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.
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
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
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
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
