Sunshine & Rainbows
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
James M.
| Leland Grove, Illinois
He was scared of Marty. She was tough. Luckily, he took a suggestion that became a long, wonderful friendship
Dear Grapevine
November 2023
| Gratitude
To Love a Dad
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Dick H.
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina
A newcomer heads to North Carolina to make amends to his father. Good thing he took his sponsor’s suggestion and prayed
Just like dad
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jake G.
| Leander, Texas
The alcoholic “monster” he tried so hard not to become was the person he turned to for help
A Long Recovery After A Long Relapse
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Daniel P.
| Vancouver, Wash.
Twenty years of drinking left him literally scarred, but active recovery brought him to peaceful sobriety and a chance to journey around the world
Showtime
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Mark J.
| Kona, Hawaii
After years of bad blood, it was time to make amends to his mom. Who knew it would involve a new outfit and a bunch of dancing
Good Reasons
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Greg A.
| Carlsbad, Calif.
It took an especially awful Fourth of July to make him realize he really was “that bad”
One book’s journey
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Julia D.
| Westfield, N.J.
The making of the book Our Great Responsibility: A Selection of Bill W.’s General Service Conference Talks (1951-1970)
Doing The Next Right Thing
September 2016
As she fights her way through years of incredible adversity, a woman discovers the healing messages to be found in familiar slogans
The Hole Within
September 2016
No matter how much he drank, the empty space inside of him could never be filled, until found the Higher Power he had always avoided
You're in for a Ride
July 2016
With jobs, family, relationships, he always ran out of gas. But now that he's sober, his life has really hit the road
The 19th Hole
January 2012
By:
Donna G.
| Rochester Hills, Michigan
Drinking killed her golf career but not her joy for life
Doctors' Opinions
September 2011
By:
Shauna M.
| London
More can be done to educate the medical community about alcoholism
Getting Past the Denial
July 2011
By:
Donna M.
Seeing her best friend get sober, she could no longer pretend that her drinking wasn't a problem
JUST FRIENDS
May 2010
By:
BERNIE S.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
When boy meets girl on AA campus, sometimes it works
