Helping Others Survive the Holidays
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Steve H.
| Minneapolis, Minn.
Staying sober—and even enjoying yourself—during the holidays
Alcoholism at large
March 2018
HI, WADE!
October 2010
By:
JOE H.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
At a mixed party, AAs break their own anonymity
Nurse's White Shoes
August 1977
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
There is a time for growing up, a time for becoming responsible
Radical Reformation
November 1997
By:
Dr. Dave
| Naples, Florida
A Professor of Religious Studies Finds AA
A Teen-age Heller
April 1961
By:
Anon.
| Yonkers, New York
For most alcoholics, the disease develops slowly and grows insidiously. Here, it was a quick bonfire, searing a young life in a few months
MY EXCUSE
September 2010
By:
DALE K.
| McKeesport, Penn.
Drinking eased his cerebral palsy symptoms, but drove away his friends
Making Do With the Human Race
March 1983
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
Can we ever find our "own sort" of people?
Homecoming?
December 1980
By:
E. T.
| Huttig, Arkansas
He had to confront his friends and neighbors on his return from rehab
Beyond the Badge
March 2016
After years of stress and alcohol abuse, she left the force, but not her dedication to service
The Great Reality Within
April 2003
By:
Guy H.
| Los Angeles, California
For a would-be suicide, the search for peace began with despair
But the Glow Remains
January 1971
By:
L. D. S.
| Colusa, California
The tinseled tree is down and Christmas is over. . .
From the Grass Roots
May 1956