Street Tough
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Lonnie D.
| Washington, D.C.
Growing up in D.C., he learned to drink and fight, but in AA he learned to surrender
Filling the Vacancy
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lisa D.
| Palmyra, Va.
Staring into the mirror after decades of drinking, she discovered a person she did not recognize
Finding myself
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Tereson D.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
An emotional journey to find her birth mother revealed a beautiful truth of her own
Blurred ambition
June 2017
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
A drunken writer with dreams of success places two huge bets that change his life
The Long Journey Home
January 2015
By:
Anonymous
A WWII vet with 60 years sober shares tales of rough seas and calm waters
Letting go of the good life
June 2009
By:
Steve T.
| Weed, Calif.
After years in the fast lane, a musician settles down with AA
A White-glove Relapse
March 2006
By:
Jim H.
| Woodland, California
Things don't have to be bad to get worse
The Real Miracle
November 2016
For this recovering alcoholic Down Under, AA spells gratitude—to her home group, her Higher Power, her sponsor, and to all the people who have made the miracle of sobriety happen for her.
Mike the Plumber and Airplane Tim?
November 2014
By:
Jim T.
| Longmont, Colorado
Should AAs be less anonymous when we introduce ourselves to each other?
Pop that Top!
May 2014
By:
Becky G.,
| Greater Levittown, Pennsylvania
With her sponsor’s help, she opened her past and let it all spew out
Web Exclusive: Six Axioms of Alcoholic Thinking
February 2012
By:
George T.
| New Bern, North Carolina
A member gives us a rundown in plain English
Her Best Friend Beer
July 2011
By:
Jackie C.
| Carefree, Arizona
Oh, how she would miss her trusty buddy; you know, the one that ruined her life
Out of the Hole
November 2004
By:
Matt Y.
| Staten Island, New York
There can be no way to erase a crime of the past, but there is recovery