Keep Your Tools Sharp
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Debbie B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
A relapse after 15 years made her realize that “cunning, baffling and powerful” are not just abstract words
Seven Meetings
October 2018
By:
Peggy Stephanie
| Belleville, N.J.
A newcomer chronicles her first seven meetings in sobriety—and how they changed her life
Glad to Empty our Pockets
August 2015
Two AA friends find joy in taking meetings behind five locked metal doors
Lucy Amongst the Stars
February 2015
By:
Lucy M.
| Los Angeles, California
She came back down to earth in Los Angeles one dawn after a night of drinking
My Hampshire Grenadier
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
| Bronxville, New York
Reading his college alumni magazine, he came across a notice that would change the course of his life
The guy in the back corner
March 2014
By:
Dennis S.
| Lakeport, California
He was a man of few words, but when he spoke someone up front listened
Close Call in Barbados
April 2012
By:
Dorothy H.
| Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
The gulp she took was not club soda
Web Exclusive: Cleaning up after the Hurricane
September 2011
By:
Nancy B.
A manual labor job in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina proves to be this woman's spiritual, sober foundation
Web Exclusive: Learning The Right Balance
March 2011
By:
Anonymous
A couple discover how to enjoy quality time together after their obligations to others.
Dear Grapevine
February 2011
A LETTER FROM MY UNCLE
August 2010
By:
JENNA H.
| Austin, Texas
A beloved relative carries the AA message to a young alcoholic
Serenade
October 2002
By:
Tony S.
| Naples, Florida
Friends singing the old AA refrains brought him through his darkest hours
WHITE-KNUCKLE WEDDING
December 2010
By:
LIZ P.
| Tempe, Ariz.
Sober at a reception? Who would have thought?
Not a Drop of Compassion
January 1991
By:
Ed. H.
| Brentwood, New York
Step One - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
March 1982
By:
Alan Massam
Model for the Third World
Across the Editor's Desk
March 1957
Headquarters Highlights
October 1950
Chance Encounter. . .
April 1969
By:
T. W.
She had to drink her way through a war and across an ocean before it occurred
Taking Flight
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
A.C.
| Issaquah, Washington
Feeling defeated, a newcomer was heading straight for a beer. Luckily, a little feathered friend got in his way
Out of the Woods
January 2025
| Spirituality and Prayer
By:
Paul O.
| Forest Park, Illinois
A newcomer searching for a Higher Power connects with something big and furry and gets a beautiful lesson about belief