Hotel Serenity
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Laura B.
| Grants Pass, Oregon
The clinking glasses and the mini-bar were telling her to check out. Luckily she found a reason to hang on
Full Speed Sober
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Jeremy S.
| Baltimore, Maryland
With a little too much energy, a newcomer hits the road to avoid his Ninth Step. Boy, was he in for an adventure!
My big fat taped-up Big Book
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Nancy K.
| Galt, California
She held on to a copy for dear life...then she realized it was written for her
Connecticut, My Prison
November 2014
By:
Elizabeth E.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
She went to the country for a fresh start. She didn't get very far
Dear Grapevine: Letters from Readers
November 2014
A Brother's Mission
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
A trip to the cemetery for a Ninth Step amend came with some beautiful surprises
Falling Tree
May 2012
She came to believe in a power greater than herself while sitting in her neighbor's garden
Web Exclusive: Wrong Number?
September 2011
By:
Nina H.
| Chicago, Illinois
A chance misdial prevented her from picking up the first drink
Web Exclusive: What It’s Like Now
March 2011
By:
Ginger
| Evansdale, Iowa
An old-timer tells why it’s important to share what she’s going through today.
Second chance at life
October 2009
By:
SUSAN B.
| Alexandria, Va.
Sober, she remembers the insanity of her past as she moves forward
Right Before My Eyes
September 2008
By:
Mike K.
| Kenai, Alaska
An AA witnesses the slow, steady growth of a group in prison
What Does Your Daddy Do?
February 2006
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
(Mine goes to AA meetings)
Short Snorts
July 1959
Noblesse Oblige
June 1963
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson
He tries to share what he has received with everybody
Drop Anchor
May 2015
By:
Steve H.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Simple CPC work helps one member stay sober and keep his ship docked in the solution
Web Exclusive: Get With the Program
December 2011
By:
David A.
| Clifton, Texas
An old timer exhorts newcomers to do the Steps and not just go to meetings
Getting the Drunks In
April 1978
By:
C. B.
| Santa Maria, California
Our aim is to attract them--let's not worry about who sends them to us
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
March 1947
By:
Elsie J. W.
| Binghamton, New York
Helping Hands and Hearts
