Dear Grapevine
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
Right in the Middle
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Peggy S.
| Belleville, N.J
In Aruba for her granddaughter’s wedding, a newcomer uses every tool she has to surround herself with AA
Off to Portland
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Sasha P.
| Seattle, Wash.
She once thought drinking was the only way to have a happy life. Discovering YPAA events changed all that
Dear Grapevine
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
Balancing act
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
An old-timer remembers to watch his impulses and stay on the sober path—no matter what
I Might Have A Drinking Problem
August 2018
By:
R.J. H.
After years of humiliation and painful physical injuries, he realized that drinking was not the way to heal his childhood trauma
Through the grief
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Tom A.
| Indianapolis, Indiana
With service, literature, a good sponsor and lots of prayer, a new father doesn’t drink when tragedy strikes his family
Study Buddies
October 2016
Her daily dose of AA literature for a wonderful sobriety boost was just a call away
Wrong way
July 2016
After 10 years dry, she went back to drinking, and it took a disaster to wake her up
Going Down
June 2016
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
He was escorted to the elevators the day he was fired. Then booze escorted him to AA
Change in Focus
October 2015
By:
Anonymous
Desperate to relate to her difficult mother, she let the Steps help her put the microscope away
I Got My Wish
October 2015
Once she got sober, Alcoholics Anonymous gave this transgender woman something she always wanted
The Dreaded Job of Making Coffee
May 2013
By:
Les L.
| Medicine Hat, Alberta
An old-timer remembers how washing cups taught him to laugh again
I Dream of Jeannie's Bottle
April 2012
By:
Stacey F.
| Staten Island, New York
As a child, she wanted to magically hide, but as an adult, she found escape in booze
“Ed the dead” sings songs of gratitude
April 2011
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
This musical jam-master hasn’t bitten anyone’s butt in 25 years!
SCARED SOBER
June 2010
By:
PHILIP P.
| Sheffield, Mass.
Drinking to feel comfortable works—at least for a while
Cash & prizes
June 2010
By:
LAURIE W.
| Howard Beach, N.Y.
Fearing her son would find her dead, an alcoholic turns her life around
Back for more
April 2010
By:
DOUG E.
| Indianapolis, Ind.
He knew all the liquor stores within 10 miles, but couldn't quiet the voice inside
Over the edge
February 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| White Plains, N.Y.
A young AA finds the program after almost killing a friend in a blackout
Paying the Price
December 2008
By:
Paul G.
| Washington, D.C.
The cost of a casual membership in the program
Outside Freedomville
July 2007
By:
Randy H.
| Bucksharbor, Maine
A solution to that first drink called insanity
Sober In The Sixties
July 2006
By:
Fairleigh M.
| La Mesa, California
A long-timer talks about getting sober in her teens