AA Grapevine's Podcast

Gated Communities [Season 11, Episode 12]

Matt tells Don and Sam that he came to his first AA meeting at 17, but needed several more years of drinking before the internal bankruptcy and demoralization brought him

Endless Bottles [Season 11, Episode 11]

Tiombe found sobriety at a young age and was blessed to find a group of caring young people who helped her. They were the type who if you couldn't read the Big Book, they

New Freedom [Season 11, Episode 10]

Allison felt like a late bloomer starting drinking at 14, her friends were already at it. She tells Don and Sam that her first drinks were part of her people pleasing ten

Two Way Prayer [Season 11, Episode 9]

Father Bill tells Olis and Sam about hitting a botttom and intentionally living in a shelter for a year. He stresses the importance of prayer and meditation in his sober

No More "On My Own" [Season 11, Episode 8]

Ann tells Olis and Don that fear drove her, and that she tried to control her drinking — often unsuccessfully. A marriage counselor told her to look at her own drinking,

Stick with Us [Season 11, Episode 7]

David tells Don and Sam that he was very shy, but with booze in him he would offer to sing to women. David was a full blown alcoholic at 24—when hung over he learned to d

Struck Sober [Season 11, Episode 6]

Heidi tells Olis and Sam that she thought she'd found the solution early on, and didn't need all the tools found in the twelve steps. She learned later that alcoholism is

Mother Earth, Father Sky, God & Me [Season 11, Episode 5]

Ronnie, whose article appears in the August 2026 issue of Grapevine magazine, tells Don and Sam how drinking was a solution for him to hide away from his emotions. He sto

Hi Marissa, It's Jack [Season 11, Episode 4]

Marissa sits down with Don and Sam on her 13th sober anniversary. Lots of troubles followed Marissa into sobriety, and she says she learned slowly in AA that by taking ac

Crutches and Casts [Season 11, Episode 3]

Scott started drinking at 11, and says that alcohol was at the foundation of all he did. He chose to attend college in a party town, and it took seven years to get a bach

My Operating System Was Broken [Season 11, Episode 2]

In his drinking years Leonard felt like life was punishment. He tells Olis and Don how a woman kindly asked him if he thought his drinking was a problem, and he soon foun

The No Matter What Club [Season 11, Episode 1]

Nina, a self-described raging alcoholic, tells Don and Sam that she did not understand that she could not stop and had no conception of the obsession or allergy of the bo

This is Alcoholism [Season 10, Episode 26]

Even though Dana experienced anxiety, perfectionism, self hate, depression, loneliness and no hope with drinking, taking the suggestion of a therapist to try AA did not h

You Don't Know Me, But You Know Me [Season 10, Episode 25]

Trevon was born into alcoholism and suffered through a chaotic childhood. He tells Don and Sam that when he first drank he felt like he could breathe for the first time.

I Wanted to Always Feel That Way [Season 10, Episode 24]

Jenna tells Olis and Sam that after a trauma at the age of 16 she tried drinking and that fixed it for her. But as an alcoholic she wanted to feel that way all the time.

Stay Sober, Help Others [Season 10, Episode 23]

Pedro from Portugal tells Olis and Sam about drinking in the discos of Long Island on weekends — that could last 2 or 3 or 4 days. He didn't know that binging qualified h

Lessons Learned [Season 10, Episdode 22]

Bill, whose article appears in the June 2026 issue of Grapevine, tells Olis and Don that he had to learn to do what AA asks you to do. In the beginning he did not get the

You Are Doing Enough [Season 10, Episode 21]

Tammy tells Don and Sam that she came into AA following a tragic car accident and felony conviction. She attended meetings long enough, for fear of consequences if she di

Widening the Doorway — The Plain Language Big Book [Season 10, Episode 20]

Melody and Eric join Don and Sam to share their experience, strength and hope in recovery from alcoholism, and their recent experience with the Plain Language Big Book. M

A Crack in the Window of Grace [Season 10, Episode 19]

Leslie recalls being hospitalized and a doctor giving her a meeting book. She tells Olis and Don that people smiled at her at the first meeting and remembered her name at