This was it
April 2009
By:
Kelly A.
| San Mateo, California
A young woman, desperate to stop drinking, asks her recovering father for help
A Twelfth Step Call In The Wild
May 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Ketchikan, Alaska
An unexpected opportunity to help a drunk
A Long Way From Home
September 1994
By:
D.M.
| Moratuwa
This AA traveled to Sri Lanka on a spiritual journey and found the Fellowship there, too.
Don't Tell Us What to Do!
June 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 9 - AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve
An Alcoholic's Day
February 1973
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Experiences may differ, but the inner story is the same for all of us
How It Goes with AA in Calcutta
November 1967
By:
Reginald Maher
A nonalcoholic newspaperman reports on his firsthand experience of the Fellowship
The Parole Violator
September 1963
By:
S. S.
| Colorado
The story of a man with great courage--and hope
How to Act at a Party
June 1960
Not even your glassy-eyed hostess cares when you tell her that you and Gin Barleycorn aren't on speaking terms
How Did A.A. Begin?
September 1948
Sponsoring the Ala-tot
December 1962
By:
M.D.B.
| Michigan
A new pop tells how sponsoring his firstborn is like a 12th Step Case
Truth works
February 2021
| Sponsorship
By:
Joe S.
| Oakland, Calif.
Unsure of sponsoring a member inside San Quentin, he decided that honesty would be the way to go
Just Be Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Joel C.
| San Diego, Calif.
A long-time member and past trustee shares about his journey serving beyond the group as a gay man
Walkin’ Funny
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
Gary K.
| Hoover, Ala.
Stranger things have happened at an AA home group, but this Sunday morning’s was pretty good
With Dani's help
April 2018
By:
Connie P.
| Ukiah, California
Behind heavy steel doors, a young woman catches hope, thanks to a local BTG volunteer
Dancing with Mom
January 2016
Acting as though she loved the mother she couldn’t stand changed both lives forever
That Old Hippie
January 2016
Now that she has some sober time, she’s ready to start dating again. But this guy?
Running Wild
June 2014
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
How a simple prayer under an old oak tree ended years of fancy drinks and handcuffs
Lucky Punch
December 2011
By:
P.T.
| New Britain, Connecticut
A wild roundhouse blow literally socks him into sobriety
God Didn't Follow Orders
July 1984
By:
V. P.
| Toledo, Ohio
Why a complacent old-timer got back to basics
A note about this article:
June 1963
Told he had cancer, this AA found an inner peace that amazed everybody
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
July 1944
Close Encounter
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
David S.
| San Francisco, California
Drunk and desperate, he had reached the end of the line. Luckily, a nearby passenger knew just where to go