Grapevine Daily Quote July 19, 2018
“Times change, people change, and language may change. But the disease of alcoholism does not change. It always kills.”
“We’ve Got What You Need,” Beaumont, Texas, February 1996, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Quote July 19 2013
"Times change, people change, and language may change. But the disease of alcoholism does not change. It always kills."
Beaumont, Texas, February 1996 "We've Got What You Need" In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Body & Soul
February 2026
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Jonathan R.
| Boulder, Colorado
He didn’t even particularly like to get massages. But this trip to the spa changed his life forever
Learning to live
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Mike E.
| Huntley, Illinois
A drunk teacher flunks out again and again, then miraculously scores two As
Knowing When to Leave
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Carole H.
| Arvada, Colo.
Lost in the prestige of a highly stressful job, she used the AA tools to learn what was really important
Through the Starting Gate
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
Living Proof
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Jim O.
| Morrisville, Pa.
A call to help a fellow member in a legal jam presents an opportunity to witness the love we show one another
Lily, Our Friend
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Andy A.
| St. Peters, Mo.
As Andy and his buddy share love with a struggling home group member, her story keeps it mighty real
The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Debra B.
| Fontana, Calif.
Having to drink her coffee through a straw didn’t mean she was alcoholic. Did it?
A Retread By Any Other Name
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Loni C.
| Redwood City, Calif.
No longer a “retread,” she finally returned to the program and found her life again
The Alcoholic Celebrity
September 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Los Angeles, California
Suddenly, personal publicity became a strange and disquieting wine
First, I Had to Get Honest
July 1976
By:
A. B.
| Beacon, New York
Then the answers began to come through
Toward a Clarification of Construction
May 1975
By:
N. D.
Our English cousins struggle to understand AA structure--as do we. . .
That God Could and Would. . .
April 1973
By:
D. W. R.
| Michigan
We can help one another, but inevitably we must seek for ourselves
That Mysterious Cloud of Alcohol in Outer Space
December 1971
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Another of the Grapevine's scientific studies of alcohol and alcoholics by a non-scientific member
I'm in Prison--but I Feel Free
August 1971
By:
C. W. M.
| Michigan City, Indiana
He's learning to face the truth and be honest with himself
No Place to Go but up
April 1971
By:
R. F., D.D.S.
| Locust Dale, Virginia
He went a long way down to hit bottom, and the climb back seems like a miracle
Where the Birds Fly, There Are We
October 1970
By:
F. J.
| Kawaihae, Hawaii
We hold our meetings in the park and anyone interested may come
We're Chipping Away at the Stigma
October 1970
By:
Anonymous
| Seattle, Washington
An opportunity to work as a rehabilitation counselor made it possible for him to contribute more
Freedom in Day-tight Compartments
August 1970
By:
M. E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
The 24-hour plan doesn't shut you in; rather, it shuts out that which is wasteful and destructive