When It’s Time
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lori W.
| Smithers, BC
Coming to AA after four “dry” years not drinking, she discovered the joy of fellowship
Happy Hour
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Ann B.
| Sunset Beach Calif., USA
Who would have guessed she’d find a home group she loves in a former beach town bar?
We are one
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Michael A.
| Seattle, Wash.
Once too unique for AA, he now sees how much we’re the same and how much we need each other
Just released—what now?
April 2017
By:
Pat B.
| Reno, Nevada
When it’s time to leave the facility and there’s booze on every corner, Bridging the Gap can help
Recovery Begins at the End of the Road
March 2000
By:
Brad C.
| Homer, Alaska
A new opportunity beckoned
First-meeting Cautious
June 1974
By:
Laura L.
| Sonoma, California
All she did was listen and the listening made her feel better
Oh, Lonesome Me!
May 1968
By:
Janet V.
| Blantyre
An AA Loner in Africa finds there are lots of pretty nice people around
Possum Lodge
June 2008
By:
Earl W.
| Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania
Hot dogs and recovery in the glow of a campfire
Lost and Found
January 1998
By:
Keith B.
| Oceanside, California
This AA learned that he could not stay angry and stay sober
Eye of the Storm
October 1997
By:
J.G. & M.G.
| LaBelle, Florida
An AA meeting in the midst of Rio's Carnival
Who Carries the Message?
February 1985
By:
G. T.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
We all do, in a surprising variety of ways
Start Forgiving
September 1979
By:
R. E.
| Gloucester, New Jersey
Her own guilt disappeared at the same time her anger did
Gimmicks
December 1976
By:
J. M.
| Kinsley, Kansas
Some things to hang on to while we're still hanging on
Here I Am
February 1976
By:
K. L.
| Sacramento, California
Differences and difficulties are mellowed by love and understanding