How to Make It On the Street
July 2003
By:
Don P.
| Aurora, Colorado
For this AA, it was clear: if he wanted to stop serving time, he had to serve others
How and Why AA Grows
August 1978
By:
R. P.
| Riverside, Connecticut
A presentation to the 28th General Service Conference of trends and developments in our ever-expanding Fellowship
Quote July 3, 2016
“At some point in each today, we recovering alcoholics need to pay ourselves a friendly visit.”
North Hollywood, Calif., August 1982 “Savoring Our Sobriet” Emotional Sobriety
Quote July 3, 2015
“At some point in each today, we recovering alcoholics need to pay ourselves a friendly visit.”
“Savoring Our Sobriety,” North Hollywood, Calif., August 1982 Emotional Sobriety
Quote July 3 2012
"At some point in each today, we recovering alcoholics need to pay ourselves a friendly visit."
North Hollywood, Calif., August 1982 From: "Savoring Our Sobriety" Emotional Sobriety
Making it Easy for Others to Love Us
January 2017
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
Years of AA have given him sobriety and acceptance and a life with compassion and wonder
You've got to give to get
June 2009
By:
JOHN L.
| Seabrook, Texas
A loner on the fringes of AA finds the courage to seek out a sponsor
A CHILD OF WOODSTOCK
March 2009
By:
NANCY K.
| Woodstock, New York
Raised on alcohol and excess, an artsy member discovers contentment in her later years
Highland Sobriety
May 2005
By:
Jim B.
| Glasgow
Over the hills and far away, there is still the hand of AA
The Wonder of It All
February 2005
By:
Jo P.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Life never runs out of surprises
Where the Trees Once Grew
June 2015
By:
Vikki R.
| Yuba City, California
Though the peaches gave way to concrete and steel, it remained a place to plant beautiful seeds
True North
March 2015
By:
Ralph B.
| Seattle, Washington
How an old-timer found his HP on the high seas
Desert Dry
September 2014
By:
Meredith L.
| Tucson, Arizona
Not drinking and not following the program, she found herself at an emotional bottom
April 25
March 2014
By:
Kris S.
| Boulder, Colorado
A son shares something very special with the dad he did not want to call
Web Exclusive: In the Detox
November 2011
By:
Dan
Talking with a formerly homeless alcoholic convinced him that there was hope for him
Spiritual Oasis
March 2011
By:
Frederick M.
| Princeton, New Jersey
He turned it over with Step Three and found a welcoming haven in AA
Home group heartbreaker
February 2011
By:
Anonymous
Sometimes following group conscience is the hardest thing in the world
No Record Required
July 2006
By:
Jim W.
| Milltown, New Jersey
You don't need a rap sheet to tell your story inside
D.U.I.
June 2006
By:
Emory W.
| Bristol, Virginia
A relapse became the bedrock of one man's sobriety