An AA Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
From despair in rural Massachusetts to a fulfilling life in Paris – a story of letting go and taking responsibility
Her turn
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Meaghan B.
| Bonita Springs ., Fla.
Her dad wanted her to get sober too, so he led by example—well, and maybe a few hints around the house
This Is The Beginning Of The Rest of My Life…Right?
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Melanie P.
| Lachute, Québec
A newcomer wants to hide at her first AA meeting, until she is surrounded by welcoming women who make sure that she is okay
Crossroads
June 2017
By:
Christine W.
She went to an open meeting to check AA out and discovered an elderly lady whose powerful story had a profound impact on her life.
After A Relapse, Hope
June 2017
The voice of AA never left her, even as she hit bottom late one night in her fourth—and last—treatment center
Ready, Set, Go
October 2014
By:
Dee D.
| Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
At four years sober, she’s learned to apply the slogans that helped save her life to a sport that gives her joy
Letter from Chiang Mai
September 2014
By:
—Bill W.
| Chiang Mai,
In sobriety, he got a new inner life and followed his dreams across the globe
Back from Haiti
August 2012
By:
Susan J.
| Iowa City, Iowa
After 18 years, a disaster-relief nurse forgets her primary purpose
Web Exclusive: I Choose Not to Drink
December 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Yakima, Washington
The Third Tradition's concept of a desire to stop drinking kept him sober one day at a time for 35 years
SOBER AFTER SIXTY: Role Reversal
May 2008
By:
Kurt B.
| New York, New York
When the teacher was ready, the student appeared
The Portals Of Service
September 2006
By:
Phyllis H.
| Olympia, Washington
A 2006 Conference presentation - The first in a series of articles on the topic of self-support
Be a Sponsor? Who, Me?
January 1975
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
If you started in AA as an "orphan," you may shy away from "parenthood
Riot at Winkley Institute
November 1969
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
Our exclusive inside story of the recent student unrest and campus demonstrations at the famous institute for alcohol studies
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
November 1978
By:
New York Times
Poll Finds More Trouble
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
January 1970
By:
Long Island (New York) Press
Drinking and Smoking Linked
Pass the gravy
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Bill K.
| Santa Rosa, California
There’s nothing like a Thanksgiving dinner to put the Third Step to the test
Travel The AA Way
October 1974
By:
Anonymous
Some suggestions on seeing the world through sober eyes
It’s never too late
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sandra G.
| Highlands, N.J.
At 79, with four years sober, this mom is happier than ever. She got her life back
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1977
By:
UPI
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