About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
September 1983
By:
Ronald Smothers
The Titanic Syndrome
AA Will Never Work
June 1981
By:
P. N.
| Yakima, Washington
What kind of organization is this? No ceremony? No publicity? No leaders?
Teacher
August 1980
By:
J. T.
| Burlington, Ont.
When the pupil is ready, the teacher will present himself
II
October 1947
Why Would You Do This, God?
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She thought her “spiritual light” had burned out, but sobriety found it rekindled
Let’s Go
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Laura Lee W.
| Harrisonburg, Va.
Once fearful of traveling, a newcomer learns how to do it sober. Plus she gets to remember the fun she had
Dodged A Bullet
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Shelley B.
| Ventura, Calif.
An atheist depends on a “Holy Trinity” of Higher Powers to stay sober
Easy Does It Doing It
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Jack P.
| Holiday, Fla.
After years of going out and coming back in, he discovered that everything happened for a reason
Here for each other
June 2018
By:
Dorothy J.
| New Salem, Massachusetts
The long, beautiful friendship of two women who met at the New York City St. Luke’s AA meeting in 1959
The Girl from Georgia
November 2014
By:
Margie
Homeless and unemployed, she hit her bottom in a bus station and begged God for help
The Scoop: Reporter Gets Sober
November 2013
By:
D.F.
| Woodinville, Washington
Finally, he got the story of a lifetime
Four Simple Words
October 2011
By:
Jim S.
| New Brighton, Pennsylvania
A cherished AA slogan comforts a newly sober husband after the loss of his wife
Stories My Father Told Me
June 2011
By:
David C.
| Costa Mesa, California
After a lifetime of drinking, a man looks back at the lessons his father tried to teach him about alcoholism