DRUNK DREAMS
May 2010
By:
CYRIL S.
| Manton, Calif.
Those periodic nightmares help an AA identify what might lead to a real drink
Our hometown
March 2010
By:
MITCH M.
| Harlem, N.Y.
At a community event in Harlem, members set up a Public Information table
New GSB head named
July 2009
President of General Theological Seminary chosen during annual General Service Conference
A GOD OF MY UNDERSTANDING
April 2009
By:
Judy R.
| Peoria, Arizona
Agnostic as a beginner, she keeps her faith private
Life Without The Fall
October 2006
By:
Karen K.
| Soldiers Grove, Louisiana
She changed her thinking and changed her life
The Best Is Yet To Come
July 2006
By:
Hal R.
| Millbrae, California
It's a journey and not a destination
Forgiving God
January 2006
By:
Fran J.
| San Rafael, California
When childhood tragedy creates a barrier to faith
Sounds of Silence
April 2004
By:
Jean C.
| Eugene, Oregon
They can be heard anytime the bondage of self drops away
Make 'Em Laugh
August 2003
By:
Mary O.
| Bokeelia, Florida
An old sobersides falls in love with laughter
Breaking the isolation
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
Anonymous
His alcoholism kept him alone in hell. But once he made it to AA, he got the gift of “we”
It Can’t Get Any Better—But It Does
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
D.C.
| Bangor, Maine
To this old-timer, the fruit of sobriety tastes sweeter and sweeter every day
Forgiving Dad
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Melissa R.
| Cape Coral, Florida
In her drinking years, she blamed her father for abandoning her. Then she got the chance to make things right
That Still Small Voice
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Andrew B.
| Albany, N.Y.
In his darkest moments, a true inner voice spoke to him
Other Towns, Other Meetings
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Lana W.
| Saint Helens, Ore.
AA members in new towns? They’re just friends we haven’t met yet
Time Enough
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Roger C.
| St. Clair, MI
Learning how not to regret the past while fully appreciating the sober present
Taking Steps
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dan M.
| Boulder, CO
He said he was an alcoholic but didn’t believe it. The Steps convinced him otherwise
On a Mıssıon
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Bill B.
| Tahlequah, Okla.
How did he end up drunk on a road to his brother’s house with a gun? He should have listened to his sponsor
The Patron Saint of AA
September 2022
| Young & Sober
By:
Charles M.
| Columbia, Tenn.
A once bleeding deacon learns to recognize that service to the Fellowship ought to come from a place of love
Essential Worker
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sean B.
| Connell, Wash.
After the COVID prison shutdown, he got to work in the factory, but still had no AA. Then one day a little cart came by
Getting back out
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Jack N.
| New Canaan, Conn.
After two years of COVID, a member wonders what the new normal will look like and what challenges lie ahead
Tough Love
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Pat K.
| Sunland, Calif.
A member shares her thoughts about applauding when people come back from multiple relapses
In need of care
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Dottie C.
| San Diego, Calif.
Helping others all day was this nurse’s job. Now it was her turn to ask for help
Sounds of Silence
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Jean C.
| Eugene, Ore.
No need to wait for the “right” time or place. There are many ways to pause for quiet
I’ll Quit Tomorrow
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Jennifer P.
| Clarksville, Tenn.
Once she found sobriety, she discovered the God of her childhood waiting for her