And When We Were Wrong
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
A member expresses his love for the Steps, especially the one where we clean things up and keep our mouths shut
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Mark D.
| Eagan, Minn.
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
My own cup
March 2018
By:
Leslie Anne M.
| Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room
The Pendant
June 2015
By:
Anonymous
After just one week sober, a newcomer treats herself—but little does she know she has already won the prize
Now I get it
February 2015
By:
Ricky D.
| Rochester, New York
Shaking and scared, a newcomer recalls his mom's early days in AA.
A Grand Hike
May 2013
By:
Elizabeth P.
At one year, a member gathers a sober posse for an adventure they’ll never forget
Something at Work in a Human Heart
June 1987
By:
S. M.
| Ottawa, Ontario
From time to time under this heading we will present stories that illuminate the journey some AAs make toward sobriety--often against considerable odds
The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
March 1996
By:
Mike O.
| Lafayette, Indiana
Sharing Our Way of Life
Ham on Wry
July 1993
No Longer Alone
March 1995
By:
Juliana
| Flushing, New York
There is the manic-depressive type, who is, perhaps, the least understood by his friends, and about whom a whole chapter could be written."--Alcoholics Anonymous
After You Know It All, It's What You Learn That Counts
August 1986
By:
J. M.
| Staten Island, New York
Without Preaching Or Moralizing
October 1980
By:
A. B.
| Torrance, Calif.
Twelfth Step - He thought it would be like earning merit badges in the Boy Scouts
Getting Rid of the Booze
March 1978
By:
D. B.
| Gulf port, Florida
When we do, we're freed from old ideas and bad habit patterns
Turning on the Power
August 1977
By:
P. M.
| Riverside, Illinois
By "keeping it simple," the relaxed residents of Vilcabamba have found the secret of healthy serenity and longer life
Script for a Sobriety Commercial
January 1975
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Let's switch on our private TV and look inside our heads, where good-guy and bad-guy qualities fight it out