It Was All Worth It
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Donna B.
| Pompton Lakes, N.J.
Being a single mom and a beginner wasn’t easy. But it was worth every Step
Another Way to Carry the Message
July 1979
By:
Anonymous
| Metuchen, New Jersey
An understanding letter to someone in jail may have a lasting good effect
Fired up!
September 2010
By:
JOSE G.
| Port Orchard, Wash.
Turning to the Big Book helps when a sponsee is laid off
Dear Grapevine
October 2022
| Relapse
Who Sponsors Whom?
December 2007
By:
Bob M.
| Thornhill, Ontario
After fifty years, it's hard to tell
Sponsoring the Ala-tot
December 1962
By:
M.D.B.
| Michigan
A new pop tells how sponsoring his firstborn is like a 12th Step Case
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
March 1984
By:
American Journal of Psychiatry
The Very First Drink
So Worth It
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
B.B.
| Mississauga, Ontario
A member in Canada shares his long wonderful story of relationships, sponsors and living the good life
23 precious years
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Joan O.
| Marietta, Georgia
After alcoholism takes her son, she finds comfort and acceptance in the first three Steps
When You Need It Most
March 2003
By:
Roger M.
Shaken by a patient's death, a newly sober surgeon learns how AA works
Loving Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Susan W.
| Bristol, Tenn.
A lesbian member shares about acceptance, tolerance, relationships, God and staying sober in AA since 1979
Finding My Way Home
April 2012
By:
Anonymous
| New Britain, Connecticut
Feeling alienated even amongst family, this AA used prayer to feel reconciled with his family
High-Bottom Drinking
August 2011
By:
M.O.
| Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
She didn't think she had a problem with alcohol until attending AA helped her problems.
The January Issue of Grapevine Is Here
December 2014
This month's special section features stories by AA members who got sober in their teens, twenties, and thirties
Ham on Wry
February 1986
Editorial
October 1950
Keeping The Piggy Bank Full
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tony V.
| Silver Spring,, Md.
Sober experience, collected and saved like pennies in a piggy bank, help him through the hard times
Falling in love with the universe
September 2017
By:
Edward B.
| Moraga, California
Way out in the Nevada desert, among the stars and colorful characters, he found his sober crew
Ham on Wry
December 1988