The 3 R’s of Recovery
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Tracey M.
| Albany, Ohio
Regain. Remember. Rediscover
Who Gets What
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Irving M.
| Washington, D.C
Miffed that his financial advice wasn’t followed, a member learns to let go.
According to Tradition Four, a group can do as they see fit
According to Tradition Four, a group can do as they see fit
Surrender
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Howard O.
| Cambridge, Wis.
A moment on a winter day reminds him that if we just let go and give up
fighting we can let others help us fly again
fighting we can let others help us fly again
Saddest Christmas Ever
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Vance O.
| Marion, N.Y.
No job, no wife, no driver’s license or money. Here he was 30 days sober, in the cold, and now the AA meeting door was locked
On Top of the World
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Tandy W.
| Anchorage, Alaska
On a remote island near Russia, a member lucks out and finds another alcoholic, whose AA lifeline is the phone
Calvin’s Prayer
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Calvin M.
| Argyle, N.Y.
I heard two things that night: “Come back” and “Pray, if you can.” I knew I was in a fix. But desperation led me to say this prayer anyway.
Welcome To 2020
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Carole P.
| San Francisco, Calif.
No meeting rooms? Share on camera? Unmute? How will we do this? COVID-19 kicked this old-timer’s program into high gear
My Monkey Mind
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, Calif.
How right action stops his negative thinking and keeps him from swinging from the same old tree
The Magic and the Miracle
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Anonymous
| Santa Monica, Calif.
Gratitude comes with working the program—and finding true belief
Watch Your Aim!
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
E.K.
| Tucson, Ariz.
After a meeting takes a wrong turn, a member has a few thoughts about “principles before personalities”
My guide to the wild west
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Kim S.
| Boise, Idaho
Getting sober can be a wonderful journey with the right someone showing the way
Business is not a bad word
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Billy N.
| Buford, Georgia
One member says that anything less than good business practice in AA is just untreated alcoholism
The Sand Dollar
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Kristen C.
| Tappan, N.Y.
Higher Powers often have interesting ways of revealing themselves, as this young alcoholic discovered one day at the beach
Dear Grapevine
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
Dear Grapevine
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
Dear Grapevine
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
The Experiment
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jeri W.
| Yukon, Oklahoma
To help with Step One, they suggested she try some controlled drinking. So she did. Let’s see how it went
Dear Grapevine
September 2023
| Young & Sober
Dear Grapevine
April 2023
| AA & Families
Borrowing God
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
E.A.
| Northampton, Mass.
Every day she prayed to Kate’s God, not knowing if it would work.
Then one day, while looking at a beautiful sunrise, she knew
Then one day, while looking at a beautiful sunrise, she knew
Seemingly Miraculous
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Bob S.
| Eureka, Calif.
In a long life of sobriety the difficult challenges do come and go, but the good times are so worth it all
Dear Grapevine
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
Halting Words
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Peter A.
| Medford, Ore.
Who knows when contact with something bigger will come? For one man, it was in his morning AA circle
With lots of love
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Jerry A.
| Gloucester, Va.
When a member loses his sight,
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
what does his home group do?
Why, give him a job, of course!
Dear Grapevine
September 2019
| Young & Sober
A new freedom
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Jack R.
| Marianna, Florida
When the right guy showed up to help him through the Fifth Step, his life changed forever
What my brother taught me
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Nancy McCarthy
| St. Louis, Missouri
A probation and parole officer learns to love AA from the man whose calls she dreaded most
