Let others win the ribbons
March 2016
Enjoying long-term sobriety in a small Arkansas town, she finds giving back is reward enough for her
Love, Returned
March 2016
With the help of AA, a Navy man gets sober and begins to right wrongs with his family
Danger: Port Ahead
August 2015
A sailor with two years sober calls in the big guns when he hits dry land
Fresh Air Kissing My Face
February 2015
By:
Sally H.
| Tucson, Arizona
After years of drinking and living on the streets, AA helped her trust and breathe free again.
My Lifeline to the World
May 2014
By:
Bonnie C.
| Tujunga, California
A deaf member gets help from her canine friends, but it’s AA that saves her sobriety
Just Having Fun
April 2014
By:
Tina F.
| Ashburn, Virginia
She had to face the fact that her drinking wasn't what it seemed to be
White knuckles, clear eyes
March 2014
By:
Bill F.
| Anaheim, California
He took his Third Step in a trailer the night he learned the hard way to let go
Different, But Not Different
September 2013
By:
Nealy R.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A woman with Down syndrome finds that when it comes to alcoholism, she’s just like everyone else
Web Exclusive: A Family in AA
September 2011
By:
Deidra H.
| Bainbridge, Georgia
A woman tells how she sobered up in the same home group as her mother and brother
Stumbling Into The Fourth Dimension
January 2007
By:
Tim B.
| Scottdale, Georgia
Sobriety brings a drunk to his knees
Not Bad for a Redneck from Mississippi
July 2002
By:
Jimmy W.
| Cazadero, California
From the sublime to the tragic
My search
October 2016
After five years of faking it, a young member, with the help of her sponsor, gets honest about her beliefs
Yes To Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ken K.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
In the aftermath of the tragic death of a sponsee, his sponsor reflects back on life, service, and relapse in AA
More hope than I know what to do with
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tyler A.
| Globe, Arizona
A young man turns his life around in prison and even becomes his AA group’s GSR
Off course
September 2018
By:
David S.
| Gouverneur, New York
A tragic death woke him to his reckless drinking. Now, with some hope, he’s on the right road
Of All The Clubs I Thought I Would Join
October 2017
By:
Kathy F.
| Cranberry Twp., Pa.
She was one of those people who could do everything and still drink, until, one day, she wound up in the ER with a wounded heart and a broken soul
The Glass Palace
July 2017
By:
Sharat S.
| India
God has his own way of distributing gifts to those who ask for them—this alcoholic did not know he was even in the queue until his Higher Power intervened
Simply surrender
May 2017
By:
Gwyneth N.
| Saco, Maine
The spiritual connection she desperately sought for years appeared when she found AA
Better Than I Deserve
June 2007
By:
Ben F.
| Costa Mesa, California
A boy becomes a man under the tutelage of AA
79 Years With the Bottle
September 1961
By:
Louis R., by P. C.
| Washington, D. C.
His mother put whiskey in his baby bottle. From then on, any old jug would do