Leaning Into The Wind
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Pat B.
| Napa, Calif.
With a DUI-related jail term and a loved one dying, he decided to confront the ill wind blowing through his life head-on
Four Simple Words
October 2011
By:
Jim S.
| New Brighton, Pennsylvania
A cherished AA slogan comforts a newly sober husband after the loss of his wife
AA Around the World: Island in the Sun
May 2011
By:
Tony H.
| St. Michael
Celebrating a half-century of AA history in Barbados
The End of Everything
June 2010
By:
JOEY H.
| Dana Point, Calif.
Jail was the best place for a guy like me, even if I didn't think so
Living Sober, Dying Sober
September 2004
By:
Bill M.
| Midland, Michigan
Entering life with only love and leaving it the same way
AA in Australia
April 1999
By:
David S.
| Brisbane
Nonalcoholic friends, pioneer members, early meetings, anonymity breaks, resentments, and survival--how it all began Down Under.
I Love New York
December 1985
By:
F. D.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
An electric debut for the holiday season--Thanksgiving in a disco
Living the Pledge
October 2005
44,000 celebrate sobriety at the 2005 International Convention in Toronto
Letter from the Editor
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August 2024
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Open the Other Door
January 1969
By:
H. O.
| Ossining, New York
Let the family into the blessed shelter offered through Al-Anon, even if the alcoholic is still nursing a bottle. It can give you a knowing ally.
Return to an Old Inn
June 1962
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
Could it be," I asked myself smugly, "that these normal drinkers could not appreciate the beauty around them as I did?
The Mountains Shall Bring Peace. . ."--Psalms 72:3
February 1961
By:
H. G.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Booze and song-plugging went hand in hand for this veteran tunesmith until the merry-go-round broke down
The Colonel Was a Lush
February 1961
By:
J. S.
| Bedford Hills, New York
No man can change the Army 201 File but the bright record of the sober years goes into it, too
Part IV
October 1952
By:
Anonymous
| Worcester, Massachusetts
Concluding our own political outbursts with closed meetings and open finances . .
The Enemy of Continuing Sobriety
March 1975
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
There are many esoteric practices that lead us into self-indulgence. AA is a program for reducing ego