Traumatic Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Bonnie J.
| Billings, MT.
“Hijacked” by alcohol for most of her life, she had found “an entire psychic change” in AA
Deal me in
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Tom S
| Cottonwood, Arizona
It wasn’t who won or lost, it was about the stories the old-timers told
Checking out
October 2016
Who's Gonna Drive You Home?
December 2015
12 Steps—8000 Miles
September 2015
Thanks to the Internet, a newcomer in Argentina finds a sponsor who can help her do the work
A Canine Step Nine
March 2013
By:
S.K.
| Alma, Arkansas
Some amends can be made with a milk bone and a little scratch behind the ears
A Well-Lighted Place
December 2011
By:
Gary S.
| Missouri City, Texas
He was about to give up finding the meeting when he saw a lighted cabin
Recent Assemblies And Forums
January 2006
A Spiritual Homecoming
September 2005
By:
Ed M.
| St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis AAs prepare to celebrate the birth of our General Service Conference
Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces
January 1945
The Spiritual Side of Life
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Veronica B.
| Yuma, Ariz.
After her father’s death, the Big Book leads her to self-forgiveness
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?
A Good Cry At The Alcathon
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Lisa Q.
| Bronx, N.Y.
Holding wrinkled tissues stained with mascara, a newly sober mom feels the love of a home group that has embraced her
A More Likable Me
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Anonymous
| New Britain, Conn.
After years of anger and self-pity fueled by liquor, he used the tools of AA to become a kind, loving dad
Wherever you go
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Jeanne R.
| Rochester, Pennsylvania
Her move to Florida would’ve gone a whole lot easier had she remembered her sponsor’s wise words
Chubby gods, skinny gods
February 2017
By:
Michelle B.
| Hazel Park, Michigan
A newcomer’s journey with Step Two was a mighty voyage, but one thing for sure, she was willing
20 reasons
December 2013
By:
Debi E.
| Springfield, Illinois
After 20 glorious sober years, a woman expresses her gratitude
You'll Drive, Honey
July 2002
By:
Carol P.
| Brookline, Massachusetts
Almost anything is possible with a fellow alcoholic by your side
Sobriety at Sea
April 1999
By:
Kyle U.
| Ventura, California
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Divine Hot Line
December 1977
By:
E. P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She has found an immediate connection for conversation with the God of her understanding