Early Warning Signs
February 2017
Alarm bells had been going off for this “Jekyll & Hyde” alcoholic all his life, but it took a felony charge for him to finally be able to hear them
Listen Sonny
September 2014
By:
Robert B.
| Fremont, California
Desperate to not pick up one morning, a 60-year-old newcomer meets his match
Finding Bottom
August 2014
By:
Jackie H.
After she had to move out of the motels and onto friends' couches, she reached for the phone book to look up AA
A Life Worth Living
June 2014
By:
Barry P.
| Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Even as he battles cancer, he feels grateful for the life he receives in sobriety
Going Against the Crowd
March 2012
By:
Paul M.
| Oak Lawn, Illinois
An AA questions the pressure to conform to certain widespread meeting practices
Freedom's Fight
May 2011
By:
Jim C.
| Boulder, Colorado
How a dog showed an alcoholic that every day is a gift
Web Exclusive: On the Other Side of Amends
May 2011
By:
Steve H.
An alcoholic ends up on the receiving side of an amends for a change
Dear Grapevine
April 2011
Get in the car
April 2011
By:
Ed M.
| Gig Harbor, Washington
Little did he know, he was about to embark on the ride of his life
It's Not About Me
January 2004
By:
Janis H.
| St. Catharines, Ontario
The freedom of getting out of the way
Make 'Em Laugh
August 2003
By:
Mary O.
| Bokeelia, Florida
An old sobersides falls in love with laughter
Al-Anon's Role in the Alcoholic's Home
June 1960
By:
Ruth Fox, M. D.
The drunk usually wreaks havoc on those closest to him--or her. Here is how suffering non-alcoholic members of the family are being helped.
That Wonderful Sense of Belonging
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Scotty K.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
A motorcycle trip was what he loved most in life. But why could he not enjoy it? Ninth Step to the rescue
Dear Grapevine
February 2025
| Longtimers
Card-carrying thumper
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Jim H.
| Largo, Florida
By following the directions in the book, he became a passionate lifetime fan
Report on Carrying the Message to Africa
June 1999
Adapted from the Final Report of the 15th World Service Meeting, held in Auckland, New Zealand, October 1998
How to Act at a Party
June 1960
Not even your glassy-eyed hostess cares when you tell her that you and Gin Barleycorn aren't on speaking terms
The Big Hurt
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tony L.
| Newport Beach, Calif.
Step by Step, the pain goes away.