A Journey of Grace
October 2013
An old timer shares his thoughts on the practice of the Eleventh Step
Keep the Link Strong
April 2013
By:
Janice B.
| Midlothian, Virginia
She learned the hard way to play by the rules and not break AA’s connection
Not This Time
May 2012
By:
Terri R.
In early sobriety, she came face to face with a liquor store and asked God to intervene
Out of the Whirlwind
January 2012
Her life became filled with chaos as soon as she picked up a drink and until she put it back down
Slip and Slide
October 2011
By:
Jim F.
| Tasmania
This Australian kept getting drunk until he learned to love a new life
Web Exclusive: A Letter from an Old Friend
July 2011
By:
Dave B.
In the process of making an amends, a man finds more reason to feel grateful for his sobriety
AA News: Class A Trustees Appointed to the General Service Board
June 2011
Nonalcoholic members may represent AA in public
Dear Grapevine
February 2017
Can’t Stop
December 2016
By:
Coleen F.
| Jacksonville, Alabama
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway
We share common ground
October 2016
St. Louis Blues
August 2016
Too much booze and a nasty fistfight got this 20-year-old mother a one-way ticket to a psych ward
Dear Grapevine
May 2016
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
Brooklyn Dreams
April 2015
By:
Michael C.
| New York, New York
Trading drunken nightmares of a dark canal for the Serenity Prayer and a brighter life
Lean Into It
March 2015
By:
Jenn H.
| Chicago, Illinois
A leap in the deep end and some AA tools helped her get past her lifelong fears
Still Powerless
March 2015
By:
Jennifer C.
| Bend, Oregon
Her relapse began many years before she ordered a glass of wine in the restaurant
Mothers and Daughters
January 2014
By:
Carol B.
| Wellington, Nevada
Sobriety showed her the struggles her own mother had and reunited her with the daughter she gave up for adoption as an infant
Swept Away
September 2012
By:
Kim L.
| Soldotna, Alaska
Reeling from a tragic flood, a woman faces the liquid that later drowned her guilt