Moving Can Be Such Sweet Sorrow
June 1970
By:
N. C.
| Covina, California
She looked forward to adventure in new surroundings. But then homesickness struck!
This May Not Pass
He learned to accept his physical condition and used AA to help him manage it each day
The Light in the Dark
He had scoffed at stories of spiritual experiences until he had one of his own
The Bike and I
April 1969
By:
Dean S.
| Santa Monica, Calif.
It had trouble staying upright, but the bike and Dean injured only themselves
My Psychiatrist, AA and Me
August 1965
By:
J. C.
| Emporia., Kansas
What happened when one woman combined therapies
The Absent-minded Professor
November 1964
By:
J. C.
| Emporia, Kansas
She had her Ph.D. but needed to add A.A.
It's Great to Be New
July 1964
By:
D. W.
| Van Nuys, California
A quick refresher on the wonders of finding yourself sober
Why I'm Glad I'm an Alcoholic
July 1964
By:
J. C.
| Emporia, Kansas
How Dr. Karl Menninger's opinion about super-recovery applies to members of AA
Who Killed the Old Lady?
October 1963
By:
M. U.
| Boulder, Colorado
Was it that fly (the first swallow), or the horse she used for a chaser?
Hope Springs Eternal
December 1997
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
In the June Grapevine, we issued a call for articles on working with wet drunks. We received a number of good stories, not only on doing this important Twelfth Step work, but also on the experience of being a wet drunk. You'll find one such story below an
Secret Shame
July 1996
By:
Lee C.
| Nipomo, California
Painful memories rose to the surface after working the Fourth Step
Victor E.
July 1995
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
For thirty-three years...has wanted to drink in almost every issue of the Grapevine--and every time has changed his mind. One AA offers this perspective on Victor's continuing dilemma.
We Set Them on Paper
April 1993
By:
Bernie B.
| New York, New York
Step Four: 'Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.