The Legend of the Dreamcatcher
August 2002
By:
Brandyn B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
One woman's journey into AA
Going Sane
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Katy O.
| Satellite Beach, Florida
This fun-loving newcomer thought AA meant the good times were over. Boy, did she get a big surprise
The Big Easy Does It
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Phoebe M.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
Getting sober young in a city known for intense drinking can be challenging. But she’s getting out there and doing it
Staying focused
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
George H.
| Kingston, New Hampshire
A member shares his thoughts about opinions, judgments, outside issues and our primary purpose
Kindness of the Human Heart
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Ron K.
| St. Charles, Missouri
How a woman he once harmed taught him about forgiveness, love and being truly free
A Tip From The Grapevine
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jeffrey C.
| Big Canoe, Ga.
Just because we think it doesn’t make it so
Lighting the way
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Tina W.
| Hobe Sound, Fla.
Though her last day drinking was rudderless and dark, she found a beacon to point the way out
Lesson in Faith
September 2015
By:
Rex R.
| Tinley Park,, Ill.
Down to his last dollars and full of fear, he turned to his Higher Power
Shangri-La
November 2014
By:
Jim H.
| Zephyrhills, Florida
It was the AA guys in prison who taught him about a new freedom and a new happiness
Signing for Sobriety
February 2014
By:
Kelly W.
| SeaTac, Washington
A deaf woman in Washington gets sober and passes it on
The man in the mirror
October 2009
By:
PAUL W.
| Rochester, N.Y.
Prone to anger, an alcoholic takes a Tenth Step inventory
Wednesday, About 4:00 A.M.
March 2004
By:
Brian McP.
| Elliot Lake, Ontario
How had it happened? How had he gotten drunk again?
From Pink Cloud to Pain and Panic
April 1971
By:
J. C.
| Topeka, Kansas
Pain is a warning that something is wrong--and that we need to do something about it
The Willow Tree of Willingness
Reflecting upon a speaking engagement, she recognized the key to her spirituality
Birthday Plan
September 1956
By:
A. F. K.
| Little Rock, Arkansas
A Few Plain Words" by C.W.W., Montpelier, Idaho, in the February issue of The Grapevine was evidently the nudge I needed to take the proverbial pen in hand.
Slips
March 1946
Mr. Irresistible
November 2005
By:
Chris R.
| Spring City, Utah
He was better, stronger, and faster than anyone else. Why was she talking to him about her drinking?
A Teen-age Heller
April 1961
By:
Anon.
| Yonkers, New York
For most alcoholics, the disease develops slowly and grows insidiously. Here, it was a quick bonfire, searing a young life in a few months
Out of the Storm
January 2012
By:
Lee T.
| Dawsonville, Georgia
A newcomer explores Step One and the five ways he was definitely powerless and unmanageable