Dear Grapevine
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
Marie
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By:
Marie M.
| Berwyn, Illinois
A grandmother shares about her chaotic childhood, her descent into alcoholism and her spiritual life today
AA News
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
“On the threshold of a new age for Alcoholics Anonymous”
Fork in the road
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Gina C.
| Hamburg, N.J.
Young and confused, she identified in meetings, but couldn’t face a life without drinking. Would she stay?
It was decision time
It was decision time
Dear Grapevine
February 2021
| Sponsorship
Welcome to Key West
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Brent H.
| Reading, Pa.
He knew it was time to stop drinking. He had really reached the end. But first he’d fly to see his old drinking buddy for one last hurrah
Unity is the Gift
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Mykel P.
| Tiburon, Calif.
A secular AA member shares about his struggles, how service heals and how good it is to tear down borders that divide us
28 hours straight
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Derek R.
| Ottawa, Ontario
There’s nothing like a good alkathon to keep him sane, sober and useful during the holidays
Dear Grapevine
August 2018
So We Danced
December 2015
After years of dryness he couldn’t listen—until he got in step with the right guy
The Millwright's Apprentice
September 2015
A lesson he received long before he got sober still resonates
Dear Grapevine
March 2014
The Good Girl
February 2014
By:
Coleen F.,
| Jacksonville, Alabama
She spent a lifetime trying to be perfect, but booze changed all that
The Thin Ice
October 2011
By:
Kimberly M.
Emotional turmoil kept her drinking; serenity and the Steps kept her sober
Dry and on Fire
March 2011
By:
Jerry E.
| Naples, Florida
Not drinking wasn’t enough. Getting a sponsor made his program really take off
Saturday Night
May 2008
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
It doesn't have to be the loneliest night any more
A Power in the Air
February 1993
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Now I Want What I Get
February 1977
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
With a broken arm and a wheelchair, she still enjoyed her vacation
The Committee Committee
May 1972
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
A chance to take care of all the things the other committees overlook
Here's Why
October 1968
By:
Dr. Earie M.
| San Francisco, California
A doctor in AA looks at some physical aspects of alcoholism
Horror into Happiness
December 1965
By:
F. T.
| Manhattan, New York
AGE: 40 plus<lbSEX: Male<lbDIAGNOSIS: Alcoholic<lbPROGNOSIS: Return to effective life through AA