Tale of 3 Sponsors
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Joycee C.
| Englewood, Florida
She put some through hell, but she listened and learned about life, love and helping others
Dear Grapevine
September 2024
| Young and Sober
Love at First Sight
August 2024
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Rachel B.
| Kew Gardens, New York
She had five months, did a few Steps and was ready to date again! What could possibly go wrong?
The Experiment
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jeri W.
| Yukon, Oklahoma
To help with Step One, they suggested she try some controlled drinking. So she did. Let’s see how it went
Mom’s Holiday Gift
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
At two years sober, she was tempted by some bubbly Christmas “cheer.” Luckily she thought the drink through
Dear Grapevine
September 2023
| Young & Sober
Dear Grapevine
April 2023
| AA & Families
Dear Grapevine
March 2023
| Get Into Service
Dear Grapevine
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
Dear Grapevine
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
The Fruit of the Spirit
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anne H.
| Cammack Village, Ark
She tilled her garden as carefully as her sobriety—and both have come to fruition
51 years of peeling the onion
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Dick J.
| Riverside, Calif.
One day in 1971 he listened to that still small voice and made a decision. What an adventure it’s been
Saying yes
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Kenneth K.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
A sponsee he’ll never forget taught him something he’ll always remember
Keeping It Real
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Kevin M.
| Connell,, Wash.
After COVID shuts down all meetings, he stays sober in prison, writing his sponsor, praying and helping others as best he can
Dear Grapevine
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Paradise Found
February 2014
By:
Jim F.
| Devonport
A long-time member finally finds contentment in himself—not somewhere on a map
Two Garbage Trucks in the Night
August 2013
By:
Josh H.
| New York, New York
Sober dating doesn't always have to be messy
How to Fall in Love
February 2012
By:
Bill S.
| Robbinsville, North Carolina
It's simple, once you know where to look
Web Exclusive: Too Much is Never Enough
May 2011
By:
Jim F.
| Tasmania
An AA member wrestles with financial insecurity for years before coming to terms with living simply
Soldier on
July 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Mission, British Columbia
A Korean War vet who shot a man while drunk begins to repair his past
Cash & prizes
June 2010
By:
LAURIE W.
| Howard Beach, N.Y.
Fearing her son would find her dead, an alcoholic turns her life around
If You Can't Beat 'Em,
September 2005
By:
Oliver V.
| Leander, Texas
From pillow fights to probation
Going to Any Lengths
February 2005
By:
Ron B.
| Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
One AA can do a lot to carry the message to elders
In the Land of Ice and Snow
February 2005
A Horse Named Zachary
February 2004
By:
Amy G.
| West Hartford, Connecticut
He was nonjudgmental and deeply sympathetic