Some Recover in Spite of Themselves
July 1960
Activities and developments outside AA in the field of alcoholism. . .an international news report
My Two Sponsors
July 1973
By:
Lu S.
| Fort Worth, Texas
One was tough and one was patient; each had something to offer
Self-Afflicted
March 2012
By:
Daniela P.
| Buffalo, New York
Through working the Steps, she was relieved of her biggest problem
Web Exclusive: Filling the Voids
June 2011
By:
Jim
After getting sober, he learns how to fill up all the space alcohol took up in his life
Stones for the Sea
January 1999
By:
Jack
| Cork
From the Archives - This article first appeared in the July 1955 Grapevine
Truth
August 1973
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
Do we remain captives of the lie when the truth can set us free?
Sentenced to Sobriety
January 2004
By:
Farris R.
| Springfield, Missouri
It took a lot more than prisons and lockdown wards to persuade him to stop drinking
The Millwright's Apprentice
September 2015
A lesson he received long before he got sober still resonates
My First AA Experience
January 2017
She attended her first meeting drunk and the hand of AA did not reach out to her. Sober ten years later, she remembers with resentment—and forgivness.
“I’m an Alcoholic!”
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Howard P.
| New York, New York
He was thrilled to break his anonymity onstage and even to the press. What could possibly go wrong?
My own cup
March 2018
By:
Leslie Anne M.
| Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room
I Remember, I Forget
January 2014
By:
Anthony S.
| Roberts, Montana
Seven years ago, he hit bottom all alone in a dingy house. Things are very different today
Baker's Dozen
July 1961
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
Sobriety, like baking, requires following a Master Recipe
Keep in Shape
June 1960