Paradise not lost
October 2016
How a return to the scene of her darkest drinking became a beautiful experience
St. Louis Blues
August 2016
Too much booze and a nasty fistfight got this 20-year-old mother a one-way ticket to a psych ward
Dear Grapevine
June 2016
Dear Grapevine
May 2016
Dear Grapevine
March 2016
One Main Road
November 2015
Early in sobriety, she took a trip that confirmed for her that the path of AA was the right one
Dear Grapevine
September 2015
Dear Grapevine
August 2015
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
The Road from Reno
September 2014
By:
Don A.
| Germantown, Tennessee
On a cross-country trip with his parents, a son learns a valuable lesson while making amends to his mom
Dear Grapevine
August 2014
Rowing Up the River
June 2014
By:
Jim
| Tasmania
After he started feeling worse sober, he realized that he needed to do things differently
Dear Grapevine
February 2014
20 reasons
December 2013
By:
Debi E.
| Springfield, Illinois
After 20 glorious sober years, a woman expresses her gratitude
Confrontation
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
An old-timer learns a valuable lesson about the need to "discipline" her group
One Main Road
November 2015
Early in sobriety, she took a trip that confirmed for her that the path of AA was the right one
Dear Grapevine
September 2015
Dear Grapevine
August 2015
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
The Road from Reno
September 2014
By:
Don A.
| Germantown, Tennessee
On a cross-country trip with his parents, a son learns a valuable lesson while making amends to his mom
Dear Grapevine
August 2014
Rowing Up the River
June 2014
By:
Jim
| Tasmania
After he started feeling worse sober, he realized that he needed to do things differently
Dear Grapevine
February 2014
20 reasons
December 2013
By:
Debi E.
| Springfield, Illinois
After 20 glorious sober years, a woman expresses her gratitude
Confrontation
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
An old-timer learns a valuable lesson about the need to "discipline" her group
Back in the Groove
January 2013
A man at a mountain retreat helps a songwriter change his tune—just in time
Dear Grapevine
December 2012
Moment in the Mirror
January 2012
By:
John E.
| Seattle, Washington
Sweating and shaking in front of the bathroom cabinet, he looked at himself finally surrendered
Sign Language
December 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
Public information begins at home for this alcoholic
The Year I Needed Santa
December 2011
By:
P.S.
| Phoenix, Arizona
An unexpected encounter in a neighbor's yard helps a woman get her gratitude game back