Alcohol Involvement
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
John M.
| Ontonagon, Mich.
He decided he’d be the first AA to figure out how to drink and stay sober at the same time. It didn’t quite work out that way
God, I Need You Right Now
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Billie Jo M.
The woman said "Come on in. honey. We are waiting for you.” And the dark hole inside her began to fill
The Thin Ice
October 2011
By:
Kimberly M.
Emotional turmoil kept her drinking; serenity and the Steps kept her sober
Sunshine Of The Spirit
June 2006
By:
Richard H.
| New York, New York
Sometimes love lies beneath the surface
Every Day? (June 1971)
November 2004
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Our Quality Control Procedure
10th Step
November 1979
By:
L. H.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it - From the June 1971 Grapevine
10th Step
June 1971
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
A Long Recovery After A Long Relapse
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Daniel P.
| Vancouver, Wash.
Twenty years of drinking left him literally scarred, but active recovery brought him to peaceful sobriety and a chance to journey around the world
What hope looks like
September 2016
By:
Kathe P.,
| Louisville, Colo.
How a woman’s tragic accident became a beautiful asset
Web Exclusive: Life is Good
February 2012
By:
Francine H.
| Staten Island, New York
A member reflects on her 28th anniversary
Dear Grapevine
July 2011
Mail Call for A.A.s at Home and Abroad
June 1949
By:
Members of Honor Camp A.A. Group
| Marquette, Michigan
Big Shots, Eh?
April 1946
At Wit’s End
May 2025
| Young and Sober
Lucky Me
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Marcella R.
| Gulfport, Fla.
That man’s share changed my sobriety that day. I stopped wanting fairness; I now wanted mercy, for myself and everyone else.
At Wit’s End
February 2011