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Time to Up My Game

October 2020 | Money and Sobriety
By: Anonymous | Corpus Christi, Texas
The first 11 Steps had transformed his life. Now it was time for Step Twelve

Marine, Mom and Alcoholic

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Janice M. | Carlsbad, Calif.
To escape the hell she was living in, she put herself in “the middle of AA.” She’s still there

Maybe it’ll work for me

March 2018
By: Laura B. | Manasquan, New Jersey
Alcohol drove her and her father apart. Then one day she needed the hope he had

No accident

July 2017
By: Janet T. | Leesburg, Virginia
A harrowing moment on the highway and a surprising experience at work told her something was looking after her

Bird trouble

April 2017
By: Woody R. | Stockton, California
He was in a jam alright, but it wasn’t over feathers. This time liquor had him locked up good

A Learning Journey

April 2017
In and out of prisons and institutions, with time spent on the streets, he never knew he was on a journey that would lead to hope, sobriety, and a fulfilling life

Highway Patrol or HP?

November 2014
By: Sarah H. | Vernal, Utah
A felony DUI conviction set her on the path to sobriety

Somewhere in New Mexico

August 2014
By: Alan H. | Idaho Falls, Idaho
He had resigned himself to drinking until he died when someone asked him a question that changed everything

Moments of Being

August 2014
By: Elizabeth E. | Albuquerque, New Mexico
With over 35 years of sobriety, she came back to the Eleventh Step and had a spiritual awakening

Keep the Change

September 2011
By: Malkiel-Robert | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
A transition from drunk to sober, unworthy to deserving, woman to man …

Get a Commitment

March 2011
By: Roxanne R. | Valley Center, California
Her sponsor said she’d better start doing service if she wanted to stay sober

Puppet of Destruction

January 2011
By: Kelly S. | West Hempstead, NY
A promising young woman drinks herself past the point of no return

My Grandmother's Gift

February 2009
By: Cathy P. | Sheridan, Wyoming
As a newborn, a member helped keep her grandmother sober. Years later, her grandmother helped her.

Back In the Saddle Again

November 2002
By: B.B. | San Francisco, California
February 1989

Light of the Spirit

July 1997
By: Judy S. | Mission Viejo, California

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Let it snow

December 2016
By: Tolly M. | Charlottesville, Virginia
Holidays were once a constant storm. But now we have each other to keep us sober, safe and warm

Dear Grapevine

April 2016

Dear Grapevine

January 2015

Forgiven

October 2013
By: Eavan J. | Landing, New Jersey
What she got one drunken night on the highway was much more powerful than booze

Story Archive: Stress in the City

April 2011
By: Laura S. | Brooklyn, New York

Stress In The City

September 2007
By: Laura S. | Brooklyn, New York
A student thrives with support

The Empty Vessel

June 2006
By: C.C. | Memphis, Tennessee
Home, family, profession--nothing seemed to fill her up

No Time for Self-pity

March 1974
By: E. H. | Eugene, Oregon
Turning her emotional problems over to Other Hands, she gets on with the job of living

It Took a Movie to Do It

December 1967
By: V. C. | Tucson, Arizona
How "Days of Wine and Roses" brought an end to his days of border-town Rum Runs

My Name Is Al

May 1967
By: A. H. | Ithaca, New York
An alcoholic's own story

That Loud-mouth !*"#!!*!

October 1963
By: B. E. T. | Siesta Key, Florida
I had just learned to control my resentments, when

My Empathetic God

March 1962
By: C. A. | Los Angeles
. . .and the Word was God" proved a stumbling block for this "scientifically oriented rationalist

One AA's Answer to Dr. Taylor

November 1953
By: G. Aiken Taylor, Ph.D. | Burlington, North Carolina, Dr. Taylor is the a

Bum Voyage

December 1950
By: J.L.F. | Paris
tribulations of a foreign secretary

How to Make It On the Street

July 2003
By: Don P. | Aurora, Colorado
For this AA, it was clear: if he wanted to stop serving time, he had to serve others

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