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Interview With the Author of "Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict"

July 1995
By: DR. PAUL
First in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories

Just Like Dad

March 2026 | AA & the Family
By: Geoff C. | Vancouver, British Columbia
As a kid, he and his sober father were buddies. But once he started drinking everything changed

The Good Life

September 2023 | Young & Sober
By: Mike B. | Carbondale, Colorado
Once a college dropout, now he bikes around the world and sponsors guys across the Rocky Mountains

A Long Recovery After A Long Relapse

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Daniel P. | Vancouver, Wash.
Twenty years of drinking left him literally scarred, but active recovery brought him to peaceful sobriety and a chance to journey around the world

The Gift of Acceptance

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Sean L. | Waukegan, Ill.
In his darkest moments, he reached out to God and AA. Both answered

Lily, Our Friend

February 2021 | Sponsorship
By: Andy A. | St. Peters, Mo.
As Andy and his buddy share love with a struggling home group member, her story keeps it mighty real

Maximum picnic

July 2018
By: Ruth L. | Beaconsfield, Quebec
Doing service in prison not only feeds her soul, but sometimes even her stomach

Quite an impression

May 2017
By: Moira B. | Pearl River, New York
Many of us have a shameful family event we never want to remember—or forget. This one roared

What hope looks like

September 2016
By: Kathe P., | Louisville, Colo.
How a woman’s tragic accident became a beautiful asset

A Warm Room on an Icy Day

July 2015
By: Ray G. | Knysna
On a January morning in Amsterdam, a man tries to sober up in a place he least expected

Last Chances

May 2015
By: Kathy F. | Cranberry Twp., Pennsylvania
Landing in the emergency room with heart troubles was her bottom

A Cabin in the Woods

December 2014
By: Diane S. | Benson, Arizona
A newly sober wife escapes into the mountains to hike and fish—but that’s not all she does

Good as Gold

September 2011
By: Elliot T. | Indianapolis, Indiana
A sober connection far more valuable than money and riches

Momma Bear

June 2011
By: Nancy S. | Renton, Washington
Through divorce and a decade-long custody battle, this member stays sober with the help of AA

ICYPAA Bounces Back

October 2006
By: Anonymous
After being routed by Katrina in September 2005

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Start with a Prayer

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Anonymous | Lamy, N.M.
With love and lots of determination, a member tries to carry the AA message to a remote community in New Mexico

I want my mum back

May 2019 | Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By: Christine B. | Kirwan, Queensland
In the depths of her drinking, she could not face the ones she loved most. Now she’s back in their lives

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

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 CHILD OF WOODSTOCK

March 2009
By: NANCY K. | Woodstock, New York
Raised on alcohol and excess, an artsy member discovers contentment in her later years

A Talk With One Of AA'S Longest Long-timers

September 2006

A Family Nightmare

April 2006
By: Laurie R. | Mayhill, New Mexico
Alcoholism attacked one generation after another

In the Light of AA

July 2005
By: Anonymous
Alcoholism--up close and classic

Highland Sobriety

May 2005
By: Jim B. | Glasgow
Over the hills and far away, there is still the hand of AA

The Wonder of It All

February 2005
By: Jo P. | Charlotte, North Carolina
Life never runs out of surprises

Sentenced to Sobriety

January 2004
By: Farris R. | Springfield, Missouri
It took a lot more than prisons and lockdown wards to persuade him to stop drinking

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