Yes To Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Ken K.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
In the aftermath of the tragic death of a sponsee, his sponsor reflects back on life, service, and relapse in AA
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
John K.
| Carleton Place, Ontario
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
Son of a rocket scientist
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
David M.
| Denver, Colo.
His analytical mind had to see results of a Higher Power at work. Thanks to his sponsor, he could show you it on a chart
More hope than I know what to do with
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tyler A.
| Globe, Arizona
A young man turns his life around in prison and even becomes his AA group’s GSR
Unhappy memorial day
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Porter T.
| San Diego, California
After a bellyfull of beer, a sober Vietnam vet’s celebration takes a very nasty turn
Here for each other
June 2018
By:
Dorothy J.
| New Salem, Massachusetts
The long, beautiful friendship of two women who met at the New York City St. Luke’s AA meeting in 1959
On the edge
March 2018
By:
Joe H.
| New Westminster, British Columbia
Through the smashed furniture and pain, he watched alcohol bring his family down. Then came his moment
Thirst for adventure
March 2017
By:
Edith F.
| Essex, Massachusetts
A footloose bohemian sobers up and hits the road and discovers things she never imagined
Listening for 50 years
September 2016
In 1965, an old-timer heard the bartender say last call. Five decades later, he’s still using his ears
Your Voices In My Head
October 2014
By:
Dave
| Manchester, Washington
An AA thinks back on all the things people in and out of the rooms have said to him about his alcoholism
Central Office Notes
September 2014
By:
E.G.
The Honolulu Story. . . Continued from the August Issue
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
Mother's Day
May 2016
A once-drunken daughter takes her mom a special gift and ends up getting one herself
The Father Who Left
September 2014
By:
Les G.
| Highlands Ranch, Colorado
It was many years later that he would return to play a part in the son's sobriety
Dear Grapevine
April 2012
Women in AA in the 1950s
August 2011
By:
Betty H. (as told to Deborah H.)
| Mesa, Arizona
Remembering what it was like to get sober as a woman in the early days of AA in the Twin Cities
Out of the wilderness
July 2010
By:
BILL H.
| Ann Arbor, Mich.
A teacher and canoeist finally accepts that drinking has made his life unmanageable
The Wonder of It All
February 2005
By:
Jo P.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Life never runs out of surprises
The Only Faith You Need
February 2004
By:
Michael B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
An agnostic's adventure with the God thing
Who Was That Masked Man?
November 1994
By:
C. S.
| New York, New York
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