Cut Me Off
February 2012
By:
Clark W.
| Manassas, Virginia
Step Two helped him stop convincing the bartender he could have another beer
At the Crossroads of My Alcoholism
July 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Woodstown, New Jersey
He had reached that place where he couldn't imagine life with alcohol, nor life without it
RESTORED TO INSANITY
May 2010
By:
SKIP J.
| Shawnee, Kan.
Sober but away from AA for years, he found that his alcoholic thinking was back
The Piano Teacher
October 2004
By:
Jenni J.
| Fullerton, California
A life-long outsider discovers harmony in AA
Of Myth and Martyrs
October 1995
By:
Ernest S.
| York Harbor, Maine
A response to the May 1995 Grapevine article, "Whose Message Are We Carrying?" by J.J. from Belton, S.C.
Learning, Not Running
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
L.R.
| Santa Rosa, Calif.
Acceptance and gratitude are the keys to her sobriety
My Hope
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Charity D.
| Cumberland, R.I.
She could barely open the old door, but once she did she found a new way of life
The heart has is reason
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Charley K.
| Olympia, Wash.
From a secular childhood in Kansas to a sober life of spiritual awareness was not as far as it seemed
Facing Our Fears
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Roger W.
| Honolulu,, Hawaii
His group was supporting an outside event.
Who would speak up?
Would he?
Who would speak up?
Would he?
Restraint of Face
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Milledgeville, Ga.
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal
The Joy and Miracle of Service
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Kathie H.
A snowy night, a women’s prison—and the courage to change
So what is AAWS?
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Tom A.
| Waite Park, Minnesota
A trustee helps explain what one of our three corporations does and how it serves the Fellowship
The Courage To Be Honest
June 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Las Vegas, Nev.
Following the Steps brought this woman a sense of purpose and made her feel at home in the world after years of drinking
Noon Meeting
March 2018
By:
Jeff H.
Voices heard. Stories told. A lunch meeting on a quiet summer’s day shows one member how to live life on life’s terms
New dimensions
May 2017
By:
Norma A.
| Austin, Texas
After many years in AA, she discovered the Third Legacy and her sobriety blasted off
Management 101
September 2016
With God so far and alcohol so near, one active alcoholic makes a crucial decision to hand over the reins of his own life to the “manager of managers”
50 Years Out of the Ring
December 2015
An old-timer remembers back to 1965, when she stopped fighting and hung up the gloves for good
Anyone For Tennis?
April 2015
By:
Mary Ann R.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
She came to see that hiding booze in tennis ball canisters in the garage was not social drinking
Up on the Mesa
February 2013
By:
Theodore U.
| Bernalillo, New Mexico
One man's beautiful share showed him there might be something bigger out there