Alcohol Involvement
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John M.
| Ontonagon, Mich.
He decided he’d be the first AA to figure out how to drink and stay sober at the same time. It didn’t quite work out that way
Second Tradition Checklist
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
B. L.
| New York, N .Y.
He was going to save AA. Someone had to do it. A member recalls AA’s early days before the Traditions were written
My Lucky Day
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
William W.
| Gulfport, Miss.
A nervous newcomer cautiously shows up for his daughter’s wedding. Luckily he has a good sponsor
Crash landing
April 2018
By:
Eric P.
| Monroe, Wisconsin
For this beer-drinking Wisconsin man, the journey to AA was definitely no smooth ride
The Mongolian Adventure
March 2005
An interview with an attendee of the first AA Convention in Mongolia
Generalizations Can Be Dangerous
September 1984
By:
N. D.
| New Providence, New Jersey
AA is about alcohol and sobriety. Yet when prescribed or over-the-counter medications might lead directly to a drink; they become a serious issue for many AAs. What to do when the need to take, or refuse, medication arises? How to help others? On these pages, two members do all that any AA can do: share their own experiences with facing those questions and staying sober.
This One Chance to Live
January 1979
By:
K. S.
| Atlanta, Georgia
A returned card brings memories of a man who could neither trust nor share
Son of Tall Man
February 1976
By:
Maynard B.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
An American Indian shares his strength, hope, and experience
A Taste of Happiness
August 1971
By:
J. J.
| Lowell, Florida
The program reaches inside prison walls to light up a lost life
My Name Is Patricia
January 1971
By:
P. McC.
| Louisville, Kentucky
I can now see that good is good and bad is a good lesson
Cinderella Has a Ball!
April 1970
By:
E. P.
| Hamburg, New York
But like so many of us, she hated herself in the morning
Counsel for the Prosecutor
March 1970
By:
W. H.
| Sarnia, Ontario
Was it divine law that brought this lawyer through to grateful sobriety?