Stranded
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Roxanne K.P.
| Bismarck, N.D.
Caught in a snow storm, a desperate sober mom uses everything AA taught her to get her family to safety
The Front Lines
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Tom L.
| Albany, Ga.
Dimly lit rooming houses, emergency rooms, even rooftops— he keeps reaching out. And once in a good while they reach back
On the edge
March 2018
By:
Joe H.
| New Westminster, British Columbia
Through the smashed furniture and pain, he watched alcohol bring his family down. Then came his moment
Simply surrender
May 2017
By:
Gwyneth N.
| Saco, Maine
The spiritual connection she desperately sought for years appeared when she found AA
I Remember You
April 2014
By:
Bill F.
| Bountiful, Utah
Although he got the chance to get sober, his old drinking buddy Rick never did
Those Cornhusker Blues
April 2014
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
Sitting in a hotel room in downtown Lincoln, he found himself ruminating on some experiences from decades before
I Dream of Jeannie's Bottle
April 2012
By:
Stacey F.
| Staten Island, New York
As a child, she wanted to magically hide, but as an adult, she found escape in booze
Joanie's God
August 2009
By:
JEANNE R.
| Monaca, Penn.
A newcomer borrows her sponsor's Higher Power
Pot
May 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Illinois
She found it a substitute addiction that nearly led back to the bottle
Westward Ho! the Booze!
July 1971
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
Another of the Grapevine's scientific studies of alcohol and alcoholics