Home group heartbreaker
February 2011
By:
Anonymous
Sometimes following group conscience is the hardest thing in the world
FROM THIS POINT ON
July 2008
By:
Robert H.
| Neudorf, Saskatchewan
AA in a Saskatchewan prison over forty years ago
It's No Game
May 2003
By:
Greg K.
| Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Failure to take this disease seriously can be tragic
What’s in a number?
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Gail V.
| Burlington, Ontario
Do we sometimes put too much importance on the amount of sober time we have?
Quiet Gratitude
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
C.M.
| Kihei, Hawaii
After getting sober, all the good things that come her way are just “icing on the cake”
Feeling myself to death
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Marjri M.
| Idaho Falls, Idaho
A mother recalls a sponsor’s curious suggestion, one that worked like a miracle
Social Workers Do Not Drive Porsches
November 2018
By:
Russell H.
| Lauderdale by the Sea, Fla.
With every stop this alcoholic took into the land of “more, more, more,” he grew further away from his spiritual self
Remember, Dream, Live
May 2014
By:
Randy E.
| Marshall, Minnesota
Three words to guide one's sobriety
If the World Falls Apart
December 2011
By:
Suzanne
| New York, New York
Sober colleagues help each other stay away from a drink in the midst of calamity
Dear Grapevine
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
Reflections On Freedom
May 2007
By:
Bo C.
| Columbus, Ohio
A drunk looks back on the smoldering remains of the past and the firm terrain of the present
Journey to Our Beginnings
April 1983
By:
C. R.
| Plymouth, Minnesota
And to the land of wine and brew--AA style
We Need More than Just Sobriety
August 1968
By:
P. K.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A big resentment made his sober life unmanageable until he faced up to what Step Six asks us to do
Dawn at the Rehab
February 2013
By:
Nancy S.
| Sweet Home, Oregon
She was angry and wanted nothing to do with God—until one frozen 5 a.m. smoke break
It Takes What It Takes
June 1978
By:
B. P.
| Pompano Beach, Florida
Her first Fourth Step wasn't too honest, but it opened the door to self-acceptance
Across the Editor's Desk
February 1961
Dear Grapevine
May 2011
Take 8
September 1956
By:
Anonymous
| Tokyo
It's been eight years. Measured in units of twenty-four hours. And of that you may be certain sure, Charlie thought.
Practice These Principles. . .
June 1987
Tradition Six: An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose