Bullets & Bottles
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By:
Ernie G.
| Evansville, Indiana
After a rocky start, a young Army guy gets sober. Now he’s heading to Iraq. His mission: to help others
My Most Amazing Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Terra S.
| Helena, Mont.
She found the life she never thought she could have and then fought to keep alcohol from destroying it
As the Spirit Moves Us
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Jake H.
| Whitefish, Mont.
On a remote dogsledding trip, a member has a tense white-knuckle moment and his connection with a Higher Power breaks free
Return to Riverside
June 2018
By:
Fred H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
How a blissful sunny day in 1970 turned into a long drunken hell... and then became a love story to remember
Third Step Surgery
September 2014
By:
Sam Marie E.,
| Atlanta, Georgia
Used to self-medicating with alcohol, she found herself looking to the Steps
Love in the Valley
April 2013
By:
Surely K.
| Sandy Valley, Nevada
In a small town, a newcomer opens her home to help save lives—and a little gas
Two-fisted Drinker
March 2013
By:
Ken L.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
After years of pounding back beers, a good soldier becomes a hopeless closet drunk
Dear Grapevine
April 2012
Web Exclusive: Helpless in Ontario
September 2011
By:
Deirdre S.
| Enniskerry, Wicklow
An Irishwoman travels to Ontario to find the program of Alcoholics Anonymous
Out of the wilderness
July 2010
By:
BILL H.
| Ann Arbor, Mich.
A teacher and canoeist finally accepts that drinking has made his life unmanageable
A nice girl like me
March 2010
By:
A.M.
| Scottsdale, Ariz.
A beginner wonders how she ever ended up as an alcoholic
No escape
February 2010
By:
SUE N.
| Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Drinking for relief stops working for this bar-hopping mother of two
Life, Unlimited
September 2007
By:
Diana C.
| Oceanside, California
A teenager reaps rewards of sobriety
Step Four: Where's My Rocket?
April 2005
By:
Steve K.
| New York, New York
Practicing the program in a practical way
Gateway to Sanity
February 1989
By:
Jan P.
| Spokane, Washington
Step Two - Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
The Enemy of Continuing Sobriety
March 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
There are many esoteric practices that lead us into self-indulgence. AA is a program for reducing ego
The Eleventh Concept--part 2
October 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concepts for World Service
Twelfth Tradition Checklist
September 1971
By:
B.L.
| Manhattan, New York
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
The Blonde on the Boat
September 1970
By:
Anonymous
| California
When the picture finally came into focus, a new understanding of responsibility came clear, too
Explaining the Unexplainable
August 1969
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
Speaking to interested civilian groups about AA is fraught with peril, frustration and reward
Who Isn't Ready Yet?
August 1969
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
When we say a sick alcoholic isn't ready, could it be that <emphasis type="underline">we</i> aren't ready. . . to help enough?
A Doctor's View of AA
February 1969
By:
Edward J. Delehanty, MD
Suggestion: Pass this article along to your doctor. The author holds advanced views of certain interest to his colleagues
Four Days Sober. . .Again
February 1968
By:
Joni R.
| Manhattan, New York
She had had a sober year once--ten years ago. But each new morning still challenges, and promises. . .
Out of a Drunken Home ... and into a Loving Fellowship
June 1967
By:
D. H.
| North Dakota
the story of a youngster's discovery of ALATEEN