Uneasy Alternatives
January 2007
By:
Anonymous
| New Hampshire
Death or sobriety--not everyone makes the same choice
The Acid Test
September 2005
By:
Anonymous
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If he could get through his mother's death sober, he could get through anything
Going Solo
December 2003
By:
Shirley Ann C.
| Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
There are reasons why people say not to make Twelfth Step calls alone. Here's one of them. --Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all
Who Says You Can't Have Fun In Sobriety?
August 2003
By:
Claire S.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An alcoholic makes a shocking discovery: Life is a hoot
A Delegate's Perspective
August 2002
By:
Jeanette F.
| Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
My personal spiritual experience at the Fifty-Second General Service Conference
Return to El Salvador
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Santos F.
| Corona, Calif.
Civil war didn’t end his life, but alcohol almost did. Now he gets to bring AA to help people back home
Dear Grapevine
March 2023
| Get Into Service
Trapped in Rehab
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mark T.
| Charlotte, N.C.
What a difference 365 days makes….
Dear Grapevine
February 2023
| Making Amends
The courage to show my face
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Anonymous
| La.
It took a while to turn his camera on, but this newcomer is staying sober, getting active and ready to log on
Keeping It Real
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Kevin M.
| Connell,, Wash.
After COVID shuts down all meetings, he stays sober in prison, writing his sponsor, praying and helping others as best he can
Dear Grapevine
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Nurse in Denial
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
A. W.
| Glendale, Ariz.
Alcohol took her freedom, her sanity, her savings and her career. But AA in prison healed her life 22
A wind of spirit
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Anonymous
| Wyoming
A Wyoming man’s relapse on Thanksgiving day leads him back to the Steps and a spiritual journey
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
My Story
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Kate H.
| Ojai, Calif.
It took years of drinking and denial, but one spring day, she picked up the phone and made the call that changed her life
Dear Grapevine
March 2018
Dear Grapevine
January 2017
Brewmeister
May 2016
It was bad enough his sponsor volunteered him for coffee, but chairs and cleanup too?
I Found My Place
February 2016
Through painful obstacles, a woman with mental illness stays sober and learns to help others