Adjudicated
November 2014
By:
Anonymous
A reader responds to an article from the September 2013 issue of the Grapevine
A Long Way to the Green Berets
August 2014
By:
Clark W.
| Leadville, Colorado
He was drunk and living in his truck. Then he sobered up and served his country
Letter from Spain
June 2014
By:
Francisco P.
| Gijón
An AA from Gijon, on Spain's northern coast, shares his story with Grapevine readers
Cookies and More
February 2014
By:
Robert J.
| Sacramento, California
His granddaughter's appreciation of meetings taught him a humble lesson
A Thousand Angels
January 2014
By:
Kathleen D.
| Shirley, New York
Her journey to learn about Tradition One opened her heart to hope
Worrywart in the Mountains
January 2014
By:
Gloria K.
| Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Sometimes when we question things, we get very specific answers
Father of the Bride
July 2013
By:
Anonymous
Once too drunk to walk down the aisle, a newly sober dad finds there's something amazing to cry about
The happiest boy in the world
June 2013
By:
J.S.
| Grand Marais, Michigan
It wasn't the baseball glove that gave him joy, it was his dad's first anniversary
Up in Smoke
May 2013
By:
Patrick K.
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana
On a quiet back road in Louisiana, he lit a flame that celebrated a brand new man
My Bottom is Mine
January 2013
By:
Paul S.
| Largo, Florida
Was yours high or low? One alcoholic ponders the question
Our War Stories
October 2011
By:
John K.
| New York, New York
A member questions the wisdom of action-packed, graphic drunkalogues in meetings
Alcoholism At Large
March 2011
Fix me or else
March 2011
By:
Ames S.
| New York, New York
Has a notion of a “problem-free” sobriety warped our expectations?
Chairman of the Group
May 1974
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
Before the meeting he worried. Afterward, he picked up butts and swept the floor. He learned a lot
I Was Not Alone with My Fears
April 1971
By:
L. W.
| Sherman Oaks, California
In AA I found people who knew what I meant when I talked about fear
I Had to Quit Fighting
September 1970
By:
B. R.
| Hope, Arkansas
And then, in the act of surrender, fear turned into fearlessness
Bed Number Eleven
A boisterous, sleepless night in the detox was a good reminder of where a glass of wine could take him
The Bridge
February 1969
By:
K. M.
| Webster Groves, Missouri
At one time the group's youngest member was twenty-two and the oldest was eighty. But they had one common goal--sobriety
I'm No Hero!
November 1968
By:
Anonymous
| Saratoga, California
You find out alcohol has unpleasant effects on you. So you top taking it. What's so great about that?
To Find Truth. . .To Feel Love. . .To Stay Young. . .
March 1968
By:
D. A. S.
| Mount Clemens, Michigan
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
November 1967
By:
Vance S.
| Long Beach, California
I'd Throw On My Bill W. T-Shirt, My Serenity Tie-Tack, and Ride!
Christmas Present
December 1965
By:
T. F. C.
| Suite Dorothee, Quebec
How some poor-me holiday blues were changed into love and the desire to share
I Nearly Quit
September 1965
By:
J. S.
| Walla Walla, Washington
Step Discussion - Here's a good start on a closed meeting discussion of Step Two, with emphasis on that word "sanity