A Good Cry in the Desert
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
A.R.
| Allentown, Pa.
After losing his long battle with alcohol, a soldier finally surrenders to win
A Dream is a Promise You Give Yourself
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Elizabeth P.
| New York
Instead of crashing at the gates of alcoholic hell, she got to have cake with her good sober friends
Backyard Bowery
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Steve S.
| Manhasset, New York
As a boy, he’d seen men drunk on the street and wondered how they got there. Well, he found out
Man of Many Masks
April 2013
By:
Rodney
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida
There was the Wall Street Rodney, the college Rodney, the gay Rodney. Where would it end?
Dear Grapevine
January 2013
The Measure of Success
September 2008
By:
Gretchen P.
| Toledo, Ohio
It's not what you accomplish, but what you overcome
My Name Is Bertha. . .
June 2004
By:
B.D.
| Louisville, Kentucky
After appearing in the Grapevine, this story was included in the Third Edition of the Big Book under the title "Another Chance." - March 1969
Forty-eight Cents
June 2003
By:
Anonymous
| Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
The value of integrity for a drunk on the street
A Mother's Love
August 2004
By:
Sioux G.
| Charles City, Iowa
A newcomer discovers the power of a few AA tools
Whom Do You Tell?
January 2004
By:
Debbie R.
| Kennesaw, Georgia
This time, she claimed her alcoholism for her own
Faith in Full Flower
November 2003
By:
Butch M.
| San Diego, California
A wedding on the eve of grief
The Time Of My Life
November 2003
By:
Rod Mc.
| Regina, Saskatchewan
The fun is in giving freely of yourself
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
September 1980
By:
Harvey McConnell
Ask the Computer
Bus Ride to Sobriety
July 1979
By:
P. B.
| Brooklyn, New York
A happy example of how it works: one alcoholic talking to another
Speak Up
February 1979
By:
C. C.
| Boulder, Colorado
It takes only a few worried words to bring forth a deluge of helpful suggestions
Thankful for All I Have Learned
November 1968
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Experience, no matter how bitter, brings knowledge and understanding, and for this we can all be grateful