I Didn't Want to be an Alcoholic [Season 3, Episode 22]

Lisa, whose article appears in the December 2024 issue of Grapevine, talks to Don and Olis about starting AA in early December and staying sober through the holidays. As a wife, mother, daughter and s...

2 Dec 202431min

This week our roving reporter, Bob, travels to the National Corrections Conference in North Carolina. Bob interviews Angel, Morris, Tammy, Ronald, Jessica and James about their work in corrections and...

25 Nov 202442min

This episode starts out with "Sober Don" hosting Sobriety Squabble a game of guessing top answers to the question "what are the best ways to stay sober during the holidays?" — as we surveyed answers f...

18 Nov 202438min

Lindsey and Kent talk about the AA Traditions with Don and Olis, and how applying the Traditions to their everyday lives makes everything better. We share more information about the new Plain Language...

11 Nov 202441min

Mack, whose article appears in the November issue of Grapevine, tells Don and Sam about the important ways other AA's help him hear the message of Alcoholics Anonymous. Rainer, the GSO staff member on...

4 Nov 202436min

Aaron shares with Olis and Sam about his struggles to find sobriety in AA. For a time he had a head full of AA and a belly full of beer. After a couple years he learned to stop lying to himself and to...

28 Okt 202440min

Whitney joins Olis and Don to talk about recovery from alcoholism. Whitney never had the skill of moderation and realized that a bleak future lay in store. The three also discuss accessibility to AA m...

21 Okt 202434min

Yosi starts his conversation with Don and Sam by describing how he could smell himself rotting on the inside and that when he came to AA he just wanted to stop drinking—but what he got was so much mor...

14 Okt 202446min