type="italic">praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out</emphasis>.
Dreams and waterfalls
September 2017
By:
Anonymous
He was once so drunk, he couldn’t leave his dorm room. Now he’s seeing the world
Making it Easy for Others to Love Us
January 2017
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
Years of AA have given him sobriety and acceptance and a life with compassion and wonder
Big, Beautiful & Wild
December 2016
By:
Brian M
| Portchester, New York
With grizzly bears and bighorn sheep for neighbors, how was he ever going to stay sober?
A Tale of Two Brothers
August 2015
Separated for 36 years, two alcoholic brothers experience quite a surprising reunion
Dear Grapevine
April 2012
Bottom of the Ninth
June 2011
By:
Susan B.
Recovery from alcoholism brings this father and daughter closer after many years of difficulties
You've got to give to get
June 2009
By:
JOHN L.
| Seabrook, Texas
A loner on the fringes of AA finds the courage to seek out a sponsor
A Good Cry on the Beach
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Anonymous
| Port Orange, Fla
Nearly 30 years ago, a sponsor entered her life to show her a new way to live. She also showed her how not to die
A Series of Fortunate Events
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Boise, Idaho
Was it pure chance that he survived to get sober? Or a Power greater than himself?
Web Exclusive: White Wine Did the Job
March 2011
By:
Caroline C.
From a childhood of fear to years of heavy drinking, she finally found AA in Paris
A Doctor Speaks
May 2001
Peter Pan Is Dead
December 1974
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
The old fairy-tale concept of the happy ending takes on different meanings with the acceptance of reality
Dear Editors:
June 1968
By:
R. T.
| Manhattan, New York
Many members. . .might. . .rush through the earlier Steps. . .bypassing the deeply private, personal work of the first three. . .
Body & Soul
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Jonathan R.
| Boulder, Colorado
He didn’t even particularly like to get massages. But this trip to the spa changed his life forever
A Life I Didn’t Know I Wanted
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Martin D.
| Bend, Oregon
Because of a gravel-voiced detox nurse in 1975, he gets to explore this wide wonderful world sober, with joy
Boy Meets Girl on AA Campus
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Dan J.
| New York, New York
How a tumultuous relationship at seven years sober brought him closer to prayer, the program and other sober guys
Made It Out of Hell
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Kathy F.
| Dardenne Prairie, Mo.
A mom, sober since 1972, recalls the fearful secretive years before AA and how much better life is now
Living Proof
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Jim O.
| Morrisville, Pa.
A call to help a fellow member in a legal jam presents an opportunity to witness the love we show one another