Drinking Is Not My Problem
March 1956
By:
Anonymous
| New York
First in a series, tentatively entitled "Famous Last Words," or, "Familiar Quotations." Suggestions invited.
Group Meetings
September 1951
Transformed
January 2014
By:
Jennifer D.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
A past delegate tells how young peoples meetings and service changed her life
In Black and White
March 2013
By:
Erin S.
| Olathe, Kansas
Just when her life was falling apart, a mom reads good news in the Sunday paper
Dear Grapevine
October 2012
Delivering Big Books to Kenya
April 2012
By:
Mike S.
| Clifton Park, New York
A doctor discovers joy helping alcoholics in Africa
A Letter to My Mother
September 2011
By:
Nancy S.
| Dallas, Texas
Years after her mother's death, she was able to reconcile with her through a Ninth Step amends
Web Exclusive: They Told Me: "To Drink is to Die"
June 2011
By:
Cahlen H.
| Idaho
A young member from a family devasted by the effects of alcoholism finds her way to AA.
Exit to utopia
November 2010
By:
KARINA S.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Could a reformed wanderer return to the road as a sober woman?
Safety valve
October 2010
By:
DAVID S.
| New York, N.Y.
Using journaling as his Tenth Step, a self-critic attempts to conquer his turmoil
9TH STEP RIDE
September 2008
By:
Scotty K.
| Lake Arrowhead, California
A biker calculates the price of peace
Saying Goodbye TO A SOBER DAD
September 2008
By:
Debbie C.
| Lerna, Illinois
A father & daughter finally connect
Tradition 5: A United Message of Recovery
May 2008
By:
Gay G.
| Decatur, Georgia
From the May 1994 Grapevine
Reflections On Freedom
May 2007
By:
Bo C.
| Columbus, Ohio
A drunk looks back on the smoldering remains of the past and the firm terrain of the present