The Officer
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Vanessa D.
| Milwaukee, Wis.
When she went missing a police officer saw her as a sick person, not a bad one. It set her on the road to grateful sobriety
A Good Cry At The Alcathon
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Lisa Q.
| Bronx, N.Y.
Holding wrinkled tissues stained with mascara, a newly sober mom feels the love of a home group that has embraced her
Dear Grapevine
April 2020
| Home Group
Not My Finest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Brian R.
| Brentwood, Calif.
A member says it’s OK to share that we’re not always grateful and that we’re not having a wonderful day
How To Survive Your First Year of Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Hope A.
| Mooresville, N.C.
Some say the first year is the toughest. It doesn’t have to be
I Cried as Much as He Did
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Rick T.
| Queen Creek, Ariz.
He didn’t like hospitals—not the smells nor the food. But this day, he discov-ered something really special that made him want to come back
Dear Grapevine
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
Grateful
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Simon H.
| Sag Harbor, New York
When he heard that you couldn’t feel grateful and resentful at the same time, he grabbed his pencil and pad
Dear Grapevine
November 2018
A bunch of drunks
November 2018
By:
Anonymous
How a couple lucked out by living around the corner from Manhattan’s 24th street clubhouse
Trunk full of love
August 2018
By:
Lauri S.
| Spokane, Washington
The stories she read helped her so much she couldn’t wait to hit the road and share the good news
Sober at 14
April 2018
By:
James M.
| Sterling, Massachusettes
Young and confused, he stayed close to some old-timers and his life got so much better
Together in Recovery
September 2017
They share the same sobriety date and are sisters in recovery—helping each other, helping their loved ones, and helping their fellow AAs
Dear Grapevine
March 2017
The Pink Cloud Didn't Come Back
March 1976
By:
A college professor
| North Carolina
A nine-page section of sharing from five AAs who are finding their way
My Alcoholic Twelve Steps
August 1973
By:
J. E.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
A period of self-examination reveals the steps he lived by while drinking
Let Us Be Willing
June 1972
By:
Bob F.
| Pinellas Park, Florida
A plea for an open mind and an open heart in the total struggle against our dreaded disease
I Will Not Return to Prison as a Convict
February 1972
By:
R. E. L.
| Pomona, California
AA people and AA principles are easing the way to a new life
Am I Overdoing the AA Bit?
November 1970
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
An overstocked conscience leads to an inventory of his hyperactive way of life
How It Goes with AA in Calcutta
November 1967
By:
Reginald Maher
A nonalcoholic newspaperman reports on his firsthand experience of the Fellowship
I Found AA in an Australian Prison
October 1967
By:
Leo M.
| Adelaide
From that day I began to listen. . .it sounded as if those blokes had been reading my mail.
One Pilgrim's Progress
August 1967
By:
W. B.
| Pennsylvania
He wrote for the Grapevine after two meetings, and again after three months. Now he tells of a year . . .
How to Kick Boobtoobitis
March 1967
By:
Anonymous
| Jupiter, Florida
He was hooked on TV until, one night, an old movie set him thinking
Don't Hide in AA
January 1967
By:
Bobbie G.
| Forest Hills, New York
A member asks: Isn't it AA's job to return us to normal living, not furnish a substitute for it?
Some Advice I Don't Take
March 1966
By:
Anonymous
A cool appraisal of a few old AA saws by a gal member who stays sober anyway