Fractured Friendship
July 2011
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
Two women, inseparable in drinking and sobriety, until one relapses
On the Jailhouse Floor
July 2003
By:
Jerome R. S.
| Corona, California
Spiritual awakenings can happen in the most unlikely places, and once they do, there's no telling where life will lead
Come with Me on My Rounds. . .
February 1971
By:
R. L.
| Pasadena, California
A hard night's duty in a hospital that cares for suffering alcoholics brings deeper understanding and respect
Interview With the Author of "AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety
September 1995
By:
BOB P.
Third in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
Finding the Path
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Emma M.
| Rhode Island
She was young, partied hard, went to jail—but never stopped seeking the right path to God and sobriety
Open-minded
December 2013
By:
B.C.
| New Market, Maryland
A member gets a morning reminder to appreciate our spiritual diversity
Treatment, Toddlers, Traditions
January 2009
By:
Diana A.
| Cathedral City, California
An AA shares her experience, strength, and hope (and the Traditions) in a 'mommies meeting'
Who Is that Boy in the Painting?
January 2012
By:
David M.
| Toledo, Ohio
Lost in alcohol, a young man robs his own parents and can't believe who he's become
Riding the Rods
June 1990
Pinstripe Perfect
May 2004
By:
Dwayne S.
| Carmel, Indiana
The rise and fall of a hard-drinking, fast-talking Wall Street exec
Hold on tight
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Alice M.
| Cleveland, Ohio
At five months sober, she was about to give up. But a late night motorcycle ride gave her the jump start she needed
Dear Grapevine
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
One step at a time
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Anonymous
| New Britain, Conn.
A member shares about his journey into sobriety and the challenges of living with cerebral palsy
Craving
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jim S.
| Virginia Beach, Va.
Looking back after half a century in AA, he remembers his intense craving for alcohol and how the Steps and his Higher Power pulled him through
Out of the foxhole
April 2015
By:
Patrick D.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
After his pink cloud went away challenges hit, and isolation led him down a tunnel of white-knuckling pain
The Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me
November 2014
By:
Stephen M.
| Neenah, Wisconsin
He thought alcohol had ruined his life. Now he feels differently
Sober Sailor
August 2011
By:
Tommy C.
| Port Angeles, Washington
A seafaring man finds sobriety and the greatest adventure of his life in AA
Sober In The Sixties
July 2006
By:
Fairleigh M.
| La Mesa, California
A long-timer talks about getting sober in her teens
The Varieties Of AA Literature
October 2003
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
--One Member's Experience