Let's Talk About Sobriety
September 1978
By:
J. F.
| Wellesley, Massachusetts
There's much more to it than staying away from a drink
Spiritual Assurance
August 1978
By:
G. M.
| Cordell, Oklahoma
When the minister joined AA he began a new and deeper life of faith
Action and More Action
January 1978
By:
H. R.
| Millbrae, California
The Big Book tells us time and again you have to give it away to keep it
Losing to Win
August 1977
By:
J. C.
| Neverfind, Alaska
Competition was all that counted until he learned there are no stars in AA
Let the Bum Find Us
October 1976
By:
A California PI chairman
Till we get the message to him, the suffering alcoholic is the public
Condemned to Live an Underground Life
July 1976
By:
S. B.
| San Francisco, California
Rejected as an untrustworthy drunk, he was
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.
Step One: My Story
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Ky
A physician battles alcoholism to return to his patients and recover his life
An Australian’s Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John W.
| Canberra, Australia
An atheist and a humanist takes a “leap of faith” into AA
Halting Words
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Peter A.
| Medford, Ore.
Who knows when contact with something bigger will come? For one man, it was in his morning AA circle
Not Again
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Sean R.
| Sun City, Calif.
He found himself in rehab once again—but this time, getting honest was the key
Taking Calls for AA
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
John S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
Being on “the firing line” of service—and loving every minute of it
Searching for something bigger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Trenton, Missouri
An alcoholic shares about his small-town struggle with judgement, inclusion and Step Three
Crash course
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Sandy B.
| Aurora, Colorado
Furious with her ex, she headed out to toss a brick through his window. Luckily, she stopped to buy paint first
Higher Powers and Nonbelievers
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Joe C.
| Toronto, Ontario
He was finally going to admit the fact that he was ‘happy, joyous and God-free.’ Would others in the rooms accept him?
Wherever I go
June 2018
By:
Karla S.
| San Francisco, California
With a job that keeps her on the road, she comes up with a plan to keep AA No. 1 in her life
Dear Grapevine
January 2018
| Sponsorship
God Could If Sought
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Corey Y.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God
My Guardian Angel
October 2017
By:
Patty S.
| Romeoville, Ill.
She knew she had a problem. What she didn’t know was that the guy she liked would help her find the answer
Dear Grapevine
August 2017
Dear Grapevine
January 2017
I Found My Place
February 2016
Through painful obstacles, a woman with mental illness stays sober and learns to help others