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Welcome, Newcomers
If you have a desire to stop drinking, you've come to the right place. We are the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous,
with thousands of stories and letters from those finding a solution to alcoholism.
The AA Grapevine is a lifeline linking one alcoholic to another. It can help you:
- Learn about the disease of alcoholism
- Understand how Alcoholics Anonymous works
- Understand the Twelve Steps
- Find out how others manage their lives without drinking
A Bunch of Phonies
"The first thoughts that come into my mind go like this...Are these people for real? Do they actually do what they say they do? They're probably a bunch of phonies, most of
them...They make me awful nervous, the way they sit there and the way they say hello to each other. One of them asked me, 'Is this your first
meeting?'" Read more >
Attitude Adjustment
"I am an alcoholic who has been sober and recovering for just over eight months now. What an incredible ride it has been. From the moment I pulled open the doors to my very first meeting,
I felt something different, something good was going to happen. Those doors, which at the time I believed to be the heaviest ever made, allowed me to walk into a new way of
life." Read more >
Alcoholism is often called a threefold illness: physical, mental, and spiritual. It is powerful and baffling and you often hear that it can only
lead to three places: mental institutions, jail, or death.
Consider these very different stories:
Stress In the City
A college student: "In high school, I had several healthy outlets for stress. I loved music and participated in orchestras, choirs, and jazz bands ....
Alcohol, however, was the only remedy that seemed to work. When I was drunk, I didn't care about stress. I didn't care about anything. I was so good at not caring
that I stopped going to school altogether!"
Read more >
A Vague Notion Becomes Plain
A prisoner: "Before coming to prison, I had only a vague idea of the impact that my alcoholism was having, not only on me, but also on my family -- especially my
six-year old daughter." Read more >
Download these stories and identify with the feelings of the authors who wrote about their first experiences with AA:
Where to go from here?
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