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
The Biggest Meeting of All
August 1955
By:
AE
CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS - <emphasis type="italic">AA's Twentieth Anniversary Celebration held in St. Louis July 1-2-3. For an account of its most solemn moment, see page 32--Ed. Note.</emphasis>
The 12 Steps Revisited
March 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable. --First in a series of searching articles
Once Over Lightly
December 1983
Short Snorts
September 1958
Amends without thinking
September 2009
By:
MORGAN J.
| Crofton, Md.
Years of hatred melt away as a son forgives his alcoholic father
The 'Almost' People
December 1981
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
Today, we know that half measures are not enough
