When We See Ourselves Clearly
March 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Indianapolis, Indiana
Self-acceptance and a desire to become what we could be are vital steps on the road to recovery
To Tell Or Not to Tell
April 1970
By:
G. O'L.
| Chicago, Illinois
In seeking a job, being candid about one's alcoholism has its dangers, sometimes its rewards
The Conniver's Prayer
January 1967
By:
B. R., Anonymous
Herewith a how-to document that ought to be of no use to anybody
Closed Meeting
February 1961
By:
M. H.
| New York, New York
An AA seriously trying to live the program has a magic charm against nameless fears
Inside Job
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Y.K.P.
| Agassiz, B.C.
How on earth could he get sober in a jail where everyone was getting wasted? It was tough, but he made a solitary decision
The Long Walk Up
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
J.J.
| Louisville, Kentucky
All he wanted was some AA literature, so he headed up the stairs. Luckily, Helen met him at the top
Safe Haven
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Nancy W.
| Southbury, Conn
Gratitude for the Manhattan meeting that changed her life
Pedro's Story
September 1957
By:
Pedro
THIS ARTICLE, like "A Letter to Headquarters"(p, 40), is also part of the Grapevine's promised program to tell more of the individual stories of worldwide "Twelfth Stepping" as reflected in the endless flow of letters, from far and near, to the familiar "
Ham on Wry
November 1994
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1975
By:
The Journal Addiction Research Foundation
Laws Called Lethal
Dear Grapevine
May 2025
| Young and Sober
Dear Grapevine
May 2023
| Home Group
No Laughing Matter
April 2013
By:
Kris G.
| Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Her drinking became a big joke; then nobody thought it was funny
God’s in the Cooler
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Troy F.
| Newton, Iowa
After a deadly accident, he finds God in an unlikely place
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
Just Like Mom
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ashley J.
| Winthrop Harbor, Ill.
Her mother was the sober example she didn’t know she needed
My First Steps
Web Exclusives
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By:
Liz D.
| Kelowna, B.C .
A seed blossomed into sobriety