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Sponsoring someone takes on a posturing of offering and accepting. How fortunate it is that AA gives us these relationships to ensure that we’re never alone.

One-room Schoolhouse

June 2005

By: Jon A. | Chicago, Illinois

Facing difficulties and sharing the experience

Just Like Home

December 2003

By: Elizabeth R. | Azusa, California

With Courage

April 1991

By: Ed H. | Brentwood, New York

Step Four

We Do Have a Responsibility

May 1949

By: B.R. | Chicago, Illinois

Dear Grapevine

June 2025 | Annual Prison Issue

What Happens Here

December 2024 | Remote Communities and Sober Holidays

By: Billy G. | New York, New York

Finally Free

July 2024 | Annual Prison Issue

By: Andrea N. | Lakewood, Colorado

Once deemed a “menace to society,” she got sober in jail, did her time and is now going back in to help others

A mom they can rely on

August 2022 | Sober Travel

By: K.T. | Highlands Ranch, Colo.

She tried to be a good parent, but liquor owned her. Now she’s someone her children can trust

Dear Grapevine

April 2022 | What's On Your Mind?

Good Things to Come

September 2020 | Living Sober Group

By: Brian S. | Wyckoff, N.J.

Getting sober young wasn’t easy. But with a lot of help, he got in the car and hit the road for a long, wonderful life

What Living Sober Is All About

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives

By: Pamela R. | Bend, Ore.

Beginning in fear, ending in hope: one alcoholic’s journey

Confessions of a high school cheerleader

September 2019 | Young & Sober

By: Jennifer M. | Columbus, Nebraska

When the cheering stopped, she made a play to join the winning team

Dear Grapevine

May 2017

Alley Cat

August 2012

By: R.H. | Nashville, Tennessee

He and his furry buddy went through early sobriety together

God drove me there

July 2009

By: Mathew B. | Wyoming

Craving booze, he heads for the liquor store and ends up at an AA meeting instead