An Out-again-in-again Indian
July 1979
By:
B. B.
| Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
An eleven-page section devoted to the AA experience behind prison bars
Who Is that Boy in the Painting?
January 2012
By:
David M.
| Toledo, Ohio
Lost in alcohol, a young man robs his own parents and can't believe who he's become
My Real Third Step
July 2017
By:
Tracy F.
After years of unemployment, he faces the loss of his home—but turning his life over to a Higher Power meant finally turning his life around
Dear Grapevine
December 2012
Half a day at a time
December 2009
By:
COLIN Q.
| Fort Collins, Colo.
Counting sobriety in hours and minutes, a newcomer realizes he'll be all right
We Pay the Piper
April 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 7 - Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions
Christmas in a bar
December 2013
By:
Mike H.
| El Cajon, California
The call to come home pierced his empty soul. It was from his 12-year-old son
The Walls Will Come Down
July 2013
By:
Dave A.
| Moncton, New Brunswick
In trying to break through and carry the message to Jake, he was able to free himself
Weapons Down
May 2012
By:
Oliver G.
| Concord, California
He joined the marines to drink and fight, but came to AA to surrender
Mommy drunkest
April 2011
By:
S.E.B.
| East Hawkesbury, Ontario
A young mother gets a sober second shot at raising her children
Young, Drunk and Broke
January 2011
By:
Jamie L.
| Oceanside, California
Sleeping in a dumpster was just the beginning of the end
FAMILIES FIRST
November 2009
By:
Polly A.W.F
| Clearwater, Fla.
A divorced alcoholic struggles to reconnect with her children
GETTING SPIRITUAL IN SPITE OF MYSELF
April 2009
By:
Brian M.
| Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Raised Catholic, a young man develops his own brand of spirituality in AA
Whose Marriage Is It Anyway?
December 2006
By:
Charles H.
| Laguna Woods, California
A rocky relationship in recovery
Double Trouble
March 2005
By:
Tammy W.
| Kihei, Hawaii
Staying sober through an extreme transformation
Lucky Shot
June 2003
By:
Lonny W.
| Cornwall, Ontario
It took an attempted murder charge for him to change
The Two Richest People I Ever Met
November 2001
By:
Anonymous
| Belfast
CLASSIC GRAPEVINE--January 1985