Essential Worker
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sean B.
| Connell, Wash.
After the COVID prison shutdown, he got to work in the factory, but still had no AA. Then one day a little cart came by
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, N.J.
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
My Sponsor—Sweet Pickle
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
George A.
| Lake Oswego, Ore
Remembering the lessons taught by an extraordinary AA
Thanks, G.U.S.
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Robin F.
| Prince George, British Columbia
How a construction worker led him to his new best friend, someone who’d never let him down
100 days to go
July 2017
By:
Michelle L.
| Portland, Oregon
The recovery she was getting inside with this group of AA-loving women was time well spent
Cake or no cake
April 2017
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate
A hundred miles of bad road
November 2016
His grandfather told him he was headed the wrong way. He sure wishes he’d listened
Things My Mother Taught Me
April 2016
An AA member deepens her faith in her Higher Power during her mother's illness
From Cocktails to Chaos
March 2016
Drinking for her never did resemble the social hours she saw in her childhood home
Big Books & Cheesecake
November 2015
A man in Nova Scotia writes about his home group and the great fun he has doing service
The Wild Adventure
February 2014
By:
Bridget R.
| Des Moines, Iowa
Life was a lot fuller when she began living in the solution and not the problem
Web Exclusive: A Christmas Story
December 2011
By:
Greg H.
| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
An oldtimer helps out a newcomer who relasped during the holidays
Open mouth; insert Trad.Ten
May 2011
By:
Jack L.
| Ludwigs Corner, Pennsylvania
Is blasting a particular religion unwelcoming to newcomers?
GOOD, BAD, or Indifferent
July 2008
By:
Margaret R.
| Stephenville, Texas
How "the deal" works for newcomers, old-timers, and everyone in between
My Child Heart
March 2012
By:
Snow P.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
A failure to find the "right God" eventually led her to her best friend
JUST SAY YES
January 2009
By:
James H.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
Taking the Friday night commitment kept this newcomer out of the bars
Dr. Bob Bookshelf
March 2006
By:
Tom T.
| Cumberland, Rhode Island
Browsing through the Smith Collection at Brown University
A Sacred Safari
April 2004
By:
Rick P.
| Vernon, Connecticut
His mind was a jungle. Would meditation really be able to tame it?
The Open Door
September 2003
A presentation by Joe O., panel 52 delegate from Area 45, to the 2003 General Service Conference in New York City.
Plus a Change, Plus C'est La Meme Chose
February 1984
By:
J. H.
| Woodland, California
The more it changes, the more it's the same thing," wrote Alphonse Karr in an 1849 French publication
AA Works--Inside and Out
July 1982
By:
S. J.
| Bronx, New York
In this section, six AAs tell us how it works, inside and outside
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
Count-the-house Charlie
February 1970
By:
W. O'K.,
| Palos Verdes,, California
He found his place in AA and served faithfully in his own way
Should We Revise the Lord's Prayer?
April 1962
By:
R. Z.
| Council Bluffs, Iowa
there is a world of difference between "Lead us not into temptation" and "Let us not fall when tempted